Getting Started


WHAT IS IDEA22

Idea22 was developed from the ground up to enable the masses to mass-educate - Idea22 uses video sharing technology to create a social learning system. 

So what is a social learning system?

Social learning systems have several features that make teaching with video easy and comprehensive:

  • Videos can be organized into virtual 'courses' (using our course builder tool) that can then be inserted into any website or blog.
  • Videos can have supporting documents attached - example: teachers notes etc …
  • Software demo videos keep their original dimensions, so that the image is crystal clear.
  • Videos play at a much higher resolution than anywhere else on the Web.

In a nutshell: idea22 makes it easy to organize, distribute and promote video based courses.

 

HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM 

Nothing special to do really:

  1. Create an account.
  2. Upload your educational videos.
  3. Use the embed functionality to insert your videos and courses into websites and blogs.
  4. You're done.

 

HOW TO CREATE VIDEO TUTORIALS

Please check out the idea22 forums for up-to-date tutorials and instructions on how to create video tutorials:

www.idea22.com/forum/

 

VIDEO OUTPUT SETTINGS

We accept several video types but recommend the following:

  1. FLV with VP6 encoding.
  2. Quicktime H264
  3. WMV

 

Max video weight: 40 megs
Video Length:  Try to keep the videos less than 10 minutes long. If you have a longer video tutorial, cut it into sections (part 1, 2, 3 etc …) and upload each of them as separate videos.
Max video dimensions: 850 X 675 (width/ height)

Note: You can make the video smaller if you like - but try to keep the video wider than taller.

 

CAMTASIA VIDEO SETTIGS (For PC screen capture videos/software demos)

These are the optimal video output settings for use with Camtasia:

Max dimensions: 850 X 675 (width/ height)

You can make it smaller if you like - but try to keep the video wider than taller.

Output Settings:

Format: FLV using the VP6 codec.

Framerate: auto

Max Bitrate: 512

Bitrate control: Variable 2 pass.

Quality: 100%

Key Frame Rate: 5

Target: Flash 8

Audio: mp3 mono 22 Hz

 

MAC OSX SCREEN CAPTURES

We use iMovie HD to edit our screencasts.

… Just use an HD format project! 720p works fine. You can later trim the sides if you prefer a 4:3 aspect ratio when you export to QuickTime.

The Mac process:

    • ishowu - to do screen captures.
    • iMovieHD (750pi) to edit and output as high quality QT.
    • Optional: Use Flash demo to output FLV or simply upload your Quicktime videos.


    Thanks,

    Stefan Mischook