GCF Learn Free is a website and YouTube channel that I discovered this week when looking for some new tutorial videos to post in Google Classroom for my PC repair class and for my Intro to Computer Science class. Based on the number of subscribers GCF Learn Free has, I appear to be late to the party in “discovering” this great resource.
On GCF Learn Free you’ll find dozens of tutorials on basic topics related to computer science. This week I shared the Inside a Computer video with my PC repair students. Today, I shared GCF Learn Free’s video about algorithms with my Intro to Computer Science students. What I liked about the videos is the brevity and clarity. Both videos gave students just enough information to remind them of the lessons that I taught in class.
How to Make a Similar Video
Both of the videos featured above are made using clip art and simple animations that you can find in Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Keynote. Record those slides with a screencasting tool and you have a simple animated video. In this video I demonstrate that process.
