Dan Roam's Professional Hand-Drawn Whiteboard Video Course

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Create hand-drawn videos to boost sales, solve problems, & get followers

Lecture 1: Introduction: Why hand-drawn videos are so powerful for online sales & education

Lecture 2: The Video Revolution: Hand-drawn videos are powerful — and easy to create.

Lecture 3: Hand-drawn videos are easy to make. Here's a sample.

Lecture 4: Who cares about hand-drawn videos? (And another sample.)

Lecture 5: Our lesson plan in detail.

Lecture 6: The tools we'll need: PowerPoint & Camtasia

Lecture 7: The video creation process: from Idea to Upload

Lecture 8: How to draw in PowerPoint (the secret revealed!)

Lecture 9: How to make a complete video in 3 minutes

Lecture 10: Quick preview of the entire production process

Chapter 2: Video quick-tools: Using PowerPoint and Camtasia to create fantastic clips.

Lecture 1: Introduction: The amazing video combination of PowerPoint & Camtasia

Lecture 2: The two tools we need: PowerPoint & Camtasia

Lecture 3: An sample advanced video — made with just these tools!

Lecture 4: Getting started in the video process: prepare slides, record, edit

Lecture 5: Top-tips for turning PowerPoint into an animation platform

Lecture 6: Top-tips for drawing in PowerPoint

Lecture 7: Top-tips for using Camtasia as a recording and editing platform

Lecture 8: Exporting .AVI files as a time-saver while working in Camtasia

Lecture 9: Two more tricks: screen-shots and image cropping

Chapter 3: Fast & effective storyboarding: the key to a good video.

Lecture 1: Introduction: Why story matters — and how to capture yours.

Lecture 2: Story matters most: a 60-second example clip

Lecture 3: The storyboard for that example clip — made in PowerPoint

Lecture 4: Process check-in: where we are in the sequence

Lecture 5: The best stories start with pen & paper — and Postit notes

Lecture 6: We're screenwriters now — and we need the "3-Act Structure"

Lecture 7: The Pixar Pitch: a story that will never let us down

Lecture 8: Vivid Thinking: how to turn words into pictures

Lecture 9: How to write a sample script — and turn it into a sketched storyboard

Chapter 4: How to quickly Pre-Visualize your video.

Lecture 1: Introduction: The power of pre-visualization. (Thanks, George Lucas!)

Lecture 2: Process check-in: shifting from writing and sketching to animating.

Lecture 3: Character, action, outcome: let's create a viral marketing video.

Lecture 4: 4 storylines to choose from: We pick the "Pitch."

Lecture 5: Let's turn our script into a classic "Pitch" structure.

Lecture 6: We turn our "Pitch" into a full storyboard.

Lecture 7: How to create a rough video from our storyboard.

Lecture 8: Top-tips for pre-visualizing your video.

Lecture 9: Sketching in our first characters: the animation begins!

Lecture 10: Take lots of screen-shots. (So you don't have to draw twice.)

Lecture 11: Use PowerPoint's animation tools to pre-visualize your clip.

Lecture 12: Cut-&-Paste as you go. (This saves time and keeps things aligned.)

Lecture 13: Keep recording: you will fix errors while editing later on.

Lecture 14: Export complex animation sequences as .AVI files. (This keeps clips manageable.)

Chapter 5: How to make amazing animations with simple shapes and movement.

Lecture 1: Introduction: Amazing animations from simple shapes and movement.

Lecture 2: The Vaulting Video: an example of the power of simple animation.

Lecture 3: Our video project so far: update and review.

Lecture 4: The 2 types of animation: Creation & Motion

Lecture 5: Review of Pre-visualization tips.

Lecture 6: Animation type 1: Creation & Destruction

Lecture 7: Animation type 2: Motion

Lecture 8: The 3 kinds of motion: Position, Orientation, and Scale.

Lecture 9: Animation through change in POSITION.

Lecture 10: Animation though change in ORIENTATION.

Lecture 11: Animation through change in SCALE.

Lecture 12: Putting the 3 kinds of motion together.

Lecture 13: The 12 lessons of Disney animation. [link]

Chapter 6: How to create advanced animations in PowerPoint and Camtasia.

Lecture 1: Introduction: How to push PowerPoint and Camtasia beyond to standard.

Lecture 2: A sample marketing video — created entirely with PowerPoint tools.

Lecture 3: How I created the sample; a look "under the hood" of PowerPoint.

Lecture 4: How to use the "Wheel" to make a picture look hand-drawn.

Lecture 5: Adding the exit and fade-out effects.

Lecture 6: Build a stack with "Fly-In."

Lecture 7: Add movement with "Grow" and "Shrink."

Lecture 8: Getting started on our complex animation using the tools we've just practiced.

Lecture 9: How to create simple "Visual Assets" that can be used over and over again.

Lecture 10: Step-by-step, let's animate our video introduction.

Lecture 11: How to layer multiple animations in a single slide.

Lecture 12: Review of our work-in-progress.

Lecture 13: Wrap-up of our animation so far.

Chapter 7: The basics of editing in Camtasia.

Lecture 1: Introduction: Camtasia is a powerful editing platform for hand-drawn videos.

Lecture 2: The best part of film-making is editing. (Thanks Steven Spielberg!)

Lecture 3: Why we edit: save time, add continuity, & increase punch.

Lecture 4: Video editing software options. (You have choices other than Camtasia.)

Lecture 5: Editing effects we'll use: Cuts, Pan-&-Zoom, Change Speed.

Lecture 6: How to edit: Capturing a video clip from the screen.

Lecture 7: How to edit: Importing the video into Camtasia.

Lecture 8: How to edit: Cutting the video clip.

Lecture 9: Removing unwanted audio from the video clip.

Lecture 10: Cutting the video, continued.

Lecture 11: Speeding up the video clip.

Lecture 12: Cutting the video clip, part 3.

Lecture 13: Pan & Zoom in Camtasia.

Lecture 14: Making final cuts in our video clip.

Lecture 15: Gluing all the pieces back together. (Produce as .AVI)

Lecture 16: A final review of our edited video.

Chapter 8: Adding the final polish and sound.

Lecture 1: Introduction: Putting on the final polish in Camtasia.