Drupal Camp Training Video

This is the transcript from IRC shorty before you posted this. Not saying its the only way, but it might be an alternative to making new training vids.

[12:59] RobLoach: I was thinking that we could have a "beginner's Drupal" session where we go over installing and explaining the structures
[12:59] I would be up for hosting that talk
[13:00] I jsut finished a couple of years teaching college classes in DC
[13:00] Great idea! From beginning to end.
[13:00] so, i have aplan of attack
[13:00] also, since the "developing for designers" was knocked out of Drupal Groups,
[13:01] I have been writing content for it
[13:01] and, actually
[13:01] working on a method for disseminating information to newbies
[13:01] I think litwol's idea of maybe doing two monthy meetups one for beginners and one for advanced might not be bad.
[13:02] As I know a few people who thought it wasn't in depth enough.
[13:02] very information design oriented: lots of css classes to denote types of content in a 508/CSS/SEO compliancy
[13:02] Yeah, I agree...
[13:02] One of the things, though, is that the beginner sessions should be kind of ongoing
[13:03] meaning that, first timers should get on a list
[13:03] and when we have a certain quanity... we do a "from scratch- recap"
[13:04] that would be a session for newbies to catch up... but not every month
[13:04] and then we talk abotu more advance concepts
[13:04] or... wait, this is better
[13:05] just record them and put them online ...
[13:06] and then point to them instead: in addition, provide a written "cheat sheet" so that they can review and follow along.
[13:06] too many ideas...
[13:06] as usual
[13:10] yeah, lots of video out there already.
[13:10] http://drupal.org/node/112348
[13:10] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1412997312232368487
[13:10] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4603504844034540440
[13:11] http://www.drupaltutorials.org/demovideo/
[13:12] http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4gfqu_introduction-to-drupal_tech
[13:12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV__oOckAPM
[13:14] more specific but still for beginners: http://blip.tv/search/?topic_name=drupal%20dojo
[13:14] there are literally HUNDREDS of intro videos out there.
[13:15] so, rather than starting from scratch... maybe we create a page with all the great links?
[13:15] we need a site to sort and categorize all them
[13:16] you could make an index of current online videos
[13:17] setup a rating system so users/viewrs could vote on quility
[13:17] drupal video deliciouis
[13:17] yeah...something like that could work
[13:18] http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=drupal+video&type=all
[13:19] 1830 results
[13:20] more betterer
[13:20] be a good place to start pulling in links... then use drupal to message... catgeorize
[13:21] drupaldojo.com did that for there own videos, but is currently having DNS issues
[13:21] let anyone categorize
[13:21] emfield would embed vids on the site... then encourage peeps to tag
[13:21] just thinkin aloud here ;)
[13:22] great idea
[13:25] <-- AlexUA has left this server (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)).
[13:27] so who wants to set it up?
[13:27] lol

Advomatic

Some one mentioned project such as Caltora which allows community video annotation after it's been put online. we could utilize such system to help build video documentation with community's help

Will take a look at that delicious list. Here is a quick post from Nov 2007 with 20 newb videos...

http://www.mydrupal.com/drupal-beginner-videos-basics

But a dedicated site that allows categorization would be best for sure. Maybe we can have at least some sort of list to refer folks to for the next Drupal camp??

All that said though, no substitute for a live session. Also, newb videos especially get outdated pretty fast. The problem is because there is not a real live person to stop and ask a question or clarification, anything that doesn't work for the viewer exactly as in the video becomes a source of frustration and confusion. Intro training is actually one of the harder types of training to design for non-synchronous delivery as a result. Just imagine a video from 4 months ago talking about how to set up a site and make it cool for Drupal 6. If you were doing it today you'd want to include CCK and maybe views at least, but they weren't ready then.

Aug 23-24th conflicts with Drupalcon for me, at the very least - I'm leaving on the 24th.

low-res is WAY more practical, and if someone wants the high-res they'll ask you. All the edits can be committed off the low res using most any decent editing software.

I found a cool link on tips and tricks about making videos: http://groups.drupal.org/node/2424