Guidelines for Script writers

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Visual Cue
Narration
Display Slide 1 containing
  • Topic
  • acknowledgement to TTT, NMEICT
  • url of the project
  • Script writer and Narrators Name and affiliation
  • Date of creation


Welcome to the presentation on the Guidelines for the script writers.


Here we shall present the on the do's and dont's regarding script writing also.

Slide 2


To start with, choose the required topic from the Basic Level of a FOSS.


Ideally start with any topic other than Installation of the FOSS and Introduction to the FOSS.

Slide 3 It is mandatory for the script to be in a two column format.
Open url


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/LaTeX/Basic_Level/_Installing_MikTeX

Let me show you a sample script which is not according to our standards.
Open url


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Drupal/Basic/Installation/English

This is how a two column script would look like.
Display the url


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_use_OpenOffice_script_template

To know how to generate a two column format script, please follow the steps given in this url carefully.
Slide 4 We shall now present some guidelines on how to write a script. They are as follows:


Mention the learning objectives at the beginning of the script


Test all the features, like link, webpages etc, and confirm that they work


Explain the topic well



Slide 5 Use simple words


Use short sentences


Be specific while giving instructions.

Slide 6 Follow a good pedagogy while writing a script.


Please do not leave any thing for the learners assumptions.


Write all the steps from the beginning to the end.

Slide 7 A script should be written by visualizing that 75% of it should be demonstration and 25% of it should be slides.


A quick recap of the content taught in the tutorial in bullet points or a flow chart towards the end of the script.


Please suggest an end task, a quiz or project so that the learners can work on it.

Slide 8 After the script has been written, please do the following:


When read aloud, the script should be of 7 minute duration.


Please ask a novice to verify the correctness of the script by executing the action.



Slide 9 Proof read the script to rectify any grammatical mistakes before recording.


Please check if the visual cues match with the narration.

Open url


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_write_a_Script_for_Spoken_Tutorials

For further details on the guidelines, please go through this link



Slide 10 A script needs to be supported by the required resources. For example: the slides, source files, editors etc.


So it is mandatory to upload these resources along with the script on the spoken tutorial mediawiki



Visual Cue
Narration
Open url:


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/FOSS_Stages


If you are the Effort leader of a particular FOSS:


Please make the slide template for the FOSS according to the guidelines given in stage 2 of this url

Slide 11 There are some sample templates. You may choose any of them according to your requirement


Get it approved by the spoken tutorial team



Open url:


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Admin_Checklist_Slide_template


Spoken tutorial team checks against the criteria given in this checklist



Demo on mediawiki Procedure for uploading the slide template is as follows:

Please log on to spoken tutorial mediawiki using your name and password.


If you have not registered, kindly register.


Please click on the upload tab and upload the file


The file gets uploaded on a page which is automatically generated.


Please copy paste the automatically created url on the outline page of the respective FOSS.

Slide 12 If you are the creator of the tutorial, then


Please download the template from the outline page


Use the template to match up with the requirement of the script



Slide 13 Along with the script, please upload the slides on the spoken tutorial mediawiki


Copy paste the url on the particular script.


The procedure to upload and link has been shown previously in this tutorial.

Show the template for DSpace Here is an example of the slides which have been already uploaded. This is the slide template for DSpace Spoken Tutorials.
Open url


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Introduction_to_DSpace

If you want to write a script for a tutorial on any of the DSpace topics, you may download it from here.
Open url


http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Creators_Checklist

After you have done the above, please self verify the script against the checklist in the url here.



Slide 14 Once you have uploaded the script and the resources,


please inform the admin team of spoken tutorial


get it approved


get a novice check done


get is reviewed by an expert.

Slide 15 If the novice locates bugs, it is the responsibility of the expert and the creator to rectify the script


If the reviewer suggests changes, it is the responsibility of the expert to incorporate the changes.

Http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki Once you are done with all this, you are now ready to record the tutorial.


For the guidelines on recording and narration, please go through the tutorial which is on our website www.spoken-tutorial.org/wiki



Slide 16


In this tutorial, we have explained

The things that you need to keep in mind while writing a script


The procedure to generate a two column script


uploading and using the required resources for the script


Validation of the script



Slide 17 This brings us to the end of the tutorial on Guidelines for script writing.

Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of Talk to Teacher project, coordinated by http://spoken-tutorial.org

Funding for this work has come from the National Mission on Education through ICT, launched by MHRD, Government of India.

For more details pls watch http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro


This Payel Mukherjee from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching.

Contributors and Content Editors

Sanmugam