On our video courses, each lesson is a video with written notes and a few key points under it, and many end with a question. You practise on your own work or the software's built-in library, and the notes show you how.
What a video lesson looks like
The video and its notes (2) fill the middle of the lesson, with the video's length beside its title. The written notes go over what it covers, and a few short boxes sum up the key points. Press Continue (5) when you're ready to move on.
The notes also keep the course current. Where the software has moved on since a video was recorded, they show you how it works today.
- Number 1: Course contents: every lesson and checkpoint. Hide it with the button at the top left.
- Number 2: The lesson: watch the video, read the notes, then Continue.
- Number 3: The OBA Tutor, which knows the lesson you are on.
- Number 4: Where you are in the lesson, step by step.
- Number 5: Continue moves you to the next step.
Watching the videos
Use the video player's own controls to play, pause and go full screen. If you see a CC button, you can switch captions on for that video.
Long recordings are split into parts, marked Part 1 of 3 and so on, with questions in between so they don't all land at the end.
Watching doesn't earn XP, and we don't track how much of a video you watch, so Continue is there whenever you're ready.
The OBA Tutor has been given what is said in most of the videos, so you can ask it to explain a moment again in different words.
- Number 1: The lesson the tutor is helping with.
- Number 2: Your question, and the reply under it.
- Number 3: Ask anything about the lesson, or tap a suggestion.
What to practise on
You follow along on your own photos, footage, data or documents, or the software's built-in library. Where a video works from an example file, the notes show you a free way to do the same exercise, and practising on your own work is the better exercise anyway.
If a lesson leaves you stuck, tell us at support@oba.uk and we'll help.