Explain Everything

Hey everyone! I hope you are all having a great Friday.  I am going to talk a little bit about an app called Explain Everything.  This is a whiteboard app for the iPad, and it works best with the iPad Pro, with an Apple Pencil or other writing device.  I first learned about Explain Everything when I was at ISTE this past Summer in San Antonio.  The session was actually about sketchnoting, but I have found so many uses for the app, that I just have to share it with you.

   Explain Everything is an app that you can write and draw in while the screen is being recorded.  Basically, it records what you draw as you draw it, with or without sound.  I created my first video on my flight home from Texas.  The first thing I thought of when I was learning about this was the "Draw My Life" videos so many people have posted on YouTube over the past few years.  I decided to use it to present some things I learned from ISTE to the school board.  The app is very easy to use. You literally hit the record button and start drawing.  You can edit the recording in two separate parts, one for audio, and one for the actual video.  So, if I want a picture on my presentation, but I don't want to show all of my mess ups and waste a bunch of time, all I have to do is delete the part of me drawing it, and have the video pick back up once it is completed.

   As of this Summer, there was no way to speed the video recording up so you could talk over it at a decent pace.  I just uploaded my recording into iMovie and sped the video up, then, added the audio of me speaking over the video playing.  The process was actually really easy to do.  Since my first video, I have used Explain Everything to make a ton of tutorial videos for my math classes, and it helps with sort of flipping the classroom to an extent.  I have included my video in the blog to show you an example of a final product. Let me know if you have any questions or comments about the app.  The last feedback I received from EE stated that they are working on a way to speed up the recording of the drawing once you are finished.

Til next time!

BRI