I am experimenting with recording lectures for the coming term.
Here I will make a summary of how it went in (semi)real-time. Wish me luck 😰
Here I will make a summary of how it went in (semi)real-time. Wish me luck 😰
First experiment was (as expected) a disaster.
What was supposed to be a 10min video was over 20min long, with me mumbling, mispronouncing half of the words, and in general being too worried about recording to remember to explain anything. 😭
What was supposed to be a 10min video was over 20min long, with me mumbling, mispronouncing half of the words, and in general being too worried about recording to remember to explain anything. 😭
I was definitively optimistic on how much stuff I can fit in 10 minutes. Will need to rethink how I cut the lectures into videos.
Not being able to gesticulate while explaining things is killing me 😞
On the plus side breaking the video in small chunks and recording them one by one (i.e. rerecording each of them a million times before they are vaguely decent) definitively improved it.
On the plus side breaking the video in small chunks and recording them one by one (i.e. rerecording each of them a million times before they are vaguely decent) definitively improved it.
Ok, VERY far from perfect, but I managed to put together my first ~9 min video where I explain what a rigid body is. I will probably need to make another 3-4 of these to complete the lecture. Going to be long, but at least it is a start.
I need to train myself to not quickly correct any mistake I make (as I do in class), but just stop, remove the mistake and start again. The offending part can be easily removed in post-production if there is a decent time gap.
I also need to get better at cropping the videos. Each "chunk" has a slightly different border 🤦♂️
Wondering if using my iPad to scribble is not creating more problems than it solves. Maybe better to buy a Wacom tablet to connect directly to the computer? 🤔
Ok, testing new workflow:
Recording my screen (and external mic) with OBS studio, while showing my slides in presentation mode (so the slides are full-screen) and writing on them using an entry-level Wacom tablet. Then editing bloopers out with Shotcut.
Recording my screen (and external mic) with OBS studio, while showing my slides in presentation mode (so the slides are full-screen) and writing on them using an entry-level Wacom tablet. Then editing bloopers out with Shotcut.
The annotating capabilities of LibreOffice Impress are VERY rudimentary (but afaik PowerPoint does not fare much better).
For the rest it is working fine. All animations work (although I can't annotate on top of them) and the file size is not too big.
For the rest it is working fine. All animations work (although I can't annotate on top of them) and the file size is not too big.
