Overview
This knowledge base article reviews applications available to University of Idaho students, faculty, and staff that can trim videos. It is not a comprehensive list of all applications, but it is what is readily available to the university community. It is highly recommended that you download the video to your computer to edit. The edited video can then be uploaded to OneDrive for sharing or embedding into a Canvas course.
Mac users can use iMovie which come with macOS. You should see it on the LaunchPad. If it is not there you can download it for free from Apple’s App Store. It is recommended to download your video to your computer before editing it in iMovie. You will want to upload the video back to your OneDrive account to share it or embed it into a Canvas class.
See Apple’s iMovie User Guide for instructions. Follow this link directly to instructions to Trim clips in iMovie on Mac.
Microsoft Clipchamp is the official Windows video editor. Users with a Microsoft Work account can record and edit videos with Clipchamp. Clipchamp is accessible in the Windows OS and in any supported browsers.
For more information, see Microsoft's support for getting started with video editing with Clipchamp.
Microsoft Stream is available for university faculty and staff. Users can log in to their Microsoft Work account through http://office.uidaho.edu/. Then click the “more apps” (the waffle-like) button and search “Stream.” Users will need to upload the video to OneDrive before it can be seen in the Stream.
For more information on trimming a video in Microsoft Stream, see this article: How to Trim Videos in Microsoft Stream.
Videos can be trimmed in PowerPoint. It is recommended you download the video to your computer before inserting it into the presentation. Once you have inserted the video use the Trim tool from Video Tools, Playback. Follow the steps at the bottom of the instructions to save the trimmed video. After editing and saving the video you can upload the video back to your OneDrive account to share it or embed it into a Canvas class.
For information on trimming a video, please see this Microsoft support article: Trim a video, music clip or sound clip in PowerPoint.
Zoom Clips is a free video recording and trimming function available to university faculty and staff. Users can record or upload a video to Zoom Clips and trim the video into desired sections. For information on Zoom Clips, see this article: How to use Zoom Clips.
