A good Instruction starts with a good recording. A few best practices to create a good recording:
Use a common resolution like 1920x1080, 1536x864, 1440x900 or1366x768. With these resolutions, the reader of the Instruction will see readable images with a small size. A smaller, larger or other resolution might result in images with:
Prepare a recording script, so a recording does not need to be takes twice or even often. Some things to think about
Only the primary screen is recorded, make sure the application is shown on the primary screen and all actions needed for the recording are preformed on the primary screen
Make sure the application being recorded is shown in the same language the Instruction will is written in. For a user it's confusing when the language in the images is different from the language in titles, annotations, etc.
If the desktop will be recorded, make sure it's clean from personal files and the background is not a personal picture or any other high quality picture. This decreases the risk of sharing personal information and also keeps the image size low
Any active information might show a pop-up while making a recording. In most cases, this does interfere the recording because the pop-up overlays the recorded application and mostly contains information unrelated to the Instruction being made.
When the recording is started, SelfGuide is minimized and the screen beneath SelfGuide is shown. Make sure this screen is the screen needed for the first step in the recording.
