Instructional Videos

I was asked to edit an existing course introduction video to make it more professional-looking. I also looked into the visual contents closely so that verbal and visual contents would complement each other in a more meaningful way. 

Concise and compelling videos are highly effective for promotion and recruitment purposes. I showed this video in multiple classrooms and included it in recruitment emails and ads. I wanted to use multiple voices for the narration, but didn't have anyone to do the voiceover for me. So, I generated the entire voiceover narration by using AI text-to-speech voices. 

I used the application called Plotagon to create the animated movies below. The app is very easy to use even for someone with no experience with making movies. While the characters are not super photorealistic and not capable of complicated actions with this app, if you are creating a simple, skit-based movies and the main focus is the dialogue, Plotagon does an excellent job. Take a sneak peek at my animated vocabulary movies below. 

This was a low-budget production with just one Android smartphone (Xiaomi Mi 9T), smartphone rig, tripod, household lighting equipment, and wireless lapel microphones. A total production cost was $500. Take a sneak peek at my live-action vocabulary movies below.

I like to insert unobtrusive 2-3 second animations into the opening and closing of my videos for branding purposes. The examples below are for my work (Code.org Regional Partner) and private (eLearningExpert) brands.

A few years back, I created quite a few 3D animated explainer videos to supplement my in-person teaching. To create the earlier ones, I used Extranormal (now called Nawmal). For the more recent ones, I used Plotagon. These apps are designed for beginners, but are capable of creating scenes with rich contexts through dialogues. Take a peek at some of the examples below. 

Take a sneak peek of some of my instructional technology explainer videos, which I used to supplement the lessons in the instructional technology course that I taught. Topics include multimedia design principles, fair use, and technology integration. 

I created many computer and gadget tutorials so that I wouldn't have to spend too much time explaining computer applications during my classroom teaching and that students would have something to refer back to outside the classroom instructions.