TCOM 4050:Instructional Video for Technical Communicators

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TCID 2170, non-majors: by permission of the Department
This course addresses the theory and practice of developing “how-to” videos for product end users and customers. Fundamentals of instructional design, including audience analysis, goal analysis, formative and summative evaluation, are applied. Contemporary video technologies are used to generate products that instruct and inform end users/customers. Evaluation of technologies, content transfer, aesthetics and cultural considerations are addressed. Students assess commercially prepared videos and plan for incorporating them in training.