Cassie Nix

Explain Everything Reflection

Explain Everything Reflection

  • April 23, 2017 at 5:58 PM
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I think Explain Everything is similar to two apps our kids already have: ShowMe and DoodleCast Pro. I liked using it for my app tutorial videos because I could stick all my screenshots in and draw over them. It was easier to use than Screencastomatic, which is what I normally use for those types of videos. I could use the pen tool to circle things, and I also put an arrow shape in that I could move around. I liked that it had tons of features and lots of annotating tools. There are also lots of ways to save it. I saved it as a video to my photos and then uploaded to YouTube.

One thing I didn't like was that audio cut off when you switched between slides. I tried to go back and reference something again, and it added my audio to that section of the slide. That could be useful for adding on to the audio without starting over, but I didn't know that would happen until the video was already finished. So my finished product was a little wonky.