{"id":484,"date":"2015-10-07T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/telmed\/?p=484"},"modified":"2020-01-06T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:59:18","slug":"what-makes-a-good-screencast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/what-makes-a-good-screencast\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a good screencast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8212; This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour &#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In TELMeD, we have decided to make more use of screencasts to provide both staff and students with quick helpful tips for a range of technologies we support; including the DLE, Pebblepad, and a number of our eResources.<\/p>\n<p>Screencasts are a great way of providing training that people can use in their own time, following along where necessary, at their own pace &#8211; and can be referred back to at any time. But what makes a good screencast?<\/p>\n<p>The key points we try to stick to for TELMeD screencasts are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give it an introduction &#8211; everybody needs to know what they are watching after all!<\/li>\n<li>Keep it short &#8211; our screencasts are 2mins maximum, they are designed to give you quick bite-size information about a specific topic or task you may need to accomplish.<\/li>\n<li>Overlay with instructions &#8211; we have decided not to use voiceovers (expect in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/telmed\/2015\/03\/27\/developmental-challenges-of-for-global-distributed-simulation\/\">low-literacy cases<\/a>) as speakers\/headphones may not always be available.<\/li>\n<li>Keep it interesting &#8211; we use simple graphic animations, and friendly &#8220;handwritten&#8221; tips to keep the screen visually entertaining.<\/li>\n<li>Have relevant thumbnails &#8211; we host our videos on youtube, so clearly identifiable thumbnails can help viewers find the information they need quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Simple background music &#8211; this helps to keep the pace of the video to keep it entertaining without making it too distracting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is an example of one of the screencasts we have recently produced to help students with the new changes to the DLE:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to access past academic years content on the DLE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EznGr8BnMj0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; This post was written by Elizabeth Seymour &#8212; In TELMeD, we have decided to make more use of screencasts to provide both staff and students with quick helpful tips for a range of technologies we support; including the DLE, Pebblepad, and a number of our eResources. 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