Recording tips

- [Instructor] The world of presentations is changing.…And in the last several years it seems…more and more people are working from home at odd hours.…So the demand for on-demand videos,…especially internally within a company, is growing.…Having the ability to create fast, quick, easy videos…from within PowerPoint yourself…is a huge skill to have in your tool belt.…And although this video won't teach you everything,…it will give you some good tips.…At least the ones that I learned the hard way.…

So let's go on up and click this Record Slide Show button,…so you can see me for this.…And tip number one, keep your videos short.…Ideally for videos, kind of like this one,…you want to keep your videos to about six minutes.…And that's for the total length of the presentation.…Six minutes or less, that's the sweet spot.…Any longer than that…and your audience eyes…there going to start glazing over.…

So six minutes or less, that's the sweet spot.…Tip number two, use that Notes pane in PowerPoint.…So right beneath that slide, pull that area up,…