ScreencastTeam video tutorials

[Alan Pope]

2009/7/19 Phil Bull <philbull at gmail.com>:
> Thanks for the update. Is it safe to say that no-one is actively working
> on this at the moment?
>

Other than the ones I've planned to make, which I've not publicly listed, yes.

> I think the most important thing to discuss is the role of screencasts
> within the support community. What do support people want to use them
> for, and what do users expect from them? The answers to these questions
> should shape the direction of the project (and the format/content of the
> videos).
>

Agreed. Do you think that we should discuss this now/here or at the
next docteam meeting?

> I don't think that screencasts should be a separate user assistance
> effort; rather, we should be integrating them into other documentation.
>

To some degree I agree, but the issue has always been the intense
amount of effort required to plan/create and then (potentially)
translate consistently high-quality screencasts.

I'm certainly happy to look at ways to increase the amount of
screencasting done in Ubuntu.

Cheers,
Al.