Course selection
From Slides to Script Workshop
Audience: Academic staff, Professional staff
Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Times: 10.00 to 12.00
Key details: A hands-on workshop helping lecturers and teaching staff turn existing lecture slides or notes into a clear, conversational video script.
Target audience
Lecturers and teaching staff who record, or plan to record, video content for their courses. No prior script-writing experience needed.
Qualifications needed
None
Course pre-work
Participants should bring an example of some lecture slides or a draft script if they have it.
Course information
This workshop equips lecturers and teaching staff with the skills and confidence to write effective video scripts. Participants move from understanding why scripts matter, through to hands-on practice converting their own slide material into a working script draft, covering how scripts differ from lecture slides, how to structure one, and how to write conversationally rather than academically.
Aims and objectives
- Explain the key differences between lecture slides and video scripts
- Structure a script with a clear introduction, main content, and conclusion
- Write conversationally — for speaking, not reading
- Adapt existing lecture material into a script draft
- Identify common pitfalls and how to avoid them
Venue
Gateway, Seminar 4 & 5
Course provider
IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk