Creation Workshop

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Spoken Tutorial Workshop

Talk to a Teacher, IIT Bombay

http://spoken-tutorial.org

Sponsored by the

Talk to a Teacherproject,

National Mission on Education through ICT

An MHRD initiative

Government of India


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About the workshop

This workshop deals with the Introduction to Spoken

Tutorial, its components, significance and application

in teaching and learning.

It will also provide a hands-on-experience to the

participants on how to write a script and create

(record, narrate and dub) a Spoken Tutorial.

This workshop aims to equip each participant with the

know-how to create a Spoken Tutorial on their own.


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Objectives

At the end of this Workshop, you will be able to -

Write a script for any software system or any

software/topicCreate a Spoken Tutorial which involves

screencasting and the corresponding narration

Create all of the above by yourself


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Introduction to Spoken Tutorial

Learning is more effective when animation and

narration are presented simultaneously

Audio-video demonstrations can illustrate features

with maximum clarity


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Spoken Tutorial refers to explaining a computer based

activity with a screencast and a narration.

The screencasting software captures all the activities

on the screen along with the narration and plays it

back as a movie.

This movie is called a Spoken Tutorial.

What is a Spoken Tutorial


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There are two major components for creating a

Spoken Tutorial

1. Scripting

2.Recording

Screencasting

Narration

Components of a Spoken Tutorial


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WHAT IS A SCRIPT

A script is a written document containing the

narration of the Spoken Tutorial.


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HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT

1. Identify the need

Why are you making this tutorial? What do you want the

user/viewer to learn through this tutorial?

Mention the learning objective at the beginning of the script

Eg- To explain how to plot 2D graphs using Scilab

While writing a script for a Spoken Tutorial,

it is a good idea to follow these steps


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2. Preparation before writing the script

Choose a software for a spoken tutorial that you are

conversant with

If you do not know much, then familiarise yourself with

the features you are going to demonstrate in the spokentutorial

Test all the features you are going to use and confirm to

check their applications

Spend enough time trying and testing the software indetail beforehand. This way, you will know all the

limitations of the software

Eg- To demonstrate how to construct a Parallelogram

given 2 Sides and the Angle between using Geogebra


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3. Focus on the topicthat you want to demonstrate Choose one topic and explain it well Make a series of tutorials if required to talk about each

sub-topic separately

These can be woven into a study plan for that topic

Eg of a study plan- How to construct a Parallelogram given 2 Sides and the Angle

between

How to calculate the Area of a Parallelogram constructed from 2Sides and the Angle between How to construct a Parallelogram given 2 Sides and the Height


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4. Choice of words

Use short sentences Use simple words avoid jargon Use a combination of screencast and slides

Be specific. Do not say, Go here and click this. Insteadsay, Go to the top left-hand corner of the screen. Click

on File and select New


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5. Follow a pedagogical approach while writing the script Give a brief introduction of the topic Mention the OS compatibility Mention the system requirements, if any, for that

software Write all the steps from the beginning to the end. Dont

leave anything to imagination or assumption

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6. Follow a pedagogical approach while writing the script If any prerequisite knowledge is necessary in order to

understand this spoken tutorial, mention it

Ideally, this should be available as another spoken tutorial

If the spoken tutorial involves downloads from differentwebsites, show screen-shots of those websites

Remember, this is a visual medium, hence SHOW This will help in case of difficulty in understanding the

pronunciation or to avoid spelling mistakes

Eg website names or commands


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7. Follow a pedagogical approach while writing the scriptIf you are going to make a series of tutorials on a single

topic, include the first 3 points in the first tutorial of the

series. You need not repeat it in the subsequent tutorials

for that series


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8. Review the script for accuracy and clarity Ask a novice to verify the correctness of your script by

actually trying it

Ask the novice to try the script without anyones

(including yourself) help The script should be improved until the novice can follow

the script without any help


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9. Review the script for grammar

It is essential to proof-read the script to rectify any

grammatical mistakes before recording


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10. Time duration for a Spoken Tutorial

Ideally, restrict the time of a spoken tutorial to 10

minutes

This is an average attention span time and most of the

information given around 10 minutes will be retained


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11. Spoken Tutorial File-size Ideally, try to restrict the file-size of a spoken tutorial to

around 10MB, which would translate to 1MB per minute

This is ideal for streaming videos even if the bandwidth is

low. Try to work around this ratio while setting therecording parameters of the screencasting software


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This kind of template will help the creator to

understand the process very clearly.

S/he can easily create the Spoken Tutorial by

following the Visual Cues and Narrations.


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NARRATION

For Recording

All you need is a laptop/desktop, a headphone with mic input

and a screencasting software.


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NARRATION

1. Speaking

Impart instructions politely and with clarity

Do not give orders be friendly Remember to make the spoken tutorial a pleasant

experience for the user

Speak naturally. Everybody has an accent and its okay.

Do not attempt to put on an artificial accent

Remember to speak clearly and slowly


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NARRATION

2. Tips to cut out external noise

Ideally, record in a closed room with minimum

disturbance Close the windows to cut out the noise from birds, traffic

and construction

Switching off the fan helps in reducing the hissing sound

while recording


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NARRATION

3. Do a few dummy recordings for 2-3 mins to finalise the

recording parameters

This will help you to predict the end file-size This exercise will also help you to check the clarity of the

audio narration and the quality of the video

Full-length dummy narrations will help you to improve

the tone of your voice and pronunciation


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NARRATION

4. Final narration

Ideally, try to record the whole tutorial in one go

This will keep the tone of your voice uniform It will also reduce the time you spend in editing


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NARRATION

5. While dubbing

If possible, remove the original audio stream completely

If not possible, dub from the original recording it willhave only one more audio stream apart from yours


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NARRATION

6. While dubbing, make sure that

The audio-video synchronisation is not affected

The meaning of the original narration does not change File size remains approximately same Recording dimensions match those of the original tutorial


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SCREENCASTING

While capturing, make sure that

The activity displayed on the screen and the corresponding

cursor movement are in sync with the audio

Select a suitable capture area

The cursor can be utilized to highlight the spoken text Irrelevant movement of the cursor should be avoided as it

may cause distraction

If you commit a mistake while using the software during the

recording, you may choose to explain the mistake as well,to the viewer. This will help the viewer to understand the

problem and the possible solution for the problem


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Title screen

Objectives

Content

Summary

End task

Suggestions to write a Script

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Title screen: This screen will have the name of the topic for

which the Spoken Tutorial will be created

Objectives: Informing the learner about the objectives that

s/he will be able to learn after going through the SpokenTutorial


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S ti t it S i t


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Content: The core information will be presented in a step by

step manner. This will have a screencast along with an audio

narration

Different strategies or pedagogical approaches should beincorporated while writing the script. This should be done by

considering the following aspects:

Topic of the tutorialLearners ageDifficulty level of the tutorial


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S ti t it S i t


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Summary: This slide will have a quick recap of the content

taught in this tutorial. This summary can be either in the form

of bulleted text or a flow chart showing the steps

End task: At the end of the tutorial, you may want to suggest a

task, a quiz or a project related to the content of the Spoken

Tutorial, which the learner can do. You may want to display

screenshots of the expected results


S ti t it S i t


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REMEMBER


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Camstudio and recordMyDesktop capture the screen and

saves the movie in AVI and OGV formats.

Generally, the AVI file-size is very large. To reduce the file-size

and to convert the AVI file into a WMV file, one needs to usean editing software or video convertor

Windows Movie Maker is an editing software that is available

for all the latest Windows versions. Audacity is an audio

recording software that can be used for dubbing purposes.

A net-search will provide other video convertors one can use in

order to convert the AVI file into WMV, MOV and other file

formats.

Remember

REMEMBER

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References

Website: http://spoken-tutorial.org

MediaWiki: http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki

Stages for creating spoken tutorials:http://spoken-

tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/FOSS_Stages

Stages for dubbing spoken tutorials:

http://spoken-

tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Dubbing_Stages

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References

We look forward to partner with you in our effort

to take software education to the masses and to

Bridge the Digital Divide!

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References

Contribute to the community by creating original tutorials

or dubbing into other languages.

Lead the national effort for any FOSS

Lend expertise in a particular FOSS by being a Reviewer

/ Domain Expert

Self-learn many FOSS

Be our Campus Ambassador - Spread awareness about

the spoken tutorials in the community


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For more information on

Spoken Tutorialsvisit

www.spoken-tutorial.orgwww.spoken-tutorial.org/wiki



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Contact us

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

The Spoken Tutorial project is the initiative of the Talk o a Teacher project of the

National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology,launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.


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