We gave our Lang students a breather from essay-writing and asked them to craft a hype video that would hype them for their exam. In the spirit of never asking students to do something I wouldn’t do myself, I created a model.

This is an activity you couldn’t have done a decade ago when I first started teaching, when students weren’t nearly as adept at using video-editing software. Many thanks to WeVideo and Flipgrid, which allowed for easy editing and uploading of the videos. TikTok was also, no surprise, a popular video-editing app.

We designed the assignment to give students as much creative space as possible. Here are some of my favorites.