Use The Right Tools To Create The Highest Quality Udemy Courses
The one thing that you can rely on with online courses from Udemy is that they will all be of good quality when it comes to video and audio. Udemy will not accept your course if it fails in these areas. To avoid this rejection you need to make sure that you have the right tools available to create the highest quality online courses.
You must include Video
Video is a must for Udemy courses. Students who purchase online training from Udemy expect there to be at least 60% video for the course content. So you need the right tools to create the best videos that you can.
To build trust with your potential student audience you need to make an appearance on your videos. Udemy experts suggest that this needs to be a minimum of 20% of the video content. Students want to see your face and experience your personality. This means that you will need to record yourself on camera.
Microphone and Pop Filter
Udemy actually cares more about the audio quality of training videos submitted to them than they do the video quality. This doesn’t mean that you can provide low quality video footage but it is so important that students can hear what the instructors are saying clearly.
Don’t attempt to record your voice on a video using the microphone in your laptop or smartphone. Using cheap headphones with an attached microphone is no good either. Why? Because these microphones tend to be of very poor quality and your voice will not be crisp and clear on the video.
You can record your Udemy courses on your computer. We recommend that you invest in a good quality USB microphone such as the Blue Yeti. There are others available so read reviews online to find a good quality USB microphone that suits your budget.
We also recommend that you purchase a pop filter for your microphone and a stand. The pop filter will prevent unwanted noises appearing in your recordings. A good microphone stand will make it much easier for you to make consistently high quality recordings as it will keep the microphone in the correct position.
HD Webcam
You must record all of your videos for Udemy in HD. If you don’t then they will reject them. The minimum quality is 720p. Fortunately there are a number of good quality HD webcams available that you can plug right into your computer and record at 720p or even 1080p. Logitech produce some very good webcams at very reasonable prices.
You can find good quality webcams that have built in microphones for sound recording as well. We would always recommend that you use a separate microphone for the sound though. It is not difficult to find an HD webcam for around $50 to $70 if you look around.
Screen Recording and Video Editing
If you want to show people how to achieve something on a computer then you will need a screen recording app. There are free apps available for both Windows and Mac computer users. One of the best apps around for this is Camtasia Studio but this will cost you around $200.
You will need to edit your videos to ensure that they are of the highest quality. For Windows users there is the free Windows Movie Maker and for Mac users the free iMovie. Both of these apps will do everything that you need.
