This document provides information about creating instructional videos. It discusses gear options, pre-production planning such as storyboarding and selecting a topic, production tips like recording audio separately and capturing the screen, and distribution methods including uploading to websites and adding descriptive metadata. Photos and screenshots illustrate different stages of video creation. Links are provided to online video examples for various steps in the process. The overall message is that instructional videos are an effective way to demonstrate processes and share information online.

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Can it do what you
say it does…?
Can I make it do what
you say it does…?

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Having a video is
one of the best
ways of showing
up in the top
results at Google.

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Pre-production
Record what?
 application
 website
 PPT/Keynote
 anything on screen

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Pre-production
 Notes to self
 Staging

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Pre-production
 Audio saboteurs
 Popping toast
 Drying paint

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Production
 Record
 Talk
 Click

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Production
 Uhm!
 Speed mouse
 Editing black hole

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Distribution

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Gear

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Gear

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Gear
Photo credit: Harlan Hogan

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Gear

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Pre-production
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Pre-production
Photo credit: pshutterbug

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Pre-production
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Pre-production
Photo credit: pshutterbug

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Pre-production
 Stagnant visuals
 30-sec snooze button

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Production
Audio first!

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Production
Then screen capture!

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Production
Then put it together!

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Distribution

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Distribution

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Distribution
From: MathWorks blog

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Distribution
http://bit.ly/tabletcapture

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Distribution
http://bit.ly/tabletcapture+

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Distribution
http://bit.ly/tabletcapture+

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Distribution

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Distribution
 Naked video
 Filename titles
 Marketing-free zone

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Gear

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Gear

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Gear

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Gear

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Pre-production
Photo credit: Betsy Weber

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Pre-production

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Pre-production
Prezi credit: Raf Stevens

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Pre-production
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Production

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Production
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Production
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Distribution
Image copyright: TubeMogul

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Distribution

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Distribution

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Distribution

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Distribution
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Daniel Foster
New Media Specialist, TechSmith
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