Having authored and produced online training videos for years for publishers like Lynda.com, Pluralsight, and Adobe… there are some definite workflow tips to creating effective video content that students will watch - and will look and sound technically robust. This session will cover preparation, recording, editing, and distribution

1. Producing Quality Video
Content for Online Learning
Joseph Labrecque | COLTT 2018 | August 2nd 2018

2. Joseph Labrecque
Senior Interactive Software Engineer
Adjunct Faculty
University of Denver
Principal and Founder
Fractured Vision Media, LLC
Adobe Education Leader
Adobe Community Professional
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Apache Flex Committer
Apache Software Foundation
Author
Lynda.com / LinkedIn Learning, Peachpit, Pluralsight,
Adobe, Apress, Packt, O’Reilly…

3. Disclaimer!
• Everything I talk about today is from my own experience.
• The combinations of hardware and software can (will) differ.
• Everyone’s voice is different.
• Project requirements can also differ.

4. Experience

5. Video Example

6. Preparation
Planning & Preproduction

7. Outline & Script
Outline each segment
Write a compelling introduction
Write a concise outro
Images can help
Keep everything else unscripted
if possible!

8. Recording
Preparation is Everything

9. Video Preparation
Know your destination resolution
Record in video-native resolution
Edit in video-native resolution
Encode in video-native resolution

10. Audio Preparation
Use a quality microphone.
• RØDE NT1
• Beyerdynamic DT-297-PV-
MKII-80
Use quiet preamps.
• PreSonus Studio 6|8
• Yamaha MG10XU

11. Audio Monitoring
Levels between -6 and -12 DB.
Floor should be -60 DB or below.
Close enough to mic that all
nuance is captured.
Far enough to avoid plosives and
sibilance.
Use a quality boom arm and pop
filter.

12. Recording Environment
No fans or loud computers
No furnaces or A/C
No children
No pets
Acoustic foam or blankets

13. Production & Editing
Making the most of your content

14. TechSmith Camtasia 2018

15. Adobe Audition CC

16. Cleaning Audio

17. Enhancing Audio

18. Output & Distribution
Final steps

19. Export as MP4 for Web and Devices

20. Audio Demonstration
Camtasia 2018 & Audition CC

21. Pluralsight LIVE & Adobe MAX 2018

22. Learn Adobe Animate CC for Multiplatform Animations
New edition of the Amazon
bestseller “Learn Adobe Animate
CC for Interactive Media”
Updated for Adobe Animate CC
2018
New chapter featuring HTML5
Canvas and the Virtual Camera
Additional extra content
throughout

23. Lynda.com & LinkedIn Learning

24. Pluralsight

25. Thank You
Email: Joseph.Labrecque@du.edu
Web: JosephLabrecque.com
Blog: inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com
Twitter: twitter.com/JosephLabrecque
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/JosephLabrecque
Lynda.com: lynda.com/JosephLabrecque
Amazon: amazon.com/author/JosephLabrecque
Pluralsight: pluralsight.com/authors/joseph-labrecque