Considerations for Creating Instructional Videos

This guide gives an overview of creating effective instructional videos, discussing how to manage cognitive load, engage students, and promote active learning.

This resource provides an overview of the types of instructional video with examples.

This book is an excellent primer on instructional video that is easy to read with everything you need to get started with creating effective instructional videos. As it says in the title, the author Karen Costa's process is simple and sustainable.

In this blog post, Tony Bates provides details on different ways in which video can be used as well as discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the format.

This article from multimedia scholar Richard Mayer reviews the three types of cognitive processing and summarizes several video design principles that should be applied to the creation of instructional video.

This 11-minute video highlights reasons why it is good to get on camera, provides a simple video creation process, and shares some tips to help get over your recording fears.