Manual for the production of educational videos and podcasts

28. April 2023 Science communication
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A detailed guide provides assistance, tips and tricks for creating videos and podcasts: from production to application.

Educational videos and podcasts are particularly well suited for communicating diverse topics to a broad audience in a cost-effective way. Researchers, teachers or journalists who have never worked with them before will find a lot of useful information in the 130-page manual Lights! Camera! Action! Teach! A Handbook for Making Educational Videos. Detailed introductions to preparing, creating and promoting videos, as well as podcasts will help to a good start.

The English-language guide is divided into nine chapters that can be read independently:

  1. Creating Educational Videos and Podcasts: Getting Started 

  2. Storyboarding and Scriptwriting

  3. Proper Pre-Production Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

  4. Audio: Studio and Live Audio Recording

  5. Video: Studio and Live Video Recording

  6. Editing and Publishing

  7. Introduction to Preparing and Delivering Webinars

  8. Social Media: Promoting Your Content 

  9. YouTube’s Copyright License Options

 

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