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- Select content that is integral to students' ability to succeed in their coursework
- Create content that is unique and that does not repeat other required resources
- Create content that is engaging, meaningful for learning, and well-organized
- Ensure that the audio quality is good
- Ensure that the video quality is good
- Create slides that align with the audio
- Chunk content into short, discreet discrete segments or topics
- Add a hook to set-up the presentation by telling students why the content is important, and what to look for
- Reiterate your hook partway through the presentation, or adding a pause partway through the video to ask a question for students to consider
- Limit your video length to 8 minutes or less
- Speak at your normal pace. Do not artificially slow down your speed
- Bring enthusiasm and energy to your presentation; avoid a monotone delivery
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- Identify the location for the recording
- Identify the set
- Script or outline the presentation
- Practice reading your script or presenting your outline out load several times before recording it
- Create graphics or slides to accompany your presentation, as needed
Slide Design
- Use a Bethel PowerPoint Template. This facilitates the use of:
- a 16x9 widescreen format
- a consistent font and font size
- Use a font size of 32 point for headers and 24-28 point for slide content; if there is very little text on a slide make it 32 point
- Create slides with a significant amount of white space (blank space); ideally 60% of your slide will be blank
- Emphasize important words or phrases by making them a contrasting color, or a larger font size
- Limit yourself to six bullets per slide (use more slides for more bullets)
- Consider limiting yourself to six words per bullet
- Avoid the use of underlining and italics
- Use PowerPoint animations to ensure your narration and text on-screen match, by revealing text as you discuss it.
- Do not use PowerPoint transitions between slides. These can create technical problems when converting a narrated PowerPoint file into a video format
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