9 Screen Recording Tips That Will Make You a Better Creator

Making a screencast, but need some tips to help you get started and make something you and your viewers aren't going to hate? These 9 tips walk you through some of the fundamentals of creating a screencast and provide you with a checklist of sorts to get started and make something you'll want to share.

0:10 - Tip 1: Record anything on your screen
0:54 - Tip 2: Plan what you're going to say
01:29 - Tip 3: Length impacts effectiveness
02:26 - Tip 4: Audio quality matters
03:32 - Tip 5: Record at an appropriate size (or aspect ratio)
04:32 - Tip 6: Web camera quality matters
05:40 - Tip 7: Recording your mouse cursor
06:43 - Tip 8: Cut out mistakes and edit unneeded content
07:36 - Tip 9: Where are you going to share your video? Platform considerations

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