[Hidden-tech] Technical training tool for video

[Rusty Rowell]

Greetings --

I'm looking for a way to present complicated diagrams in a build-up, white board walk through style.

Our technical team often produces these wonderfully rich Visio diagrams of network solutions. They are a great reference once you understand them, but they are not easily understood just to looking at them. If one of the techs were to start with a whiteboard and describe each step as the diagram is drawn, then the final image would be a great reference.  I'm looking to a way to capture the equivalent of the whiteboard session. Obviously one options is to record the tech with a real whiteboard. That's got some logistical hurdles and does require that that tech can freehand draw something that comes close to the Visio Reference. The other thought I had was to "reverse draw" the Visio diagram as a series of screen shots with each new step removed. Then put the screen shots together one piece at a time with audio commentary (probably in iMovie or something similar) as the digram is built up.

Are there other options to deconstruct a complicated diagram and explain how it gets built from the ground up?

TIA for any suggestions.

Rusty Rowell