Guideline
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Considerations
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| 1. Provide easy access. |
Give videos meaningful titles and organize them so learners can easily find relevant material. |
| 2. Use animation/visuals with narration. |
Use a spoken human voice for the narration. Ensure that actions on screen are in sync with narration. |
| 3. Enable functional interactivity. |
Give learners controls (pause, go back, etc.) to allow them to access the video at their own pace. |
| 4. Preview the task. |
Use advance organizers and contextual cues to let learners know where they are in the training and how what they are
learning fits into the overall learning goal. Use a conversational style to enhance perceptions of task relevance. |
| 5.Provide procedural rather than conceptual information. |
This guideline is specifically related to tutorial videos, which typically focus on procedures instead of concepts. There are many cases, of course, when conceptual information can appropriately be taught in a video. |
| 6. Make tasks clear and simple. |
Assist learners in schema construction by providing simple explanations and showing the interconnection of user actions and system reactions. Use highlighting to guide attention. |
| 7. Keep videos short. |
For more on length, see Length Considerations. |
| 8. Strengthen demonstration with practice. |
Practice consolidates and enhances learning and allows learners to judge their own learning. |
