Thursday, July 31, 2025

Used the Video Overview function in Google NotebookLM to generate a video

 This Gen-AI function is magnificent. Thanks to Mr Simon Lau who alerted me to the 'Generate Video Overview' function inside Google NotebookLM. I had a go with the topic 'What is self-regulated learning?' The resulting video, which has very lively voiceover narration, is not just a readaloud of bullet points. Instead, it's a very well-planned and effective presentation of the target topic. The visuals marvellously support the voiceover presentation. 

What I did: 

1. I went to a chatbot, and asked 'What is self-regulated learning?'. 

2. Saved the output as a PDF file. 

3. Went to Google NotebookLM. 

4. Uploaded the PDF file as a 'source'. 

5. On the NotebookLM, click on 'Video Overview'. The app started to generate the video. 

That was all I did (which took me less than 5 minutes). Imagine the number of hours I had to put in if I were to produce this video myself from scratch!!

https://youtu.be/OmapznvhvNk?si=MCI3Cd4YDOAA1C3r

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