Design the Video Mode

Article Overview

In this lesson, you will learn how to design the video mode, what each field on the video tab provides, and best practices for your design process.  You will also learn how to download all of the screen png's and the audio file so you can import them into your preferred video editor.

1. Preview a Video in Simulator
2. Step-by-Step Guide
   1. The Script Field
   2. The Phonetics Field (voiceover/audio file)
   3. The Instructions Field
   4. Downloading Screen Images & the Audio File
3. Best Practices & Troubleshooting

1) Preview a Video in Simulator

Locate Lesson & Start Video

 

2) Step-by-Step Tutorial

1. Enter the Script

When you finish entering your script and then click out of the script field, the text will automatically transfer down to the Phonetics field.

2. Choose a Voiceover Artist

3. Listen to the Script

4. Edit the Phonetics and listen again.  Repeat until the entire passage is pronounced properly.

It is common to have grammatical and spelling errors after editing a passage's phonetics.  This field will not be visible to the learner, it is for auditory purposes only.

5. Leave Instructions for the Video Production Team

6. Download Screens 

7. Download the Audio File  

8. Import Screens & Audio into a Video Editor

3) Best Practices & Troubleshooting

Best Practices

• Think of the script as your closed captions.  You want this portion of your text entry to have correct spelling and grammar.  
• Listen to the phonetics for every step, do not ever assume it will sound the way you hear it in your head. 
• Different voiceovers pronounce the same words differently.  Try to choose a voice that works well with common nomenclature.
• Consider naming conventions for your screens that make them easy to locate and sequence.
• You can omit screens and sections of audio from your bulk downloads by checking the 'Include in lesson mode' box.  

Troubleshooting

• If you prefer to bring in the audio files one at a time, you can use the download icon by the Phonetics field, then splice them together in your video editor.
• If the phonetics have odd pauses, look for symbols to be the cause.  For example, if I place something in brackets, there will be a slight pause before and after the content of the brackets.
• If your audio file has multiple voices, you forgot to choose your voiceover character for one (or more) steps.
• If your script changes aren't updating the phonetics field, it means you have edited the phonetics field already, which will turn off the overwrite feature.  This protects your edited phonetics from being altered if you edit the script.  Should you choose to change your script, you either have to change the phonetics, or delete the phonetics and start over.