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How (and Why) to Add Music to Tutorial Videos

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How music affects the brain and impacts learning When (and when not) to use music in a tutorial video Where to find background music for tutorial videos How to choose the right song for your video How to add music to a video correctly (and save time editing). How music affects the brain and impacts learning. Try Camtasia for Free.

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An Educator’s Lessons from YouTube with Valerie Pennington

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It’s that voice in your head saying, I feel like an idiot. As she studied more about audio and her own voice, she realized that improving her own voice was so important as someone who speaks for a living. “It She’s a vocal and dialect coach, and the course was called Voice and Speech. I look like an idiot.

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How to Convert Instructor-Led Training in a Virtual World with Shannon Tipton

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But just be aware that your mannerisms and your tone of voice and your facial expressions all need to fit on a little space.”. She states that something new should happen every minute, whether that’s a slide transition in PowerPoint, a screen annotation, or a tone of voice shift as you change topic.

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Making Engaging Video

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We’ve used storytelling throughout history to draw in audiences and spread messages, and it’s how our brains like to digest information. To learn more about how to unlock the power of storytelling in your videos, check out the Basics: Writing and Using Scripts course at the TechSmith Academy. Use storytelling. Be conversational.

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Proximity Bias and Hybrid Work: What You Need to Know

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Our brains take shortcuts all the time, using processes to simplify the information around us to make more efficient decisions. But sometimes, our brains misinterpret that information, and it affects the accuracy of our judgments. In the case of proximity bias, our brains overvalue what is around us and undervalue what isn’t.

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Free learning & development webinars for August 2023

Limestone Learning

PT: Cracking the Learning Code with Neuroscience and John Medina’s “Brain Rules” Scientists now know for sure how our brain works and its these advances in the brain sciences that should “shape” how you design and deliver training to your learners. Thursday, August 17, 2023, 9 a.m.–10 Wednesday, August 30, 2023, 9 a.m.–10

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How to Look Professional On Camera

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Voice Warmups. Warm up your voice and lips with vowel exercises. Recite Tongue Twisters to get your brain and mind working together in harmony. The post How to Look Professional On Camera appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. Really use your lips, teeth, and tongue to pronounce all the vowels. Facebook: [link].

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