Video tutorials
Some presenters approach their task straightforwardly and make their points comprehensibly. Others demonstrate a need to furnish viewers with a personal history before addressing the subject matter of the tutorial. Some speak very quickly and with so few pauses between sentences that they are difficult to follow, while others enunciate so carefully that they are almost incomprehensible.
Often, viewers are invited to ‘like’ a video with a ‘thumbs up’ or an invitation to subscribe (often meaning ‘pay money’) for further videos/information.
Some people like video tutorials. Seeing something demonstrated makes it easier to understand. Others prefer to have information in word form, often in print, as they find it simpler to refer to.
Would it be a sweeping generalisation to say that those who understand their subject matter best are the most succinct tutorial presenters?
I don't recall ever using a video tutorial.
ReplyDeleteI prefer hard copy.
DeleteNeither do I. But I know I didn't enjoy Zoom during Covid for similar reasons:
ReplyDelete1. information in word form is often simpler to refer to, as you say, and easier to reread and remember.
2. I can't always understand fast speech and poor grammar. And
3. Questions cannot be put.
Zoom calls are most odd, I find.
DeleteI find the tutorials on YouTube very helpful indeed. There's usually a choice so I can pick the least annoying (you can tell almost at once!) and the things I want help with are often visual so seeing it actually happen is so good. And there's that pause button or the rewind, if needed. xx
ReplyDeletei can't get on with them, but my husband finds them very helpful. x x
DeleteVideo tutorials are very popular on YouTube. Because there are a lot of people who are trying their hand on something that they don't know. And the easiest place to go to is YouTube. Of course, it's a different matter if the tutorial is well presented or not. Finally, the quality of the tutorial will determine how popular it's.
ReplyDeleteThere is a proliferation of video tutorials on YouTube and a wide variety of presenting styles.
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DeleteI love written instructions, I am always in charge of flat pack instructions, hubby hate them, gets annoyed and can't finish any construction, he watches video's. I only watch crafting videos, I like to watch pause until I have caught up.
ReplyDeleteI prefer written instructions. My husband uses those and video tutorials.
DeleteIf they are well written, I prefer written instructions but I am now a fan of video tutorials. I've watched a couple of late about my latest phone. I was amazed at what it can do, and the twenty things you might like to alter after you've bought the phone was incredibly helpful. I altered about ten settings.
ReplyDeleteI've yet to be converted to video tutorials. I prefer the written word.
DeleteI watch youtube tutorials with the sound off. If the video is well shot and makes a decent job of illustrating the task or skill then i listen to the audio for any addtional hints or directions. Those that dither around waving their tools to punctuate what they are saying clearly have too much to say and i move on to find another one.
ReplyDeleteI watch quite a lot of things with the sound off! It emphasises the mystery of life.
ReplyDeleteP an I resorted to a short video tutorial on how to fix the modern, new fangled toilet flush system in our new (to us) house. I stood next to P and ran the YouTube video, showed each step to him, then paused it until he was ready for the next step. Teamwork!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Well done!
DeleteI'm one of those people who can't do anything with manuals; might as well be written in Chinese. I just can't turn what I read into an image. So for me visual is my savior, I even patched together a computer because I could see what the man was doing. If it's too fast I do rewind too slow ff and if I don't fully understand everything I stop and take a break.
ReplyDeleteI can't read maps either, that always drove Rick crazy. I didn't know where I was supposed to be on the map!
Barry always says I can't read maps but I can. I just don't read them the way he does.
DeleteIf I ever need a video tutorial I just go to YouTube.
ReplyDeleteYouTube is a useful tool.
DeleteI've watched very few tutorials but I did find the ones demonstrating embroidery stitches quite helpful. I seem to fall into the "show me" rather than "tell me" group.
ReplyDeleteI'm completely hopeless with video tutorials and prefer the information in print ... xxx
ReplyDeleteThe good tutorials are very good, I believe. Obviously you found good ones:-)
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