Microsoft Stream is a program included within Gordon Conwell's Microsoft 365 subscription and a powerful tool which allows the uploading of video for playback and distribution, screen recording, video recording, video editing, and even creating video playlists. Stream can be accessed through the bento box in your Microsoft 365 email (left below) or you can access it through your Microsoft Teams app directly (right below). Additionally, you can go to Microsoft365.com/launch/stream Microsoft Stream's homepage: Additionally, by clicking on the link of any video file stored within OneDrive or SharePoint, that content will open within Stream and you will see Stream’s video player (as shown below)

Video files can be uploaded into stream in one of three avenues; directly from the stream homepage, via SharePoint, or OneDrive. Direct Upload: From the home page of Stream, select upload. Select your file. By default, Stream will store videos directly in your OneDrive in no specific folder. If you’d like to, you may select a specific location you’d like the file stored by clicking on “Change Location”. You may select a folder within your OneDrive (“My Files”), a folder that you share with someone, or in a SharePoint Site you have access to. OneDrive Upload: From your OneDrive, select "+ add new" and then either “files upload” or “folder upload” to upload a file. Select your file. Stream will automatically pull the video you uploaded and display it on it’s home page. SharePoint Upload From SharePoint, navigate to the Group you’d like to store the file in, then the Documents Channel, and then the appropriate file path where you would like your video to be stored. Select “upload”. Choose your file. Stream will automatically pull the video you uploaded and display it on its home page.

From the home page of Stream, any location within OneDrive, or within SharePoint, clicking on the link to a video will open that video file within Stream and you will see Stream’s video player (as shown below). From Stream’s player you will see an array of controls.

By clicking the “Share” button on the Stream player, you can invite collaborators to view, edit or download the video file. You can also copy the direct link, embed code, or manage access to the video. From within SharePoint or OneDrive, you can click on the “Share” icon next to the file name of the video you would like to share, and the Share Dialogue Box will pop-up. From here you can enter the emails of anyone you would like to have access to the file and designate their permissions.

From the home page of stream, under the “Create new” menu, select either Screen Recording or Camera Recordings Streams recording interface will launch, and you will see a list of controls along the bottom and right-hand side. To set up a new recording, make sure your camera and mic are set to the proper source. If you’d like to turn off the camera and only record your screen either click the X next to your picture or toggle the camera button off on the bottom left. If you only want to record via your camera, press the Screen button. Once your recording is all setup, press the “Start screen recording” button in the center of the screen. You may be prompted to grant your browser the ability to record your screen or use you microphone, follow the on screen prompts to ensure your system permissions are set. Stream will ask you to choose which tab, window or screen you would like recorded. If you would like system audio to be included in the screen recording, you must use the “tab option and ensure “Also share tab audio” is toggled on. Once a recording is underway, the play button will change to allow you to either pause or stop your recording. You can open your video script, draw on screen, or use effects with the options at the bottom of the screen. When your recording is done, press the stop button. After you end your recording, you will be given the option to trim and edit your recording. Make your desired edits and then you can either download your video directly using the arrow in the top right or select finish at the bottom right and the file will automatically be saved in your OneDrive under “My Files”.

After opening a video within stream, in the upper right of the video player click on the icon of a pair of scissors labeled trim. Either drag the handles on at the front and back of the timeline to the correct start and end point, or type in the time stamps in the Video Start and Video End box on the right-hand side. Press the check mark to confirm your edits. ' You will encounter a pop-up letting you know that trimmed segments are hidden, not deleted from the video. If you want to edit your start and end time, go back into the trim menu and click the pencil icon on next to your start and end time. If want to restore the entire original video, click the looped arrow to reset the video to its original form.

After opening a video within stream, in the upper right of the video player click on the icon of a pair of scissors labeled trim. Under the “Cut from the middle” section select “New Cut”. If stream defaulted to opening the “Trim start and end” option click the X next to the “Trim start and end” and then select “New Cut” under the “Cut from the middle” section. Either drag the handles on at the front and back of the timeline to the correct cut-from and cut-to point, or type in the time stamps in the Cut From and Cut To box on the right-hand side. Press the check mark to confirm your edits. You will encounter a pop-up letting you know that cut segments are hidden, not deleted from the video. If you want to adjust your edit, go back into the trim menu and click the pencil icon to make changes. If want to delete your edit, click the trash can icon to restore the cut section. ​

From the Stream video player, select “Video Settings” on the right-hand side. Toggle the option for chapters on. If your video has a transcript, you may select Generate and Stream will create chapters based on the videos transcript, otherwise select “Go To Chapters”. Drag the video play head to wherever you would like your chapter to be. Select “New Chapter”. Title your chapter and edit the specific time stamp. Then select the check mark to confirm. Repeat as needed. To edit or delete a chapter select the three dots next to the chapter you’d like to make changes to. Select either edit or delete. ​​​​

From the Stream video player, select “Video Settings” on the right-hand side. Select the dropdown arrow for Thumbnail. To pick a thumbnail from a frame in the video, select “Edit Thumbnail”. Drag the video play head to whatever timestamp you would like to be the thumbnail and the click “Select This Frame”. To upload a custom thumbnail. Select “Upload Thumbnail” Choose the correct image from your files, and then select Done. ​

This guide will serve as a quick start guide to briefly familiarize an end-user with creating a video project and finding helpful items within Clipchamp. For a comprehensive guide on Clipchamp’s in-depth feature set, visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/clipchamp Why would I use Clipchamp as opposed to just editing a video in stream? Streams base editor is a powerful tool, however there are limitations in terms of its ability to support full blown video projects. Let’s say you want to add multiple videos into one and cut from clip to clip. Clipchamp is the perfect tool for this. Do you want to cut an existing video more than 5 times? Stream would be unable to support that. Maybe you’d like to cut multiple clips together into social media snippets? Clipchamp can achieve this. Starting a project with Clipchamp: To create a project in Clipchamp, either select “Video Project” from Streams homepage, or select the Clipchamp option from Stream's Video player. If you created a project by selecting Clipchamp from an existing video, that video will automatically be added to a new Clipchamp project. If you selected “Create New”>”Video Project” from the Stream homepage, Clipchamp will open up to an empty project file (as seen below).' To add media to your project, select the import media button at the top left. You may choose files from within your OneDrive, or you can upload files from your device. Now that you’ve added clips into your project, you may freely drag items onto the timeline and begin editing. Basic Controls: Trim Video Clip Transform Video Crop Video Overlay Text Add music or sound fx Add Video Transitions Speed up or Slow Down a Video Generate Captions Export a Video