In this short video, I'm going to give you five tips for making
educational videos. And we are starting right after this short
break.
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a new video on this channel ev ry Tuesday and Friday. I have s
en many teachers, they are work ng very hard to develop onl
ne courses, and some are putt ng videos on their YouTube chann
l. So first, I would like to t lk about online courses. So th
re are two different models of online courses. One is
he marketplaces such as Ud my Skillshare. And there are s
me other and the second model is when you create an online cou
se on a learning management syst m. So these tips are applicable
or both kind of these mode s. Whether you are creating cour
es for marketplaces, or a learn ng management system such as Goo
le Classroom 10 was Blackboard. nd there are many other learn
ng management systems and I h ve many videos about these, you
an watch on my channel, k ow YouTube is slightly differe
t. And these tips may not be applicable to YouTube beca
se YouTube is a little comp ex platform. If you are mak
ng private videos on YouTube, nd then you want to share th
se videos in your courses, t en these tips will still apply.
ut for public videos, because ou want to promote and grow y
ur channel. So there are some ot er factors you also want
to consider and which I'm not go ng to talk in this video, beca
se we are focused on educatio al videos made for courses, not
or YouTube. So after t is clarification Now let's t
lk about these tips. Now the ip number one is, before you st
rt creating educational videos, ou must get a good qual
ty microphone. And some stude ts asked me what microphones I u
e. And I use this Tascam DR. 05. So I'm not getting any commiss
on from this company. But this is what I use. So you must ge
a good quality microphone th re are many other available
nd don't spend more than $1 0. Because the audio quality
of your videos is more import nt than the video quality. our e
rs are more sensitive than e es know. Tip number two is t
at make short videos in face to face. teaching students
an tolerate teachers for 40 or 45 minutes but not in onl
ne learning when they are watch ng your videos you are not pres
nt there. So the attention span is reduced now. So if you look
at these marketplaces, there re many courses you can watch.
ll the videos are maximum f ve minutes length, there are s
me exceptions where the to ic cannot be covered in f
ve minutes for some of the subje ts but try to keep your cou
se videos five to seven minu es less than that is fine, but
ot more than that. No tip num er three is that try to put y
ur face on the videos. If you th nk that your screen capture
is going to get an engagement of your students, you are wr
ng because students want to see ou so put your image at the cor
er of the video even if you re screen capturing, or you
an carry a talking head videos. So talking head videos requir
a little bit more work because ou have to arrange some light
ng and these kind of things. ut you can easily put your image
at the corner of the video. An I have seen that that causes m
re student engagement if your f ce is on the video, and don't wo
ry too much about what people w ll think about you because they
re too busy thinking ab ut themselves. So this is not
an issue, try to put your face on your videos. Now Tip number f
ur is that you must put mini um text on the screen, do not
ut too much text they w ll overwhelm and they will l
se their attention. Put mini um text and simple images do
ot put very complex charts. Nob dy wants to see these charts
nd complex charts are worthl ss anyways, so don't worry too m
ch about putting some fancy cha ts and flowcharts there, put v
ry simple images, try to simpl fy the concept and then put
ur image there and then expla n. Now tip number five and the l
st tip is that sometimes ou overlook this little thing w
en you are teaching online tell ng your students to take notes
nd this is the mistake which I id in many of my online videos
nd courses but no I am determi ed to ask my students to take no
es while they are watching my videos. And this is v
ry important because when they t ke notes, they are listening to
ou carefully. They are trying to manage the distractions and t
ey Trying to listen to what you re saying. So these were my f
ve tips for you today, becaus I was getting a lot of questi
ns and a lot of comments in my YouTube videos and in my cou
se videos, so therefore, I deci ed to give you these five lit
le tips, make short videos, nd take care of these tips.
nd hopefully, you will get s me good reviews because the vi
ws are very important. Until ou get good reviews, you are
ot going to be successful in onl ne teaching. This is the thing
ou are not competing with y ur colleagues in your school
in online teaching, you re competing with the whole wor
d. And if your course is not go d, if your course is not engagi
g, then sooner or later you re going to be out of the busine
s. So take it seriously. So I h pe you like this video. If
so please give it a thumbs p. Thanks for watching and see
ou next ti