How do you shape scattered how-to recordings into an onboarding series?

Scenario walkthrough: several how-to recordings made by different people vary in length and style. The goal is an onboarding series ordered by job task, so a new hire can follow it and start working.

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How do you shape scattered how-to recordings into an onboarding series?: illustrative product and creation scene

The problem, inputs and goal

Inputs: how-to recordings from several people, plus role descriptions and the current handbook. First map which tasks each recording actually covers.

Challenge: recording order is not learning order. Style, terminology and pacing differ, and prerequisites are skipped as obvious, so a new hire cannot tell what is missing.

Target: a series ordered by job task, each section teaching one goal, with stated prerequisites, consistent terms and the ability to watch any section on its own.

Work through the problem

01
Ask AI to organize the recordings by job task and flag overlapping, missing and unverifiable steps.
02
Rebuild the content as a series outline, give each section one stated goal and restore the prerequisites that were skipped.
03
Align terminology, tighten pacing, then have a new hire watch it and note questions.

Describe what you need

Use this as a starting point. Adapt the assets, audience and goal, then review the result.

Example prompt

Organize these how-to recordings into an onboarding series by job task: one goal per section, prerequisites listed, overlap merged and missing steps marked as to be confirmed.

Expected deliverable and review

Each section has one clear goal.
Prerequisites are stated in the video.
Terminology and naming stay consistent across the series.

Questions, answered

Should I keep the original recording order?

Do not keep the recording order. Reorder by how the work is actually done, put dependent material first and note the related task in each section description.

What if some steps are known only to the person who recorded them?

Publish what is confirmed, mark uncertain steps as to be confirmed and ask the recorder or role owner to verify rather than filling gaps with guesses.