Plan

The majority of video assessments at Monash require you to:

  1. Record yourself (and/or other people) on video
  2. Record visual content such as slides, diagrams, or a screen capture.

Read your assessed task instructions carefully to check what kind of content is required. It may only be one, or a combination of elements.

Storyboarding your content

Planning your content in advance will make it easier to edit (and/or reduce the need for editing), and produce a more cohesive and professional result. For a natural-sounding delivery, it is usually best not to write a full script, but planning the rough structure and content of your video will help you determine the best order of information and reduce repetition or gaps.

A helpful tool for planning video content is a video storyboard, which you can use to plan the visual and audio elements of your assessment, as well as decide the rough timing of each scene to help you stay within the overall required length.

Example of a video storyboard

Clicking on the template button below will prompt you to save a copy of a video storyboard template in your Google Drive. For ease of access log into your Monash Google Drive before clicking on the link.

Planning strategies

  • Use a clear and logical structure for your content. Most video assessments require an introduction, body, and conclusion, just like a written assessment.
  • Explicit signposting is also extremely important to ensure your viewers understand the relationships between concepts and can follow your structure. Signposting is even more important if your video assessments will primarily be a monologue of you speaking without any accompanying visual material, because your viewers will not have any visual cues.
  • Before and after writing your plan, check your assessed task instructions and marking criteria to ensure you cover all of the necessary content.
  • If possible, use software you are already familiar with to create your materials. Slides, diagrams and other kinds of visuals can easily be made in PowerPoint, Google Slides, or another presentation software. To effectively manage your time, you may wish to avoid spending a large amount of time learning new software to create your video content, unless it’s a specific requirement of the assessment.