30-Second Tutorial: Filming a How-To for Younger Students

In groups, older students plan and film a 30-second tutorial on a skill from the unit for a younger class to watch, without posting it online. To explain a skill well you have to master it, and along the way students learn privacy rules for filming.

How to play

1. Choose the skill and write a four-shot storyboard: intro, demo, common mistake and final tip (8 min).
2. Rehearse the skill and the explanation until it's clear and clean (7 min).
3. Film using the agreed rules: only students who gave permission appear, no names or school logos, and shots focus on the skill (10 min).
4. Groups watch each other's tutorials and give two stars and a wish (6 min).
5. Privacy check, save to the school storage space the teacher names, and delete from the tablet (4 min).

Rules

• Nothing goes on social media or through messaging apps.
• Anyone who doesn't want to appear can be the writer, camera operator or off-screen narrator.
• Film in a spot with no other groups in the background.
• Feedback for other groups is specific and respectful.

Variations

Adaptations

• Deaf or hard-of-hearing students: the tutorial includes captions or written signs.
• Limited mobility: take part as narrator, director or demonstrator of the parts they can do.
• Shy students: appear with only hands and feet on camera, or do the voice-over.

Learning goals

• Master a skill and explain it clearly.
• Create simple digital content that meets quality criteria.
• Respect privacy and image rights when filming.

Equipment for a class of 25

• tablets: 6
• storyboard sheets: 6
• balls: 6
• cones: 12

Teacher tip

Check every group member's photo consent ahead of time. Showing the tutorials to a younger class works really well: older students pay much more attention to technique when they know who's watching.

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