Fourteen heuristics for producing industrial videotapes are discussed. The heuristics are intended to serve as guidelines in producing programs that present content in a manner contributing to the end use of information by trainees, increase retention, relieve boredom, and/or create viewer identification with the subject at hand. (Author/JN)

Twelve suggestions are offered for producing successful video presentations for educational television. Although most suggestions focus on ways to improve video presentations, it is emphasized that if material doesn't lend itself to visual treatment, other media (lectures, texts, slide/tape presentations) should be investigated. (Author/JN)

Describes how a production firm met the challenge of training American teachers at Department of Defense Dependent Schools, Atlantic Region, to use a single-camera, portable VTR system and to develop expertise in training others in video use. Discusses workshop format, course syllabus, instructional strategies, and project goals. (JN)

Cogent videotapes of patients with various illnesses are dramatic and useful educational aids. Suggested uses for and problems in producing such videotapes are discussed. A short checklist to help organize a videotape to be used for medical instruction is provided. (Author/JN)

In 1976, Texas Tech University's Department of Mass Communications introduced a noncommercial telecommunications sequence designed to extend the exiting telecommunications major for undergraduates interested in pursuing a career in nonbroadcast media. Rationale for and courses included in the sequence are described. (Author/JN)