training video
How-to footage piece
A training video is a recording designed to teach specific skills or procedures, typically for workplace or educational purposes.
Companies use training videos to onboard new employees, demonstrate safety protocols, or standardize instruction: We had to watch a two-hour training video on harassment prevention.
The format ranges from polished corporate productions to awkward low-budget efforts that have become objects of mockery.
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- instructionalIntended to educate
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- how-toPractical instruction format
- onboardingNew member integration process
new hire · lesson · e-learning · corporate · orientation · presenter · talking head · footage · playback · module · skill · employee · safety · compliance · health and safety · webinar · screencast · voiceover
- learning materialstextbook, workbook, handbook, manual, guide
- recorded mediaaudio, clip, audio clip, footage, DVD
- tutorialstutorial, how-tos, quick start guide, step-by-step guide, walkthrough
- video recordingcamcorder, recording, footage, filming, capture
- Lab Safetysafety goggles, lab safety, lab coat, PPE, fume hood
- educational filmsdocumentary, nature film, tutorial, music education, art instruction
training videodistraction
Thing diverting one's attention
feature film · comedy sketch · music video · time-waster · movie
training videohands-on practice
Learning through direct engagement
on-the-job training · apprenticeship · direct experience · real-world application · field work
training, video, train, trains, trained, trainer, trainers, trainee, trainees