The Best Websites

and tools to Make

Your Own

Whiteboard Videos

Online courses started a couple of years back, but they are now becoming

the primary way many people are learning and getting proficient in various

fields

It is:

The Rise of the Autodidact and DIY’ers

● “Autodidact” is a person who teaches themselves.

● “DIY” means “Do It Yourself”.

When I started my first website development company, I had no idea how

to code and I knew nothing of web development.

Armed with a few courses and some online content, I taught myself Python.

With this knowledge, I approached a client and closed my first $3,000

e-commerce website project. (I was a commerce major in school.)

More and more people are picking up money making skills through online

courses and content. A person may not get a job at Google having seen a

bunch of online videos, but they can surely pick up skills that will land them

an internship somewhere.

So if there are people who consume this content and benefit immensely

from it, then there needs to be people who create and teach this content.

If you are one of these creators/teachers, then this article can help.

Have you gone through a high-quality Udacity or a Udemy lecture where

there are animations that break down the concepts? Did you know that you

can create similar (high-quality) animations?

You can!

Also, these whiteboard videos are great as “explainer videos” for startups

or an initiation video for a team member. It sometimes gets too expensive

to outsource this and it’s best to do it yourself.

So let’s check out the best DIY whiteboard websites that will give you a

high-quality product.

The 3 Best Websites to Make a Whiteboard Animation Video:

1. Videoscribe.co

Videoscribe is one of the most popular websites out there in terms of

whiteboard animation.

Again, keep in mind that this is a desktop application and you’ll have to

download the installation file.

I downloaded the free trial to test out the software.

Along with the free trial you also can download a useful “How to design

your whiteboard animation” PDF. This is great for people who are starting

out.

I can say with confidence that this application is one of the easiest to start

with. They have a bunch of useful tools that will make your life very easy.

I was able to put out a quick animation in under five minutes.

Although there are simple tutorials available that explain the features, you

really don’t need them because everything is pretty self-explanatory.

There are options to add images which can be taken from an existing

repository. You can add an audio track if you are verbally explaining

something. Texts, charts, and music can also be added to jazz up your

whiteboard animation. You can choose from an exhaustive list of hands

and pens that will give you the actual ‘Whiteboard’ effect.

2. RawShorts

RawShorts has a seamless on-boarding process.

It takes two steps and under 20 seconds to start tinkering with this product.

The interface is also beautiful.

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The best part about RawShorts is the pre-built templates that are available.

It’s broken down based on categories. It is literally plug and play. The

media library has a lot of images which again, are broken down based on

categories. This is a useful feature to have.

There is also a direct upload to YouTube button. If you are making quick

tutorials, you can easily upload them to YouTube once you are done.

3. Explee

Explee is an another online whiteboard animation creator. It has a 14-day

trial and is simple to get started with.

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During on-boarding, you are asked for what purpose you’re using this

software. The animations and images provided to you will be dependent

upon the option you choose.

The tutorial explaining is a little bit annoying because of the number of

steps they make you perform instead of just pointing your attention to them.

But overall, the interface is very simple to use. All of the elements for the

whiteboard are stacked on the left. The best part is the blue play button that

you can always click on and review your work.

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