[advocacy-discuss] Training videos on OpenSolaris.ORG or other training material

[Ben Rockwood]

Clay Baenziger wrote:
> Hi all,
>     For FROSUG (Front Range OpenSolaris Users' Group), I've been
> trying to find a way to produce more accessible training material. We
> have tried auto and now audio and video from our meetings. First we
> tried an MP3 recorded conference call[1] and now we do UStream.TV
> material[2].
>     However, I find that it's difficult to break-up the meeting to
> have more targeted videos and even having a videographer, he's hard
> presed to pull the users' group meeting into ready made material to
> use on a stand-alone basis.
>     Have any OSUGs found a good way to produce live training videos to
> go with our otherwise rather text-only slide decks? Or has anyone
> found another way to do training material which really seems to get
> messages across well?



Screencasts work very well.... the problem is doing them live.  Reading
terminal output on a projector is difficult unless you blow it up so
large that you can't put much on the screen.  Conversely, just talking
with a slide deck makes for a boring screencast but works well live.

The focus, pace, and audience differ greatly between the two mediums and
thus I consider them complementary but unique.



benr.