This document provides guidance for creating short educational videos. It recommends planning videos that are 5-7 minutes long with slides that have 20-30 seconds of content each. The suggested workflow involves storyboarding, designing slides with minimal text using a consistent template, scripting narration and practicing it, recording using screen recording software while memorizing lines, editing the full video, and publishing on YouTube or NYU Stream with captions. Tips are provided for each step to create effective, accessible videos.

1. Creating short
educational videos
Katelyn Lemay
April 1, 2016
http://tinyurl.com/fasvideo
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3. Approaches
Professional
video / animation
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“Talking head” with
slides
Narration with slides

4. Available tools
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NYUStream

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Suggested workflow
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Planning your video
5 - 7 minutes
per video
20 - 30 seconds
per slide

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Storyboarding your video
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Storyboarding
Every story has a
beginning, middle, and
end - and your video
should, too.

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Storyboarding
Sketch what will appear
on each slide, including
animations/annotations.
Write notes about your
content underneath.

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Designing your slides
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12. Tips for slide design
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• Create template for consistent design
• Sans serif font, 12pt or larger
• Use sentence case
‒ Create hierarchy with font size
‒ Add emphasis with bold text
• Avoid using too much text; use “Appear”
animation to reveal information incrementally

13. Tips for slide design
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Avoid:

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Cognitive theory of multimedia learning
● Two separate channels for processing
information (visual and auditory)
● Each channel has a limited capacity
● While learning we are actively processing,
filtering, and sorting incoming information
Too much information on slides overwhelms
students’ visual channels.
Tips for slide design
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15. Tips for slide design
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A figure with
4 equal straight sides
and 4 right angles

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Less is more.

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Writing your script
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Scripting
Write out the
exact words you will say
Do at least 1
timed run-through

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Recording your video
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Recording
Memorize
instead of reading
Pause if you make a
mistake (or a noise)

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Recording
Use the
Screen Recording
function in QuickTime
Remember to select your
external mic

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Editing your video
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Editing
Watch entire video before
making edits
Write down timestamps
and work backwards
from the end to the
beginning.

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Publishing your video
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Youtube or NYU Stream?
Private or public?
Either way,
add captions.

26. More information
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http://www.nyu.edu/fas-edtech

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28. Thank you!
Katelyn Lemay
k.lemay@nyu.edu
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