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Video For Learning Course Overview
This guide is for anyone interested in taking a course to learn about making training videos, also known as learning videos. The Video For Learning Course is a live course with an amazing toolkit.
Done is better than perfect! ~ Sheryl Sandberg!
Overview
Video helps people learn how to do all kinds of things these days. These types of videos are called training videos or Video for Learning! Do not confuse these videos with entertainment that you find on cable tv, Netflix, Prime Video, or HBO. Video For Learning (Training Video) is different because it is designed to deliver on the KSB, or Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviors. If this purpose is not clear, you are not making a learning video. So, how do you learn to make your own learning videos? This guide shows you how the VFL Program is designed to take you from setting a goal to establishing your own process for making learning videos. At the end of the program, you will have the confidence and elevated skills to teach through the language of video. Let’s look at a description of the Video For Learning Course.
Course Description
Length of Course:
- 6 Weeks of 1-hour virtual classroom time
Prior knowledge required:
- Google Docs or Microsoft Word, Zoom skills
Participants will learn:
- The eight milestones of a successful video maker
- The VFL Way
- Formulaic scriptwriting
- Planning for a video shoot
- Use the CLASSY approach to record videos
- Edit video using the PEACHY method
- Basics of distribution
- How to evaluate the effectiveness of the video
- How to create a personalized process to make great videos
Toolkit Download
- Needs Analysis Tool
- Storyboard Template
- Learning Video Rubric
- Project Planner Template
- What to Wear on Camera Guide
- Video Script Template
- Creative Brief Template
- Call Sheet Template
- Pre-production Template
- Talent Release Form Template
- Shot List Template
What’s in the Beginner’s Guide to Training Videos?
How we define video terms is key to understanding how to make them. Without a shared understanding – a common lexicon – we create confusion and waste time explaining instead of making solid videos that help people learn. Video for learning is always different than video for marketing or entertainment for one simple reason: all learning videos have the same purpose. This purpose is: to improve the viewers’ knowledge, skills, and/or behavior.
How do you make all of these types of training or learning videos? The beginner’s guide will show you the 8 milestones you need to master to be a successful learning video maker.
- Set your Goal
- Write the Script
- Plan the Video
- Make the Video
- Edit the Video
- Distribute the Video
- Evaluate and Measure
- Own your Process
Let’s look at the VFL Way and how it can become your everyday approach to making videos!
The VFL Way
When you complete the Video For Learning Course you will have your very own video and all of the customized processes to make new videos. To begin, you need to learn the VFL Way.
- Done is better than perfect
- Meaning is more important than visual quality
- Follow the process
These three parts of the program, known as the VFL Way, are essential to your success. Write them down on post-it notes or note cards and hang them in a place that you will see regularly. To get the most out of the program you have to give yourself over to completing every lesson and mastering every task. This does not mean you have to be perfect.
Upon Completion…
The VFL (Video for Learning) course guides you to your own process for making videos. The program shows you how to go from concept to final deliverable, no matter what kind of learning videos you create. Weekly live course sessions with me (Chris Karel, a learning video nerd who just may have won an award or two along the way) paired with a downloadable toolkit will elevate your confidence.
The more videos you make, the more you’ll be able to hone your personal set of checklists and processes. Make sure you document them for future videos. Before you know it, you’ll be a well-oiled VFL machine!
Helpful Links
Video for Learning Fundamentals
10 Myths of DIY Training Videos
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