Swivl Capture is a free app which is available to iPhone and Android users. This app is easily accessible.
This is an instructional video explaining how to use and set up this device with an iPad mini. The set-up process does not change with a normal iPad.
Above, is a video of Rebekah demonstrating and explaining the Swivl to her 2nd grade students.
To use Swivl, you must buy the device, then create an account to log into on the iPad. It is free to make an account, and you only have to provide your name, email, a password, and the country that you live in. You can upgrade your account to an Educator Pro Account, costing $5/month ($50 a year), or a Standard Pro account for the non-educators, costing $20 a month ($200 a year). You can also upgrade your account to a Team account, which you can contact sales@swivl.com for the pricing.
Below you can view the differences in the three accounts.
You must be 14 years or older to make an account. After you make an account, you can view, share and export your previously made videos, upload videos, or make new ones. You can also create a project, or interact with your video by making a title for each of your videos, and cut the videos to make them shorter.
Below, are a few explanations of what Swivl offers.
1) In your project, you can add presentation slides and other media to your video.
2) With time stamped commenting, you can post time stamped comments for questions or feedback with varying privacy from public to private.
3) You can comment on a video, and give feedback to the owner, which is great for a group discussion.
4)You can also make notes in your video at certain time-frames, so you can go back and make changes to your presentation.
Below you can view the differences in the three accounts.
Below, are a few explanations of what Swivl offers.
1) In your project, you can add presentation slides and other media to your video.
2) With time stamped commenting, you can post time stamped comments for questions or feedback with varying privacy from public to private.
3) You can comment on a video, and give feedback to the owner, which is great for a group discussion.
4)You can also make notes in your video at certain time-frames, so you can go back and make changes to your presentation.
This is a video of a man using the Swivl camera.
There are many uses for teachers or students to use this app and device.
- If a student is absent, you can video yourself teaching a lesson, and have the absent student watch it the next day.
- If you are a student teacher, you can record yourself teaching to get feedback, and recognize what you may need to improve on.
- If you are doing an activity that involves movement, you can record yourself and your students, so they can notice what they should have done differently.
- If a teacher wants to use your idea on how to present a lesson or activity, you can record yourself, and send them the video so they see the details that were included in your lesson.
- This lesson can be used for any type of lesson moving, or not. This video collects up to 8 minutes of record time, if your lesson is longer, you will have to take multiple videos.
Fun Fact- You can also be hired for a job for Swivl. Click here, scroll down to the middle of the page, and then click the link to view the available jobs.
