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Oct. 6, 2018

How To Make Great Instructional Videos - HoET119

How To Make Great Instructional Videos - HoET119

Instructional videos allow teachers to connect with students in a different way.

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Making Great Instructional Videos

We all know that video can help make a learning experience vastly better. Videos are easier to create than ever before and can create an engaging learning experience. Video allows us as teachers to connect with students in a different way. Plus, good quality webcams are available for less than $100, and there are numerous free and easy-to-use resources for creating and publishing video content so it can be streamed back into our courses.

Here are 10 tips that will soon have you making great instructional videos:

  • #1 Forget the headset.
  • #2 Keep it short.
  • #3 Prepare well and then wing it.
  • #4 Position the camera above your eyes.
  • #5 Location, location, location.
  • #6 Move it out.
  • #7 Look right at the camera lens. Looking anywhere else looks weird. Your audience will think you have an avoidance problem.
  • #8 Cover your screen.
  • #9 Say “cheese.”
  • #10 Avoid overdoing it.

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