Here you can read a summary of tips that will help your editing life more efficient and less frustrating.
Above All, Be Prepared:
Before editing audio or video in Adobe Premiere Pro, there is a lot of prep work to be done. Being organized before you start editing will pay off in the long run. If you want more detail than what I have provided here, there is a very detailed run-down of workflow in Premiere - please follow this link (https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/basic-workflow.html) to Adobe's site. You can find a great series of workflow tutorial videos aggregated on this page (bit.ly/1QsduAj).
First, here are a few simple do's and dont’s:
DON'T email video clips to yourself from your phone. They will be low resolution and pixellated ("grainy"). Use Airdrop or Image Capture software to transfer full-res files.
DON'T even think about opening Premiere until you have organized your clips and folder structure (internal link). DO make sure you have plenty of space on your hard drive and have a backup of your folder on an external hard drive or thumb drive. The best-case is for you to have an external hard drive that you can bring with you to class or labs. Relying on our classroom computers for storage is HIGH RISK and not advised.
DO name your audio, video and photo files with names that make sense so that you can quickly find them among a long list of files.
DO create a project folder and place your files in there before importing them to Premiere Pro (internal link).
DO save often. You can also change the preferences in Premiere Pro so the auto-save feature occurs every 5 minutes instead of the default 15 minutes.