Microsoft first acquired Clipchamp in 2021, and since then, the easy-to-use video editing tool has been integrated into Microsoft 365 subscription plans for both business and personal use. Today the company announced that Clipchamp will be included for Microsoft 365 Education customers.
in a blog postMicrosoft announced that Clipchamp will be added to Microsoft 365 Education with A3 and A5 licenses starting June 23. The company says teachers can use Clipchamp to record multimedia projects, record experiments and more for their students.
Microsoft added:
Clipchamp also helps students develop future-ready skills, such as communication, creativity and collaboration. With its user-friendly interface, Clipchamp makes video editing accessible to learners of all levels, empowering them to explore and express their ideas effectively.
Videos edited with Clipchamp can be stored in a OneDrive or SharePoint account, and can be stored and viewed on the Microsoft Stream service
The Clipchamp tool is one of many new features and improvements that are being released now or will soon be available to Microsoft 365 Education customers. This includes new AI tools that can be used to create rubrics and instructions in the assignment features, along with creating AI passages and creating AI comprehension questions in the reading progression. Another feature, which will add a way to use AI to create modules in Classwork, will be available as a private preview later in May.
Microsoft is also launching a private preview of a new feature in its learning accelerator called Speaker Progress. The blog says:
With Speaker Progress, educators can easily create assignments for students to practice presenting and get tailored real-time coaching on their pacing, pitch, filler words, pronunciation, repetitive language, use of sensitive expressions, eye contact, and body language. The educator can customize which tips are shown to students and students can get instant feedback and see a rehearsal report with their main strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Subscribers can sign up to join the Private preview of Speaker Progress on this site.