An account is required to use WeVideo. Students who are assigned a WeVideo project may be given temporary access to a licensed account through their course. If you were assigned a WeVideo project, please wait for instructions from your instructor regarding account access. After the semester for the assignment has concluded, licensed WeVideo accounts will revert to the free version and all edits and exports will be maintained. Anyone can sign-up for a WeVideo account for free.

To login to WeVideo after setting up an account, go to WeVideo.com and use the Google sign-in option with your PLU account.

After logging in, the Dashboard will display. Five tabs will be available: 

• Home: Open recent edits, and access some templates.
• Templates: Access all templates.
• Projects: Create and manage Projects. 
• Media: Upload, access, and manage all media that has been uploaded to your WeVideo edits, projects, and account.
• Exports: Access finished edits that have been exported.

An Edit in WeVideo refers to a video editing project. 

1. From the WeVideo Dashboard, click the blue Create New button to the top-left.
2. Select Video.
3. If prompted, select the desired Project to save the Edit to.
4. If prompted, select Full-featured editor.
5. Click My Video to the top-left. A new window will appear.
6. Enter a descriptive name for the Edit in the field, and click OK.

Refer to the other articles in this guide for instructions on using the editing features.

Edits are organized into Projects, which are like folders that house the Edits. Each Project can have multiple Edits. Projects are available in three types: Personal, Collaborative, and Shared. When the first Edit is created, a Project called My Project is automatically generated for it. All future Edits will be automatically saved to this Project unless more Projects are created.

Be aware that in order to add other users to a Project, you must be members of the same group. If youre having issues with sharing Projects, please reach out to itech@plu.edu.

1. Navigate to the Projects tab of the WeVideo Dashboard.
2. Click the circular blue button to the top-right, Create new project.
3. Enter a name for the Project in the "Title" field, and a description if desired.
4. Select a Project type:

• Personal: only you will be able to access the Edit, unless its later shared with other users within your group.
• Collaborative: other members of your group can work together on Edits in real-time.
• Shared: project members from the same group have access to the same media, but work on separate Edits.

Click Next.

If a Collaborative or Shared Project type was selected:

1. Select your group from the list that appears, and click Next.
2. Select the desired invitees, and click Next.
3. Select the media to add if desired, and click Next.

Click Create video to start a new Edit, or click Finish to close the dialogue box.

1. Navigate to the Projects tab of the WeVideo Dashboard.
2. Click the desired project.
3. Click the Add Members button to the top-right, which has a person and plus icon. A new window will appear.
4. Select your group, and click Next.
5. Select the desired invitees, and click Save. The invitees will now be able to access the Project in the Shared with me section of their Projects tab, and the Project will be converted to the Collaborative Project type if it wasnt already.