Recording Guidelines
This guide helps you to provide a sneak peek of your presentation with a short, recorded overview.
Conference attendees love these videos and they watch use them to plan which sessions they attend.
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Action Item
Record a short, one to two-minute introduction of your presentation.
Please include the following as part of your script:
- Your name
- Presentation topic
- Anything that will get people excited about your presentation
If you want to screen-share content in your intro, make sure to record the beginning of your introduction in full-screen mode, before going into picture-in-picture mode; viewers really want to get to know you first before seeing content details.
Recording Tips
Recording Tips
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Audio
Audio quality is usually more important than any visuals or video that accompanies your presentation. People can deal with bad video, but bad audio really detracts from any presentation.
- Best option: A clip-on microphone makes you sound and look good. Here is a sample clip-on microphone from Amazon.
- Second best option is: Use a common headphone/microphone combination such as Apple Earbuds. While the sound quality is acceptable, the headphones detract from the overall look.
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Video
Your video should have two important aspects: A video of you speaking and your notes/presentation. Putting the two together is usually not too difficult.
Video Recording Tips
Recording yourself along with a series of slides is a common way to prepare and distribute a presentation for all to enjoy. Check out this example.
There are a variety of software packages to make this possible:
- Canva: A personal favorite in the teaching and SENIA world. Builds awesome slides and does video recording.
- Zoom: Popular and easy to use.
- Screencastify: Another strong screencasting software. Requires a paid account to exceed five minutes.
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Lighting
A few tips:
- Avoid having the light behind you, such as a window or lamp. It will darken your appearance.
- Place light in front of you. Natural lighting from windows is best whenever possible.
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Backdrop
What is behind you during your presentation will be noted by attendees, and can make a recording either visually pleasing or distracting.
A few tips:
- Present from your desk or office.
- Having a backdrop such as a plain wall, books, shelves, etc. is a nice feeling for the audience.
- We recommend avoiding virtual backgrounds if possible; they often disrupt video quality.
Support
Questions? Concerns? Thoughts? A sense of panic?
I am here for you. Reach out to me, Hannah, anytime! Hannah@SENIAInternational.org