This document provides tips for making educational videos. It discusses different video styles like talking head, voiceover PowerPoint, interviews, and whiteboarding. It recommends keeping videos short at 8 minutes or less, using graphics over text, reading text aloud, and making each video a standalone piece. Videos should be organized, structured, and the presenter should have fun. Outlining content with diagramming tools like Diagrammer.com can help create organized educational videos.

1. Michele R. Pistone
Professor of Law, Charles Widger School of Law
Villanova University
@profpistone
YouTube: LegalEDweb
Top 6Tips on
Making EducationalVideos

2. Types of EducationalVideos forTeaching Law
Talking head
Voice over powerpoint (pen)
Interview
Zoom/GoToMeeting lesson
Whiteboard (more advanced)

3. Decide your style:
conversational, lecture, polished
Prepare notes
Teleprompter apps for Ipads
Test recording equipment
Face in center of screen (rule of thirds)
Logistics of Making EducationalVideos

4. 1. Short - 8 minutes or less
2. Preference graphics over text
3. Read text aloud
4. Each video should stand alone
5. Organized & structured
6. Have fun!
Top 6Tips on Making EducationalVideos

5. Organized & Structured
Diagrammer.com

6. Diagrammer.com

7. Michele R. Pistone
Professor of Law, Villanova University
Charles Widger School of Law
@profpistone
YouTube: LegalEDweb
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