Minicourse Video

YouTube

This video is my initial welcome video in Module 1 and covers an overview of the course, previews basic definitions, instructor bio, and course learning outcomes. Namely, it’s a course on how to make bento using Japanese washoku principles. Other goals are achieving nutritional balance and creativity with knowledge of ingredients and techniques.

 

Instructional video format

I decided on the talking head format plus a little storytelling about myself to provide authenticity. With greenscreen, I illustrated points to match modalities: visual information to verbal and text to reinforce key concepts. I had moments with a lot of images and ran out of time to fill in the rest. I would go back when I get a chance to fix the fonts and find relevant images.

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Cognitive theory

I attempted to apply the cognitive theory of multimedia learning by using signaling (three keywords at most where possible), segmenting, weeding, and matching modality. I did quite a few takes to speed it up and keep it conversational and energetic. I have quite a lot of relevant photos, so most of the image content is mine. Thus, I opted to copyright via YouTube, where all videos that are uploaded are copyrighted. 

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Accessibility

To meet accessibility standards, I attempted to keep relevant written content high contrast while the more decorative components were subtle background textures with movement for visual interest. I further created closed captioning using Adobe Premiere Pro, from which I exported a time-based text file to YouTube. It was pretty accurate except for the Japanese words, which I could easily fix. This can also be used as a transcript. 

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Video editing software

I’ve used Adobe Premiere Pro before but always need to relearn how to use it. Fortunately, there’s a lot of YouTube how to videos on specific skills.  I already pay via subscription and joining other options adds subscription costs.

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This video is copyrighted under YouTube policies.

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