To get the most out of guided. and create high-quality, engaging content, follow these best practices, as we know them today:
1. Plan Your Recording
Define the exact process you want to capture and outline the steps involved.
For any keyboard inputs required during capture, pre-write them in a notepad or document outside the browser window.
This ensures clean, error-free inputs when recording.
2. Prepare Your Environment
Close unnecessary applications and browser tabs to reduce distractions.
Ensure your desktop is clean and organized.
Set up any required software or websites you'll be demonstrating.
3. Practice Your Content Capture
Do a dry run of the entire process to ensure you're not missing any steps.
Identify key mouse clicks and keyboard inputs that will be captured.
Aim for efficiency: plan to showcase the process with as few inputs as possible while still being comprehensive.
4.. Craft Your AI Prompts in Advance
Before editing, write out the AI prompts you intend to use for written elements or AI voiceovers.
Currently, this feels most appropriate to do when planning and practicing your content capture.
5. Optimize Your Capture Settings
Adjust your screen resolution or browser window size to ensure clarity in the final content.
6. Use Annotations Effectively
Plan where you'll add annotations, highlights, or callouts to emphasize key points.
Keep annotations concise and relevant to avoid cluttering the content.
7. Focus on Key Actions
Remember that guided. only captures screenshots when you make mouse or keyboard inputs.
Make each action deliberate and meaningful to ensure it adds value to your demonstration.
8. Optimize Number of Layers
Aim for 15-20 layers (input captures) when your planning to produce an Interactive Tour
this translates to approximately 2-5 minutes for most users
9. Leverage Playlists for Complex Topics
For complex processes, you may have significantly more than the 20 recommended layers but be mindful of user engagement.
For multi-step processes or comprehensive training, we've found breaking it into multiple, shorter demos, and the organizing them into playlists to work quite well
This helps users navigate through related content seamlessly.
By following these best practices, you'll create more effective, engaging, and valuable content with guided., enhancing the learning experience for your audience.