YouTube Video Editing 101
Learn the basics of video editing for YouTube in a friendly & creative environment
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🎞️ Welcome to YouTube Video Editing 101! Your friendly space to start editing your first videos for YouTube. Are you completely new to video and editing, but want to learn how to do it? That's fine, join this club and I'll show you how to get started. We'll go from complete beginners and learn a whole bunch of skills from absolute basics and keep learning video editing skills until you can breeze through your own edits like a pro!
What You’ll Do
- Join a small group of 3 students and meet once a week in an ongoing class
- Set up your YouTube channel and learn how to post and manage videos responsibly
- Use CapCut to trim clips, add music, text, and effects, and bring your ideas to life
- Work together on fun beginner projects while learning how to give and receive feedback
What You’ll Learn
- Video Editing Skills: Cutting, transitions, captions, and adding sound effects & music
- Basic Storytelling: How to plan, organize, and structure a simple video
- Digital Responsibility: Understanding online safety, copyright basics, and channel setup
What You’ll Need
- A laptop or desktop computer with a working microphone and camera
- CapCut (free download)
- A Google account (for creating your YouTube channel)
Why Learn Video Editing?
Video editing is one of the most powerful creative skills kids can learn today. It builds confidence, storytelling ability, and digital literacy all while teaching patience, attention to detail, and communication through media.
What Comes After This Course?
Charlie will recommend you join one of the following courses once you know how to edit and upload videos:
- Join our Filmmaking Class to dive deeper into storytelling, camera work, and creative direction
- Work with a real YouTuber mentor to learn advanced skills like thumbnails, titles, and audience growth
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Age ranges are just suggestions! You can register for any cohort.
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5 days ago
Today we had a look at how to create vertical videos. ***** worked on a video she was already creating and ****** was exploring and thinking about ideas for his video. We'll start work on a project next week after they've had some thoughts about the style and topic.
5 days ago
***** edited his ***** video, so that the bird cuts off the music at just the right time for comedic affect. He shared the video and watched the numbers of views and likes going up.
Mar 23 @ 8:03 PM
***** joined us for the first time this week and she jumped right in to editing on CapCut. ****** and ***** shared the videos they worked on last time and then everyone worked on their own video. I covered some basics with ***** and we also learned how to remove greenscreen backg...
Mar 16 @ 8:07 PM
***** and ****** join for the first time today, which was great fun. They jumped right in with CapCut and we managed to make fast progress - playing with Stickers and adding video clips and some animation. ***** shared his latest video, which was brilliant. it was fast paced and ...
Mar 16 @ 8:03 PM
This week ***** joined us for the first time, he jumped in quickly and we continued working on experimenting with video transitions. ***** and ****** both shared their videos, which were great!
Mar 9 @ 8:32 PM
***** worked on his latest ******** video for his ****** channel. He finished it and uploaded to his channel, marking his 3rd release to his channel.
Feb 24 @ 6:54 PM
****** continued working on his trees video today, adding more info and images and editing it together
Feb 10 @ 6:57 PM
Everyone continued work on their video project, or started fresh. They chose a topic of interest to create a short video.
Feb 2 @ 9:05 PM
Today, we've started on a quest to create a bigger project. Everyone has chosen a topic fo interest to focus their video. From this, everyone will record a voice over, learn to edit the content, add sound and video effects to make an engaging video. Today was mostly focused on de...
Jan 26 @ 9:01 PM
This week we worked on adding and editing sound effects to our videos.
Jan 12 @ 9:02 PM
Today ***** and ****** joined for the first time. We looked at adding video media from the library, adding stickers, adding keyframes to adjust position. Also adding music and sound effects. All in CapCut.
Jan 5 @ 8:56 PM
Today we explored Stickers - how to add them, animate them, add keyframes to track movement and make some fun videos.
Dec 30 @ 12:28 AM
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