Thank you for sharing, lots of great info! Here's my workflow, some of it similar to you, some different: Research: I look up all the resources I will be using and asking the students to download (mostly free PDFs from the FAA). Course design: this includes organizing all the info into chapters. I don't cut into lectures until much later in the process. I then create the slides and animations that I use as guidance during the course. This is the most time-consuming part of the course. I usually don't record until that's all ready. Recording: I usually record no more than 2-3 hours a day in a row. There's a bit of setup (using a checklist) to make sure I don't forget anything. I record from 4 sources: audio, 2 cameras, and slides on the screen. They all record their own audio as well for synching purposes later. Once the recording is done, I upload everything to my computer and create proxies with FCPX. I use this time to get my next recording session setup by creating the slides that go on the teleprompter. It's all automated with a workflow. I've eliminated the need for any batteries by purchasing external power for both my cameras and for my recording device. This saves a bit of time in the process. Editing: I record in the morning and edit in the afternoon. I'm fresher in the morning so I make fewer mistakes while recording. Once my proxies are set, I set up all my angles in FCPX to use MultiCam functionality. This is mostly automated and I follow a checklist to make sure I did everything correctly. Then I watch the entire course at 2x speed while making my camera angle cuts. This is where I decide what becomes a lecture. I base it on topic and on how long the video is. I try to keep my videos to less than 6 min, which happens to almost always be one topic. The reason I keep them short is because my courses have LOTS of information that need to be understood and memorized. This allows students to go back to only one topic later on. Many have commented on how much they like this (never had a complaint that videos were too short). Between setting up angles and editing, I can edit 2-3 hours in about 3-4 hours. Exporting: It's getting to be late in the day by now, so I export all my videos to a Dropbox folder. I can then stop for the day. The computer will export everything directly to Dropbox, which is then uploaded during the night. The following day, while my proxies are getting created, I usually import those videos in Udemy and create the course structure. Rinse and repeat: I do this for as many days as necessary to get all the chapters recorded. Sometimes I can do several chapters in a day if they are shorter. By the end of the process, I don't have to wait for any import or wait to set up lectures in Udemy. Submit course to Udemy: I always seem to finish courses on Fridays. Sometimes, even if the course is not fully done on Friday, I still submit it because I know Udemy won't review it until Monday. It gives me time over the weekend to finish it. I create the course image somewhere in the process when I feel creative, it's never at the same time for each course. Marketing: announcements, facebook posts, emails, etc... I hope this helps someone!
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