Do my students need a TubeChop account?

No. Students click the link and watch. Only the person making clips might want an account, and even that is optional.

Can I make several clips from one video?

Yes. On the free plan you make one clip at a time. With Premium you stay in the trimmer after each Chop and build the whole set in one go, each clip named and listed beside the player.

Can I play a set of clips in order?

Yes, with a Premium playlist. Add your clips, put them in order, and share one link that plays them in sequence.

Can I keep clips from one year to the next?

Free clips expire after 7 days. TubeChop Premium ($15/year) removes the expiration, which suits clips you use every year.

Will clips play through school content filters?

TubeChop uses YouTube’s embedded player. Availability depends on the video and your school’s filtering: some videos can’t be played outside YouTube, and a school can block TubeChop separately from YouTube.

Does trimming edit or download the video?

No. TubeChop never downloads or changes videos. It tells the official YouTube player where to start and stop, which keeps you inside YouTube's Terms of Service.

New Cut a whole set of clips from one video

YouTube clips for teachers and activity leaders

Show the exact part your lesson needs.

Trim any YouTube video to a start and end time and share one link. Playback starts on your moment and stops when it ends. Students don’t need accounts, and there’s nothing to install.

Chop a video for your next lesson See how it works

Free to start · No account needed · Plays in the official YouTube player

Start 12:40

End 16:52

Trim Range

00:00

Current / Trim Duration

00:00 / 04:12

44:10

New in Premium

Cut a whole set from one video

Most lessons and rehearsals need more than one moment. With Premium you stay in the trimmer after each Chop, so a routine, a play’s cues, or a lecture’s key points become a named set in one sitting.

Start 00:38 01:12 01:12 01:33

End 01:12 01:46 01:33 01:54

Trim Range Already chopped

00:00

Current / Trim Duration

00:00 / 00:34 00:00 / 00:34 00:00 / 00:21 00:00 / 00:21

03:20

Next clip picks up at 01:12, where the last one ended. Next clip picks up at 01:33, where the last one ended. Saved to your clips below

Chop next clip Chopped Reset

Your clips from this video

1 clip 2 clips 3 clips

Each chop lands here, marked on the track.

1 · Opening formation 0:38

0:00 – 0:38 · Just now Copy link

Start on the left foot.
2 · Chorus turns 0:34

0:38 – 1:12 · Just now Copy link
3 · Ending 0:21

1:12 – 1:33 · Just now Copy link

Send new chops to a playlist

Paste a YouTube link

The video loads in the trimmer. No account needed to start.
Mark the moment

Drag the handles or type exact times, preview the cut, then press Chop Video.
Chop the next one

You stay in the trimmer. The next range starts where your last clip ended.

Premium
Name, note, copy

Each clip lands in your list. Name it, add a note for the clip page, preview it, and copy its link.

Premium
Play them in order

Add the clips to a playlist and share one link that plays them in sequence.

Premium

What are you preparing?

A clip can be one moment for one lesson, or a whole set for a show. Six examples of what you can build.

Lessons

The four minutes that matter

Clip the part of a documentary, explainer, or read-aloud your lesson plan calls for, then put the link in your slides or LMS.

Causes of the war, explainer 4:12
Chapter 5, read aloud 3:55

Clip a lesson video

Classroom routines

A cue for every transition

Keep short song clips for tidy-up, line-up, and quiet reading ready to play, instead of hunting through YouTube mid-lesson.

Tidy-up song 0:45
Line-up song 0:32

Clip a classroom cue

School events

Walk-up music for the assembly

Give each group or speaker their own short cue, named so whoever runs the sound plays the right one.

Walk-up · Grade 3 team 0:15
Walk-up · Office staff 0:18
Walk-up · Principal 0:20

Clip event music

Plays and performances

Every cue for the show

Clip each song and story moment for a school play, numbered in running order.

1 · Overture 1:10
2 · Forest song 0:52
3 · Finale 1:34

Clip show cues

Rehearsals

One routine, in sections

Split a dance or music video into numbered sections to practise one at a time, and use them again at the next rehearsal.

1 · Opening formation 0:38
2 · Chorus turns 0:34
3 · Ending 0:21

Clip rehearsal sections

Topic units

Sources for one topic

Clip excerpts from several videos about one event, era, or text, ready for the unit.

Source A · Eyewitness account 2:05
Source B · Historian’s view 3:20

Clip unit sources

Ready again next time

Premium clips stay in your library, so the set you made for this unit, show, or assembly is there when it comes round again.

Need only some of them? Add clips you already made to a new playlist instead of trimming them again.

Winter showcase · Full routine 5 clips

Run-through · Week 2 3 clips, already made

Free

For a quick clip today.

One clip at a time, each with its own link
Clips last 7 days
No account needed

Premium

$15/year

For sets you build and use again.

Cut a whole set from one video without leaving the trimmer
Clips don’t expire
Playlists: one link plays clips in order
Public, unlisted, or private clips

See Premium

Fits the way school works

Stops where you choose

A timestamp link only sets the start. A clip also ends on time, before unrelated content or autoplay.

Works in any LMS

A clip is a normal link: Google Classroom, Canvas, Moodle, Schoology, slides, or email.

Nothing to install

It runs in the browser. No extension, no IT ticket, and no accounts for students.

Plays through YouTube

Uses YouTube’s embedded player. Availability depends on the video and your school’s filtering.

Good questions.

Do my students need a TubeChop account?: No. Students click the link and watch. Only the person making clips might want an account, and even that is optional.
Can I make several clips from one video?: Yes. On the free plan you make one clip at a time. With Premium you stay in the trimmer after each Chop and build the whole set in one go, each clip named and listed beside the player.
Can I play a set of clips in order?: Yes, with a Premium playlist. Add your clips, put them in order, and share one link that plays them in sequence.
Can I keep clips from one year to the next?: Free clips expire after 7 days. TubeChop Premium ($15/year) removes the expiration, which suits clips you use every year.
Will clips play through school content filters?: TubeChop uses YouTube’s embedded player. Availability depends on the video and your school’s filtering: some videos can’t be played outside YouTube, and a school can block TubeChop separately from YouTube.
Does trimming edit or download the video?: No. TubeChop never downloads or changes videos. It tells the official YouTube player where to start and stop, which keeps you inside YouTube's Terms of Service.

Prepare clips for your next lesson, rehearsal, or event.

Chop a video for your next lesson

Free to start. No account needed.