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Talk To A Teacher, IIT Bombay: Sponsored by The

This document provides guidance on creating spoken tutorials. It discusses writing an effective script, including identifying learning objectives and using clear, simple language. It also covers recording narration, such as speaking clearly and practicing, and technical aspects like file size and format. The goal is to equip participants with the skills to create their own spoken tutorials on any software topic.

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Spoken Tutorial Workshop

Talk to a Teacher, IIT Bombay http://spoken-tutorial.org

Sponsored by the

Talk to a Teacher project, National Mission on Education through ICT An MHRD initiative Government of India

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.

Objectives

At the end of this Workshop, you will be able to Write a script for any software system or any software/topic Create a Spoken Tutorial which involves screencasting and the corresponding narration Create all of the above by yourself

Introduction to Spoken Tutorial

Learning is more effective when animation and narration are presented simultaneously Audio-video demonstrations can illustrate features with maximum clarity

What is a Spoken Tutorial

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.

Components of a Spoken Tutorial

There are two major components for creating a Spoken Tutorial 1. Scripting 2.Recording Screencasting Narration

WHAT IS A SCRIPT

A script is a written document containing the narration of the Spoken Tutorial.

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


While writing a script for a Spoken Tutorial, it is a good idea to follow these steps
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

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


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 spoken tutorial Test all the features you are going to use and confirm to check their applications Spend enough time trying and testing the software in detail 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

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


3. Focus on the topic that 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 2 Sides and the Angle between How to construct a Parallelogram given 2 Sides and the Height

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


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. Instead say, Go to the top left-hand corner of the screen. Click on File and select New

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


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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HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


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 different websites, 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

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


7. Follow a pedagogical approach while writing the script If 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

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


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

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


9. Review the script for grammar It is essential to proof-read the script to rectify any grammatical mistakes before recording

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


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

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT


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 the recording parameters of the screencasting software

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT

HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT

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.

NARRATION

For Recording All you need is a laptop/desktop, a headphone with mic input and a screencasting software.

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

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

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

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

NARRATION

5. While dubbing If possible, remove the original audio stream completely If not possible, dub from the original recording it will have only one more audio stream apart from yours

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

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

Suggestions to write a Script

Title screen Objectives Content Summary End task

Suggestions to write a Script


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 Spoken Tutorial

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Suggestions to write a Script


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 be incorporated while writing the script. This should be done by considering the following aspects: Topic of the tutorial Learners age Difficulty level of the tutorial
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Suggestions to write a Script


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

Suggestions to write a Script

REMEMBER Remember
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 use an 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.

References

Website: http://spoken-tutorial.org MediaWiki: http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki Stages for creating spoken tutorials: http://spokentutorial.org/wiki/index.php/FOSS_Stages Stages for dubbing spoken tutorials: http://spokentutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Dubbing_Stages

References

We look forward to partner with you in our effort to take software education to the masses and to Bridge the Digital Divide!

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

Spoken Tutorial Workshop

For more information on Spoken Tutorials visit www.spoken-tutorial.org www.spoken-tutorial.org/wiki

Spoken Tutorial Workshop

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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