You’ll Never Ruin a Tutorial Video Again with these Expert Tips!

The Visual Lounge

How do you ruin a tutorial video? More importantly, how do you fix it? We’ve got you covered by providing strategies to fix common tutorial pet peeves in this episode of The Visual Lounge!

We have an awesome panel of experts, including Andrew DeBell, Senior Learning Experience Strategist at Atlassian, Cara North, Founder & Chief Learning Consultant at The Learning Camel, and our Instructional Designer Lead at TechSmith, Chandra Owen.

Andrew, Cara, and Chandra join forces to break down their top pet peeves for instructional videos and their best tips for avoiding them while improving the effectiveness of your visual content. We cover the best use cases for video, why pre-work is an essential step, common visual/audio mistakes, and why feedback is key.

Learning points from the episode include:

• 0:00 – 3:27 Intro
• 3:27 – 7:43 The best use cases for video
• 7:43 – 11:00 Tips for improving images or videos
• 11:00 – 11:51 Mid roll
• 11:51 – 14:42 Pet peeves that ruin an otherwise good video
• 14:42 – 20:48 Small things that can hold a video back
• 20:48 – 25:22 The importance of audio
• 25:22 – 29:55 Should you use music in tutorial videos?
• 29:55 – 33:27 Should you use picture-in-picture in your videos?
• 33:27 – 38:28 The common mistakes Andrew, Cara, and Chandra are still working on
• 38:28 – 43:19 Speed round
• 43:19 – 45:19 Final takes on how to avoid ruining a good video
• 45:19 – 46:16 Outro

Important links and mentions:

• Connect with Andrew DeBell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdebell/
• Connect with Cara North on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caranorth11/
• Connect with Chandra Owen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandraowen