As a University of Waterloo student, here is your chance to display exemplary video development skills as part of a competition sponsored by a partnering local organization.
Kitchener-based video and business platform Vidyard is awarding $500 to the most inspiring video created by a Waterloo student as part of the Vidyard Video Challenge.
If you're an undergraduate student enrolled in the new Digital Fundamental Skills courses, you will be tasked with creating short videos of what they learned, to inspire others to take the course.
In June 2020, Vidyard and other organizations partnered with Waterloo to provide courses that can help you prepare for a digital workplace.
You will use the knowledge that you picked up in the course to demonstrate how video marketing can be used as an incredibly powerful medium to evoke emotion and forge a human connection.
An inspirational video is to be developed using Vidyard’s screen recording and video creation tool.
The videos for this challenge are due Friday, November 20, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. (ET).
No purchase necessary. Click here for full contest rules.
Upskilling for a digital workplace
In response to the global pandemic, Waterloo students have access to specialized Digital Skills Fundamentals courses. The courses are provided by Vidyard, Shopify, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, Larry Smith (Director and Founder, The Problem Lab) and Kiite Academy.
The courses were developed to help students support Canadian businesses during this time.
Vidyard’s focus is on the video marketing module of the course, while other modules include digital marketing, web design and e-commerce.
Vidyard, founded by Waterloo alumni, is a platform that helps businesses transform communications and drive more revenue using online video.
The fast-growing organization also helps businesses connect with more viewers through interactive and personalized video experiences.
“A strong educational foundation teaches you how to learn and problem solve, but the academic process is often missing relevant and up-to-date tactics to provide a competitive and differentiated edge in the current and future job market,” says Vidyard CEO and co-founder, Michael Litt(BASC’11). “This program will effectively supplement the efforts of one of the best academic institutions on the globe and continue to strengthen the University of Waterloo’s reputation for creating incredibly talented and capable graduate.”
As a Waterloo student, you can sign up for courses through LEARN.
How to sign up for the Vidyard Video Challenge
For this competition, you will be using Vidyard’s screen recording and video creation tool. Vidyard’s screen recording and video creation tool is a free Chrome extension you can use to:
- Easily record your screen, webcam, or both
- Edit your video and create a custom thumbnail
- Share your video and track who watches it!
The creator of the winning video will receive $500.00 CAD awarded by Vidyard.
Please click on the dropdown below for more details.
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Download the Vidyard’s screen recording and video creation Chrome extension
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Select the type of video (e.g. explainer video, how to video, promo video, etc.)
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Create a one to three- minute video using the best practices of your selected video type to showcase what you learned in this course to inspire others.
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To be eligible for the $500.00 CAD prize, your video must have the following components:
- The video must be one to three minutes in length.
- Video must be created using Vidyard’s screen recording and video creation Chrome extension.
- The content of the video must focus on the video marketing principles included in the Digital Skills Fundamentals course.