Seven real prompts educators used to convert lectures, slides, and course content into short videos. Copy one, swap in your topic, and generate.
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An education tutorial video is a short, focused clip — typically 30 seconds to a few minutes — that walks a student through one concept, skill, or procedure. Educators use them for online courses, LMS modules, YouTube channels, and in-class supplements. The examples below are real, normalized prompts educators submitted to ngram, plus the patterns that appear across them.
30s
Typical length
One concept
Per video
LMS + YouTube
Top channels
Copy one, fill in the bracketed parts, and generate.
Step-by-step walkthrough showing instructors how to use an LMS accessibility checker with real screen footage.
30-second walkthrough for a Canvas LMS accessibility tool showing how to upload course files and run accessibility checks. Use my screen recording as the visual. Narrate each step clearly. Audience: instructors, not students. Tone: practical and direct. End with a short CTA to run a check on their next upload.
Converts a computer-networks lecture slide deck into a narrated YouTube explainer on transport-layer protocols.
Convert my computer networks class presentation on Network Layer (TCP vs UDP) into a YouTube explainer video. Use motion graphics to show how packets travel differently in each protocol. English narration, clear and concise. Audience: undergraduate students seeing this for the first time.
Animated explainer covering heart anatomy and blood circulation for a general learning audience.
Create an educational explainer video about the cardiovascular system. Cover the heart, arteries, and the difference between pulmonary and systemic circulation. Use animated diagrams to show blood flow. Tone: clear and accessible for a general adult learning audience. No jargon without definitions.
Physics teaching video that walks through gas molecule speed distribution with graph interpretation.
Make a teaching video about the Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution for gas molecules. Walk through what the graph means, how temperature changes the shape, and what the area under the curve represents. Motion graphics to animate the graph. Audience: physics undergrads who have seen basic thermodynamics.
Beginner English vocabulary video with slow narration, scene-matched visuals, and subtitles for sports vocab.
Create an A1-level English vocabulary learning video. Topic: sports and activities. Slow, clear pronunciation for each word. Pair each word with a matching scene visual. Add subtitles. No complex grammar, just the words and visuals. Audience: adult beginner learners.
Animated breakdown of how Universal Design for Learning principles apply to AI literacy training programs.
Animated explainer on Universal Design for Learning applied to AI literacy programming for workforce development professionals. Cover the three UDL principles — representation, action/expression, engagement — and show how each applies when teaching AI tools to adult learners. Use my course website URL as source material. Motion graphics, professional tone.
Doodle-style video making quantum superposition approachable and safe for middle-school audiences.
Kid-friendly educational video explaining Schrödinger's cat thought experiment for middle schoolers. Use a doodle animation style. Explain quantum superposition without the poison or dark elements — focus on the idea that a particle can be in two states at once until you look at it. Warm, curious tone. No scary imagery.
What the data shows about how educators write these briefs.
30-second walkthrough for a Canvas LMS accessibility tool showing how to upload course files and run accessibility checks. Use my screen recording as the visual. Narrate each step clearly. Audience: instructors, not students. Tone: practical and direct. End with a short CTA to run a check on their next upload.
Inputs
One screen recording of the LMS tool in action. The instructor hands ngram the footage rather than writing a script — the recording carries the structure.
Structure
Task → steps → CTA. The prompt names the exact workflow (upload + accessibility check) and closes with a clear action, not a generic 'learn more'.
Audience precision
'Instructors, not students' — a single line that changes the vocabulary, assumed knowledge, and voiceover register throughout.
Guardrail
'Practical and direct' and a concrete CTA. These two constraints stop the generator from adding filler narration or an inspirational outro.
Why it works
The prompt hands over real footage, names the audience precisely, and anchors the ending to an action. That combination is why this walks through an actual tool without inventing steps or generalizing the copy.
Tutorial videos that try to cover a full unit fail to hold attention. Name one concept in the prompt and the video stays tight.
"Middle schoolers" and "physics undergrads who've seen basic thermodynamics" produce different scripts. Be specific about who's watching.
Almost half of educator briefs include a URL or screen recording. Giving ngram real content means the video reflects your course, not a generic version of the topic.
Motion graphics was the top requested style in this cluster — diagrams, annotations, and animated text are more useful for explaining concepts than generic B-roll.
Prompts like "no scary imagery" or "no jargon without definitions" steer the generator away from outputs that don't fit your audience age or background.
The best prompts close with a specific next step — run a check, try a problem, visit a page. A recap outro wastes the last five seconds.
Choose the example that matches your format: LMS walkthrough, YouTube explainer, vocabulary video, or classroom-safe concept explainer.
30s
Swap the topic, audience, and tone for your course. Attach a screen recording or your course URL if you have one.
1 min
ngram drafts the script, storyboard, and visuals. Adjust pacing, swap any scene, and add captions before you post to your LMS or channel.
5 min
Prefilled prompts for the most common tutorial formats.
The jobs tutorial videos get hired to do in educational contexts.
Teams and roles that build tutorial videos with ngram.
The ngram capabilities a tutorial video leans on.
Wire tutorial creation into the tools you already use to reach students.
whena tutorial finishes rendering
thenpublish it straight to your course channel
whenyou publish a new lesson
thenshare a short clip to your professional network
whena new course module is created
thenauto-trigger a tutorial video render
whena course record updates
thenkick off a tutorial render in your scenario
whena webhook fires from your LMS
thengenerate a tutorial in a self-hosted flow
whenyou capture a screen recording of your tool or slide
thenstart a tutorial from the browser
Quick utilities for the pieces of a tutorial.
Drop in what you already have.
Upload a slide deck, screen recording, or just describe your topic. ngram writes the script, builds the visuals, and adds narration.