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Michelle Schoen
An Easier Way to Fix Your “Talking Head” Video Mistakes
Being a Screencast Specialist has its advantages. You don’t have to ever worry about how you look in a video or take the time to memorize a script. When you only show what is on your computer screen it eliminates a whole lot of other concerns such as lighting, choosing a camera and setting up a […]
Continue readingCamtasia Studio Tip: Create the “LiveStream” Side by Side Video Effect
Have you ever wondered how video creators get that side by side tilted video effect that you may see on YouTube or on TV? For example, on one side of the screen you will see a talking head and on the other side you might see an animated PowerPoint or video of a software application […]
Continue readingInternet Video Production: Sticking to your Objectives and Goals
I recently had a question from one of my private coaching clients that I’d like to share. He has a series of videos on, what could be considered, a fairly technical subject that he wishes to make simple for the everyday business person. As he got a little deeper into his video creation he emailed […]
Continue readingSome Fresh Content Layouts to Spice Up Your Videos
We’ve all been there. You’ve learned enough about PowerPoint to create a decent set of slides for a video. You know how to format a nice gradient background and how to choose images. Maybe you know a thing or two about fonts. But after a while all your slides start to look alike. Some text […]
Continue readingSix Ideas for Preparing Better Live Webinar Courses
One of the easiest ways to create a video course is to deliver it live via Webinar then edit and produce the replay using Camtasia Studio. In fact, tomorrow morning I’ll be delivering a course on Camtasia Studio to 8 Oracle employees in various parts of the world using GotoMeeting. In this post I’d like […]
Continue readingSneak Peak Inside our Screencast Coaching Sessions
Every week Lon and I meet with a group of fellow video creators for what are known as the Screencast Video Coaching sessions. In these sessions we take questions and critique the student’s videos. In my last session we really didn’t have any question submitted so I spent most of the time sharing cool resources […]
Continue readingQuick Guide to Video Training Summaries
Although most good training designers follow a basic formula for creating their video course, one of the things I see most often left out of otherwise well structured courses is the Summary/Transition slide. In my last blogpost on Attention Grabbing Openers, I went over some of the best ways to get your viewer’s attention when you start off your […]
Continue readingHave You Got My Attention? You Have 5 Seconds.
Statistics show that we have about 5 seconds to engage our viewers at the beginning of our videos or they will move on to other competing demands on their time. In this week’s blogpost I share some ideas of how you can use those few upfront moments to grab the attention of your students or […]
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