Recently, we asked on Social Media: What do you want from a course on creating screenshots and other graphics? What topics would like a course like this to cover? In this episode we’ll cover the responses we got, and why we asked those questions.
Tag: screencasts
How we record videos for our online training courses
We’re just starting to record the video inserts for a new online training course we’re developing. As I’ll presenting at the TCUK 2014 conference on on this topic, I thought I’d take a few photos in case they come in handy during my TCUK presentation. We record the presenter actually presenting the slides, as this results in a more… Read more »
Estimating production times for screencasts and elearning
Screencasts and video based learning content are growing in popularity, and we’re seeing a rise in the number of enquiries for this type of content. Estimating the time required to develop this type of content can vary quite considerably. The easiest way to estimate the time required is to use metrics based on the duration… Read more »
The ideal length for instructional screencast videos
Screencast videos have become a popular means for delivering “how-to” information. One of the questions developers must address is, how long should you make your screencasts? At last weeks’s tekom conference, I saw an interesting presentation by Melanie Huxhold and Dr Axel Luther of SAP on how they develop screencasts for SAP’s products (Produkt- und Lernvideos als ideale… Read more »
Popcorn Maker – “freeing Web videos from the little black box”
Mozilla has released Version 1 of Popcorn Maker, a free HTML5 Web application that enables you to create videos that interact with images, text, maps and other media. This means you are able to add live content to a video. For example, if you have a video telling a user how to purchase an item, you could… Read more »