ScreencastTeam video tutorials

[Phil Bull]

Hi Alan,

On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 16:32 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> > I think the most important thing to discuss is the role of screencasts
> > within the support community. What do support people want to use them
> > for, and what do users expect from them? The answers to these questions
> > should shape the direction of the project (and the format/content of the
> > videos).
> >
> 
> Agreed. Do you think that we should discuss this now/here or at the
> next docteam meeting?

It would be interesting to get some initial thoughts from people now,
but it should definitely be a topic for discussion at the next team
meeting too.

> > I don't think that screencasts should be a separate user assistance
> > effort; rather, we should be integrating them into other documentation.
> 
> To some degree I agree, but the issue has always been the intense
> amount of effort required to plan/create and then (potentially)
> translate consistently high-quality screencasts.

We should look into ways of easing or dividing the workload (I noticed
that that was mentioned on the Screencast team wiki pages). Would you
mind providing a typical time budget for the creation of a screencast?

Thanks,

Phil

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