Trainers and instructional developers in most of today's organizations today make video. Many are creating software training videos, but increasingly they are doing more complex productions with multiple cameras, green screen, and other effects. As they look to do this, they need some core production skills and knowledge of professional TV production to make more engaging content, and do it faster.

In this hands-on workshop you will learn the core of what makes a good instructional video. You will learn how to produce video professionally, and how to craft it in a way that engages learners to help them optimize performance. After learning how to structure and plan a video shoot, you will create your own instructional video and learn tricks of video production, plus a workflow that enables you to make it quickly.

In this session, you will learn:

• What makes engaging video, based on video's strengths as a communication modality
• How to structure short  videos to ensure learning
• How to plan pictures that convey learning
• How to shoot, edit, and produce an engaging instructional video
• How to plan and produce video content, following a professional production workflow

Audience:

Designers, developers    

Technology discussed:

Video camera (cell phone), editing software

Technology requirements:

Laptop with Camstasia installed (free trial version ok) and headphones