So this is the secret project I have been talking about the past week. I’ve decided to start creating some Video Series that I think you guys would find helpful.

To do this, I went to Future Shop the other day to purchase a pretty good microphone: the Logitech USB Desktop Microphone.

I heard some good things about the Camtasia Studio screen recording software, so I downloaded a free 30 day trial version of that. If I want to keep it past 30 days, it’s about $300.00, so I’m not sure if I will. But the software is simply fantastic! It makes recording powerpoints and computer screens super easy, and I didn’t even have to read a tutorial or anything.

Tonight I will be releasing my first video in a Tips for the Scholarship Application video series, where I take a look at the applications for different Canadian scholarships, and break down how I would approach them, and talk about some important things to keep in mind while filling these scholarship applications out. This first video will focus on the Queen’s Major Scholarships. Since the December 1, 2008 due date is coming up for that, I figured it would be a good one to try this format out on. My next video will be on the Millennium Excellence Awards, since that one is due December 12, 2008.

I think the video format will be much better than writing about them because it allows me to actually show you the parts of the application form, so you can go through them with me. In addition, considering that I imagine the videos to be anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour, it means that writing this type of content out instead would take both longer for me to do, and also probably longer for you to digest!

I actually made one initial version for my first video, watched it over and realized I spoke too darn fast in a few places, so I completely redid the video from scratch – not to mention the first time I redid it, I had done about 7 minutes of the video before realizing my microphone was not on! I’m really glad I redid it though, and I’m very happy with the result.

Anyways, that video on the Queen’s Major Scholarships should be up by tonight – hope you enjoy it!