Gradcut Showcase Innovation at EduTECH 2025

Tech That Connects: University of Sydney and Gradcut Showcase Innovation at EduTECH 2025

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This year, we’re excited to return to Innovation Valley with a live case study presentation alongside our valued partners at the University of Sydney. 

The session, titled “Technologies that Build Communities: The Case Study of Increasing Engagement, Enhancing Student Life, and Boosting Global Outreach,” will be held on 12 June 2025 at 11:00 AM at ICC Sydney.

From Concept to Impact

When Gradcut™ launched its AI-powered solution last year, our goal was simple: help students hold onto one of life’s biggest moments — and make it effortless for universities to deliver.

Partnering with the University of Sydney, we set out to do something new. The results?

  • 23,500 graduates
  • 140 ceremonies
  • 120,000+ instant video clips delivered
  • Branded stage clips formatted for instant sharing across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook

Making graduation work for the Instagram generation

This technology helps universities to connect with students who expect instant results while enhancing student life, strengthening the community, and extending the outreach. With over 60,000 enrolled students and 20,000 graduates annually, USYD needed a solution that could scale without breaking the budget.

Christine Fairchild, Graduations Manager at the University of Sydney, will present the results alongside the Gradcut co-founders at EduTECH 2025 on June 12, sharing how the change has boosted student engagement without adding administrative work.

The software works by plugging into existing streaming setups, meaning universities can add this service without changing their established graduation processes without major infrastructure investments—a key consideration for budget-conscious educational institutions. Each clip maintains the university’s branding and delivers professional-quality content automatically.

Behind the Tech: The Gradcut Platform

Gradcut, powered by Edit on the Spot, leverages AI and automation to transform how graduation ceremonies are captured and shared. The platform captures high-quality video feeds and identifies key moments in real time, generating branded, personalised clips in a range of social media-friendly formats. These clips are then delivered directly to students quickly, securely, and seamlessly. 

Key Features of the Gradcut Solution:

  • Personalised videos delivered within 1 hour
  • Seamless integration with existing livestreams
  • Fully branded for each university
  • Optimised for social sharing
  • 10x faster and half the cost of traditional video production

EDUtech showcase highlights practical innovation

The presentation at EDUtech 2025, Australia’s largest education technology event, will explore how media technology can strengthen campus connections while expanding institutional reach.

The session will cover practical lessons on balancing data privacy with automation, utilising graduation content to enhance institutional reputation, and creating meaningful digital experiences for today’s socially connected students.

The University of Sydney, founded in 1850 and ranked 18th globally, provides a solid case study for how traditional institutions can adapt to modern student expectations without losing their established character.

Join Christine Fairchild, Graduations Manager at the University of Sydney, and Martin Renaud, Co-Founder of Gradcut™, as they walk through this real-world example of how cutting-edge media technology can strengthen connections on campus and beyond.

They’ll cover:

  • How student life was enhanced through meaningful digital touchpoints
  • Why instant, personalised video matters for today’s students
  • Lessons on balancing data privacy, automation, and emotional storytelling
  • Using media to elevate an institution’s reach and reputation

Why It Matters: The Stats Behind the Story

From last year’s pilot to this year’s scaled implementation, the impact has been both measurable and meaningful. Statistics show a noticeable increase in student engagement across social platforms, as graduates eagerly share their achievements with friends and family. 

The technology particularly resonates with students who may be the first in their family to graduate from university. Having an instant, shareable video of crossing the stage creates a powerful moment for families watching from home or celebrating together.

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Delivering Instant Videos at USYD with Gradcut

Graduation like Never Before: Delivering Instant Videos at USYD with Gradcut

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Those few seconds on the stage hold a lifetime of dedication, hard work, and pride! This May, the University of Sydney is once again making those moments special by offering graduates instant, personalised videos—delivered within an hour—thanks to Gradcut.

After an unconventional and promising initiative taken by the University of Sydney last year, it is once again facilitating the students this year by offering instant stage clips, making sure you share your proud moments. 

A Look Back at 2024:

Last year, the University of Sydney partnered with Gradcut and became the first university in Australia to offer instant graduation videos. These clips were created in three formats (horizontal, vertical reel, and square) for easy sharing across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and more, helping students connect with their friends, families, and wider communities in real time.

The numbers speak for themselves:

  • 13,500 graduates
  • 97 ceremonies
  • 88,000+ individual video clips delivered

For over 50 years, graduation memories have been captured the same way—through traditional photography and videography, requiring weeks of manual editing and delivery. In fact, the earliest known university graduation captured on video is the 1939 commencement ceremony at the University of Southern California (USC), recorded on 16mm film.  Harvard University’s 1852 commencement was among the earliest documented with photographic evidence. Today’s graduates live in a digital age where instant, shareable content is the norm.

How Is Gradcut Different:

Gradcut uses ‘Edit on the Spot’ technology to transform the live stream of the graduation ceremony into thousands of individual video clips. Each student receives a personalised video of their moment crossing the stage, receiving their degree.

Here’s the best part: there’s no need for additional tech equipment or a filming crew. Gradcut integrates directly into the existing livestream setup, keeping things smooth and stress-free for the university’s media team.

Once the stream is captured, it is instantly edited into multiple social media-ready formats—perfect for sharing, saving, and celebrating.

Benefits:

  • Speed: Videos are delivered within an hour of the ceremony.
  • Simplicity: No disruption to your livestream or media team.
  • Branding: Each clip is customised with the university’s branding.
  • Grad Engagement: Instant sharing helps to foster a connection with the University.
  • Cost-Effective: Delivered faster and at half the cost of traditional services.

Looking Ahead to 2025:

Thousands of new graduates will step onto the stage this May—and Gradcut will be there again, turning their proudest moments into instant, shareable memories. Known for supporting startups, the university has demonstrated its commitment to embracing innovative technology. 

“Collaborating with Gradcut has been an absolute privilege. Together, we’ve piloted their groundbreaking product, Gradcut. This innovative solution provides graduates with high-quality, digital versions of their stage-crossing within an hour of the ceremony, ready to share on social media or with loved ones. Gradcut truly captures the joy and pride of graduation day in a way that’s instant, convenient, and perfect for the digital age,” says Christine Fairchild, Graduation Manager at the University of Sydney.

As universities navigate an increasingly digital and competitive environment, Gradcut’s solution offers a powerful, modern way to extend the graduation experience far beyond the ceremony itself.

High-Quality Personalized Graduation Clips

The Technology Behind Gradcut: Delivering Instant Graduation Videos

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Graduation day is one of the most important moments in a student’s life. It marks the end of years of hard work, dedication, and learning while celebrating the start of a new chapter. It’s a time to reflect on achievements, overcome challenges, and recognise the support of family, friends, and teachers along the way. This day is about more than just receiving a certificate—it’s a moment of pride, joy, and excitement for what lies ahead. This is the moment to capture, celebrate and remember. 

This is where Gradcut comes in. With our instant personalised graduation videos, we help students preserve the memories of their big day and share their achievements with those who matter most.

We understand that graduation is not just an event—it’s a deeply personal and memorable milestone. That’s why we’ve harnessed cutting-edge technology to transform the way graduation memories are captured and shared by students and their families in Australia, Canada and the US. Our innovative system combines advanced video editing software, AI-driven personalisation, and secure digital delivery platforms to create a seamless experience for graduates and their families.

How Gradcut Brings Change to the Way Graduation Videos Are Traditionally Created.

Gradcut sets a new standard for how graduation videos are created and shared with its advanced technology. Here’s how it works:

  1. Automatically Edited Videos

Our innovative platform takes graduation video production to the next level by capturing the live-stream, automatically identifying each graduate during the ceremony and editing videos. Using state-of-the-art technology, it creates personalised video clips for every student, without disrupting the ceremony and working with the current set-up the educational institution has in place, we deliver high-quality, shareable clips shortly after the event.

Through an easy-to-use client portal, campuses can schedule multiple ceremonies, share QR codes with graduates, and students can receive videos effortlessly. With a delivery time of less than 1 hour, graduates can download and share their branded clips on social media and with family and friends. 

  1. High-Quality Video Clips

Gradcut captures the graduation ceremony in resolution it’s been recorded and live-streamed, so graduates get the video with the best focus, angle, lighting and sound. No more blurry, phone-recorded videos from the audience! The camera preserves every detail, from a graduate’s proud smile to the emotional moments in the audience, in exceptional clarity. 

Once the video is edited, it’s uploaded into a cloud-based secure platform. This way, graduates and their families can download and share them from anywhere and at any given time, from their phone or any browser.  

The web-based system supports scalability, allowing it to deliver hundreds, thousands, or more videos at one time, especially during peak graduation seasons. For example, during May and October graduations, Gradcut delivered over 80,000 video clips to 11,500 University of Sydney graduates.  

  1. AI-Powered Personalization

Using event data and customised templates, Gradcut makes videos unique. Integrating details like names, degrees, university logos, fonts and colour schemes, makes a video special, highlighting graduates’ achievements.

What sets Gradcut apart is its ability to merge tradition with technology. While graduation photos and videos have been around for decades, Gradcut’s instant, personalised clips redefine the experience for both graduates and educational institutions. With advanced AI, seamless integration, and a focus on user satisfaction, Gradcut is leading the way in making graduation memories unforgettable.

In today’s instant-sharing world, why wait for your professional videos? 

Real-time moments = real-time memories.

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Tradition Meets Innovation: How Gradcut’s Instant Video Delivery Enhances the Graduation Experience

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At Gradcut, we are dedicated to transforming how graduation memories are captured and shared. Graduates and their families can often find traditional methods of documenting this milestone slow and time-consuming, leaving them waiting for days and weeks to relive their special day. By delivering personalised video clips within an hour of the ceremony, our platform offers a fresh and modern approach to this cherished tradition.

Gradcut seamlessly integrates with existing video production and live-streaming services educational institutions use to capture the significant moment of the ceremony. Through the use of our sophisticated AI editing tools, we are able to rapidly create and deliver customised video clips, eliminating long wait times and enhancing the quality of the experience for each graduate. Even though graduation ceremonies are steeped in tradition, these modern advancements in technology and innovation can certainly enhance them.

Graduates can quickly post their clips on social media, celebrating their achievements with friends and family around the world. Having loved ones from far and wide join in on the celebration instantly enhances the celebration, making it even more memorable.

As a result, the university gains significantly more visibility because of the sheer volume of these posts. Enhanced with University branding, each clip extends the institution’s reach, engaging a broader audience and attracting both current and prospective students’ attention. As a result of this widespread exposure, the university’s presence and impact are elevated.

Apart from enriching the ceremony’s experience, Gradcut strives to contribute positively to the global community. By directing a portion of our profits towards supporting education in developing countries and underserved communities, we empower the next generation of students to achieve their dreams. And every clip you buy from Gradcut contributes to the future of students worldwide.

Discover today how Gradcut can elevate your graduation ceremony – www.gradcut.com

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Gradcut: Turning Graduation Memories into Meaningful Impact

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At Gradcut, we believe that graduation is a significant occasion that deserves to be celebrated and preserved. Our cloud-based software platform empowers universities to provide their students with personalised video clips of their graduation ceremony, making it easy for them to cherish their special day and share with family and friends.

Our purpose extends beyond just capturing memories. We aim to make a meaningful impact by donating a portion of our profits to support education in developing countries and underserved communities and empower the new generation of student to pursue their academic goals and aspirations.

A Seamless Solution for Universities

Gradcut is designed exclusively for universities that are looking to provide their students and families with a unique and memorable graduation experience. Our SaaS subscription model makes it easy for institutions to set up as many ceremonies as they need, and our user-friendly online portal ensures that every student receives a tailored, edited video clip of their graduation ceremony.

Elevate Your University's Brand

But Gradcut is more than just a video service – it’s a powerful marketing tool that helps universities enhance their brand visibility and reach. By seamlessly integrating with existing video production or live streaming services, we deliver customised, branded video clips to each graduate, amplifying your institution’s presence and creating a multiplying marketing campaign.

Instant Gratification, Lasting Impact

The main advantage of Gradcut is our ability to deliver individual branded video clips to students soon after the graduation ceremony. Graduates download and share their videos on social media while the moment is still fresh, creating a powerful marketing campaign for the university and a cherished keepsake for the students and their families.

With Gradcut, you can celebrate graduation in a way that’s both meaningful and memorable, all while making a positive impact on the world. Join us in our mission to transform the graduation experience and create a brighter future for students everywhere.