This video provides some guidelines to consider when planning to create instructional videos for your students. A good first step is to curate existing videos (or other content) that may help your students meet the learning objectives rather than beginning with making content yourself, which can be time-consuming and technologically demanding. Also, bear in mind that your student will most likely experience the content you create as an individual, on a laptop or handheld device, not projected on a screen as in a movie theater. This means that expensive production values and effects are not always necessary. As long as your students can see and hear you, and the video is made accessible through captioning, you are well on your way. A simple video creation process means that you can make more videos more frequently, resulting in more dynamic and personalized content.
Creating Videos for Teaching
