Animated video

Animated video is short with clear sound and image, accessible and contains meaningful motion.⚓

  • We strongly recommend that the videos you integrate in e-learning modules are up to five minutes long.
  • You should integrate other videos which are longer by default, such as talking heads videos (e.g. interviews, longer extracts...), in your BlendedX path. Follow the recommendations described under Video - talking heads section.

Warning

Note that for embedded videos, the file size does not apply. However, be aware that embedded videos will not work offline.

  • The sound is clear, meaning:

    • there are no background noises

    • diverse accents are acceptable, but they need to be clearly understood.

  • Accessible means that the video has subtitles or a transcript (or at least contains the transcript as text, e.g. a button with popup next to the video that contains the transcript).

  • Meaningful motion means that only the part of the animation that tells the story or reveals a logical sequence of items is animated (there are no animations just for sake of being there that distract learners from focusing on the point).

  • If narration is included, synchronization is clear and meaningful, meaning:

    • images follow the speed of narration

    • animations illustrate at least the key points in the narration in a synchronized way.

  • If audio is included, synchronization is clear and meaningful, meaning:

    • the text and image are not revealed at the same time, but in a sequence

    • there is enough time to read from the video.