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AI Video Creation & Editing

Make and edit real videos with AI — voice, avatars, captions, b-roll — and earn from it.

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About this course

Learn to create and edit video using AI tools you can run from a phone or a budget laptop: text-to-video and AI b-roll (Runway, Pika), talking-head avatars (HeyGen, Synthesia), natural AI voiceover, and one-tap AI editing with auto-captions (CapCut AI, Descript). You'll build faceless content, ads and explainers, turn one long video into a week of shorts, and finish able to ship a real AI-made short — plus a clear, honest plan to earn from clients and faceless channels in naira and dollars.

AI video in 2026 is genuinely powerful but wildly over-hyped. It won't hand you a finished advert from one sentence — but it WILL let you make real videos from a phone, with no camera, no studio, and even no face.

What you'll learn

Course syllabus — 7 lessons

  1. What AI video can really do for you (and what it can't yet)12 min
  2. Script first: the idea, the structure and the prompts before you spend a credit13 min
  3. AI voiceover and text-to-speech: a professional voice without a microphone12 min
  4. AI avatars and talking heads: a presenter without a camera13 min
  5. Text-to-video and AI b-roll: making visuals from words with Runway and Pika14 min
  6. AI editing and auto-captions: assembling it all with CapCut AI and Descript13 min
  7. Copyright, disclosure and getting paid: faceless channels and client work14 min

Your project

Make One Finished AI Video Short

A single shared document link (Google Doc/Drive/Notion, set to 'anyone with the link can view') containing: the goal/audience, the final script and shot list, a working link to ONE finished AI video short (AI voice + AI visuals + proofread captions, exported 1080p MP4), a 150-250 word tools-and-prompts note, a statement on copyright-safe music and AI disclosure, and a 2-3 sentence real business use with a realistic naira price.

Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.

Frequently asked questions

Is AI Video Creation & Editing free?

Yes. AI Video Creation & Editing is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.

How long does AI Video Creation & Editing take to complete?

5 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 2 hours of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.

Do I need any experience to start AI Video Creation & Editing?

Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.

What will I learn in AI Video Creation & Editing?

You will build practical skills in Text-to-video and AI b-roll with Runway and Pika, AI talking-head avatars with HeyGen and Synthesia, Natural AI voiceover and text-to-speech, One-tap AI editing and auto-captions (CapCut AI, Descript), Building faceless content, ads and explainers on a budget, Copyright, AI disclosure and ethics, Monetising with clients and faceless channels. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.

Do I get a certificate for AI Video Creation & Editing?

Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Make One Finished AI Video Short and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.

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