On 7 May 2018 at 05:49, Al Sweigart <a...@inventwithpython.com> wrote:
> I definitely agree will all of Julien's points. Having a face is > distracting, makes editing harder, and dealing with lighting/makeup to look > good on camera is a pain. > > Also, the videos should be a *maximum* of 6 minutes in length. Philip Guo > (creator of pythontutor.com and a CS professor at Rochester) has a great > article on engagement rates for online course videos. Even with the > concerns about engagement aside, short videos are easier to make and keep > up to date. > > Something else to consider: Do we need videos? We could also consider > using a webpage with one of those https://trinket.io/ in-browser > interactive shells (though the PSF probably doesn't want to play favorites > with any company.) > The PSF doesn't tend to view that kind of thing as playing favourites - if we need to go beyond what a company offers in their baseline freemium accounts, then the PSF staff and/or Board may be able to help arrange an in-kind sponsorship, and set up a formal relationship with the vendor accordingly (e.g. PyPI relies heavily on in-kind sponsorships, and that gets recognised on https://www.python.org/psf/sponsorship/sponsors/). If it's possible to avoid videos, while still providing screencast-style content, that would be a good thing - while video playback on the web is vastly better than it used to be Cheers, Nick. P.S. Note also that the PSF has an existing technical relationship with PythonAnywhere to power the inline interactive shell in the carousel at the top of the python.org home page (click the yellow ">_" icon if you've never seen that in action). So if folks can think of ways that relationship could potentially be pursued further to help enhance the tutorial and other documentation, that would be a discussion well worth having :) -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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