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How To Design eLearning That Delivers Results With Tim Slade

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So, instead of focusing on the end result, focus on the quality of your content. I wrote a book through that experience teaching these people how to become eLearning designers… all of my content was super practical about managing stakeholders and managing projects and creating storyboards and prototypes. ”.

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7 Mistakes Video Creators Should Avoid

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When your camera isn’t focused on the correct spot, i.e. your face, if you’re talking to camera, it can reduce the quality of your entire video and be distracting for your audience. This mistake can drastically reduce the overall quality of your video. Failing to frame subjects correctly. Framing is easily overlooked.

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How To Merge Videos

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Here are some of the obstacles you might need to deal with: Quality. Be aware of the video quality when merging to separate videos together. Create a storyboard. A storyboard is a visual representation of your video sketched out. Not every video will require a storyboard. Keep your clips organized.

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“It’s Like Writing a Play:” Make Screencasts Painless with Storyboards, Scripts

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The time and energy it takes to record, edit and publish high-quality videos is often much longer than the end product. Then we make a storyboard to plan how we want the video to look and feel. A part of John's storyboard and script for his video (which is linked to at the end of this article). Keep your eyes open.

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Making Engaging Video

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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. Have good audio quality. Good quality audio itself isn’t necessarily engaging, but bad quality audio will stop people watching your video. Be conversational.

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How to Create an Employee Training Video: A Beginner’s Guide

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TechSmith Camtasia makes it easy to record and edit video — no pro skills required! TechSmith Camtasia makes it easy to record and edit video — no pro skills required! No surprise here, but we recommend TechSmith Camtasia. Consider creating a storyboard. How to create employee training videos — step-by-step.

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Why Video and Image Accessibility Matters with Ryan Knott

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Ryan first discovered his passion for accessibility while working with the Michigan Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and now uses his skills to create valuable, accessible content at TechSmith. There’s one more resource we encourage you to check out, and that’s the TechSmith Academy.

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