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'''Title of script''': Guidelines for Recording and Narration

'''Author: Namita Lobo'''

'''Keywords: Guidelines, Recording, Narration'''

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| style="border-top:0.035cm solid #000000;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| <center>'''Visual cues'''</center>
| style="border:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| <center>'''Narration'''

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 1:
* Topic
* acknowledgement to TTT, NMEICT
* url of the project
* Script writer and Narrators Name and affiliation
* Date of creation

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Welcome to the spoken tutorial on the Guidelines for recording and narration of an original spoken tutorial. In a few minutes we are going to emphasis on the guidelines of how to create an original spoken tutorial.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 2:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Creation of a spoken tutorial starts with writing a script. The spoken tutorial on guidelines for writing a script is available on this url.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 3:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Once the script is validated and approved, one is required to record the tutorial.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 4:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Recording of a tutorial comprises of two simultaneous activities.
* Narration
* Screencasting

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 5: point 1

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| There are certain things that you need to keep in mind before you start the recording. They are as follows -
* If one is using a laptop, it is recommended to charge the battery of the laptop and do the recording after disconnecting the power chord. This eliminates the humming sound in the background.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 5: point 2

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Place all the windows to be used for the recording in such a way that the transition from one window to another is easy while recording. For example, one may 'unmaximise' the windows and place them in an overlapping manner on the screen.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Switch to the screen shot.
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Here is a screen shot of recommended placement of 3 windows.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 5: point 3

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Coming back to the slides,
* Keep the mic at a fixed distance from your mouth throughout the recording. This will keep the audio volume consistent throughout the recording.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 6: point 4, 5 and 6 (one after the other)

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| It is observed that not everyone gets the recording right in the first go. So we recommend that one does a dummy or mock recording before doing the final recording. Once the dummy / mock recording is done, you are required to submit it to the Spoken Tutorial team for feedback so that suggestions for improvement may be given. Only after approval should you proceed to do the final recording.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 7:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Ideally try to do the recording in one go. This will reduce time spent in editing. Remember to use the pause feature of the screencasting software whenever there are long downloads, long imports, long compilations, rendering, etc.. This will reduce capture of unnecessary footage during the recording.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Guidelines_for_narrating_a_Spoken_Tutorial</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| For more details on the guidelines, please refer to this url

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 8:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| The second aspect of recording is screen casting. It is important that the screen casting is always in sync with the narration.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Guidelines_for_Screencasting_a_Spoken_Tutorial</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Along with the guidelines on narration, one is required to go through the guidelines on screen casting, too, which is on this link

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Guidelines_for_Screencasting_a_Spoken_Tutorial</nowiki>''' and scroll down

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Please make sure that you go through this.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 9:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Once you have gone through the guidelines, you are now ready to record a tutorial. At this point, I would like to mention that we recommend the use of Free and Open Source applications like
* Camstudio on Windows
* recordMyDesktop on Linux.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/HowToUseCamstudio</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| To know how to use Camstudio on Windows, please visit this link

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/HowToUseCamstudio</nowiki>''' and click on the drop-down box of languages

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Here you may learn how to use Camstudio in any of the available languages.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/recordMyDesktop</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| To know how to use recordMyDesktop, please visit this link

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/recordMyDesktop</nowiki>''' and click on the drop-down box of languages

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Here you may learn how to use recordMyDesktop in any of the available languages.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/What_is_a_Spoken_Tutorial</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| For more information on spoken tutorial technology, you may want to watch the tutorial which is on this link

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Creators_Checklist</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Now is a good time to get the tutorial self verified against a checklist. The checklist is on this link

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Creators_Checklist</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| The self check can be done by using this checklist.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 9:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| A completed spoken tutorial goes through a quality check firstly by

* The Spoken tutorial admin team
* And then by an Expert for an Expert review

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 11:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| The spoken tutorial admin team checks if
* the parameters have met the standards
* the audio quality has met the standards
* the video quality has met the standards.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Admin_Checklist_Spoken_Tutorial</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| The admin team of spoken tutorial will check against the criteria given in this checklist

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Display the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/RCL#SPOKEN_TUTORIAL</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| Next, the tutorial is sent for an Expert Review to an expert. At this stage, a Reviewer checks for the criteria given in this checklist

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 12:

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| If the Expert has suggestions for improvements, then the creator is required to incorporate the changes to make the tutorial better for learning.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.0382in;"| Slide 13:

Acknowledgement to TTT,

NME-ICT, and the url '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro</nowiki>'''

| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.0139in solid #000000;border-left:0.0139in solid #000000;border-right:0.0139in solid #000000;padding:0.0382in;"| In this tutorial we learnt what needs to be done before, during and after the recording.

'''SPOKEN TUTORIAL PROJECT '''is an initiative of the Talk to a Teacher project, developed at IIT Bombay. The project is coordinated by '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org</nowiki>'''. Funding for this work has come from the National Mission on Education through ICT, launched by MHRD, Government of India. For more details please visit '''<nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro</nowiki>'''

This brings us to the end of the tutorial on Guidelines for Recording and narration of an original spoken tutorial. This is Namita Lobo from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching.

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