Grants:IdeaLab/Rapid video tutorial creation
Rapid video tutorial creation
Demonstrating how easy it is to create tutorial videos.
created on14:57, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
Project idea
[edit]What is the problem you're trying to solve?
[edit]We wanted to inspire people to create more video content
What is your solution?
[edit]We created a simple prototype video using iconography sketches, and phone cameras with narration.
Goals
[edit]Get Involved
[edit]Participants
[edit]- Volunteer Draw things. Willowbl00 (talk) 15:01, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
- Volunteer Links to existing tutorials, for potential updates. Quiddity (talk) 02:47, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- Volunteer Translation and drafting intros. Liang(WMTW) (talk) 15:19, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Endorsements
[edit]- wxvqfq 197.128.238.147 15:16, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Old but similar Grants proposals
[edit]- Grants:IEG/Wikipedia and Public Relations: Instructional Video and Webinar Series
- Grants:IdeaLab/Wikisource training conference or videos
- Grants:IEG/Wiki Makes Video
A start
[edit]Our start:
- https://tools.wmflabs.org/videoconvert/server/php/files/9641cee67fb008123eff667e8d1a12ca/Wiki%20Meetup.mov [dead link]
- The below would serve as the category landing page for HowTo videos.
Tutorials
[edit]- en:WP:SCREENCAST - this was a project that 10 people put together in 2010. Some tutorials on how to make a screencast
Existing collections
[edit]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Screencast/Screencast_Gallery
- https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Instructional_videos
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Video_tutorials
What kind of videos
[edit]- specific topic for each
- short (about 2min)
- what user/people needs
- possible to fork
- easy to translate & easy to adapt to dif community rules/interfaces/culture
Possible video titles/topics
[edit]- Hosting a pleasant editathon [1st prototype]
- Others:
- What belongs to Wikipedia
- What I can do when my article gets deleted?
- Where I can go for help?
- Where I can resolve conflicts?
- How to properly edit?
In Progress / Want Help
[edit]Video Done, Need Audio
[edit]Script Done, Need Video
[edit]Need Translation
[edit]Other Requested Tweaks
[edit]Tools
[edit]- Mz PopCorn https://popcorn.webmaker.org/
Making a New Video
[edit]All sorts of awesome resources exist for this.
Consider making an animation or other non-text-based video, so that others can re-dub easily.
A Tool shown in this presentation, for easily uploading non-Ogg files: https://tools.wmflabs.org/videoconvert/