Recording of WTD presentation on Video Documentation, by Alicia Avrach
Presentation description
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Curious about video documentation?
What is it really? What are some best practices?
We are pleased to have Alicia Avarch, who will discuss video documentation, including:
• What it takes to produce animation, screencam, and talking head videos.
• Building a great user experience when you have both video and text docs.
• Bootstrapping video production without a big team or a ton of money.
• Measuring the effectiveness of video.
For more details, see the Write the Docs meetup announcement.
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