With Narration in Sana, you have multiple options to enhance your courses with engaging audio. Whether you choose to record yourself, upload an existing video, or generate a narration using AI, this feature allows you to create captivating video content that adds a personal touch and boosts learner engagement. These flexible options empower you to deliver a seamless and immersive learning experience, making your content more interactive and engaging for your audience.
What is the value of Narration?
Narrations can enhance your learners' experience by making it more engaging and personalized:
Contextualization: Use narrations to provide additional context or explanations that may not be fully captured in the course text.
Personal touch: Narrations add a human element to the course, allowing the instructor to speak directly to learners and create a more personalized experience.
Engagement: Narrations offer a different mode of content delivery that can be more captivating than text alone, increasing overall learner engagement.
Use case examples for Narration
Course introduction: Use a narration to introduce a course, explaining what the course will cover and what learners can expect to gain from it
Complex concepts: Use a narration to explain complex concepts or procedures in a simpler and more direct way
Personal insights: Use a narration to share personal insights or experiences related to the course content.
💡 Narrations are only supported in self-paced courses, and each card can have only one video narration - whether it is recorded within the browser, uploaded from a file, or generated using AI.
How to create a Narration in Sana
Go to the course editor and select the card where you want to add a narration
Click on Narration at the top of the card or on the pop-up narrator within the card
A Generate narration window will open, allowing you to select your narrator of choice from five available options.
4. Three options will appear at the bottom of the narration window: Record, Upload, and Generate. Read more about this below:
Generate
Generating a narration allows you to leverage AI to quickly and efficiently add professional audio to your course. By selecting one of five AI narrators, the Sana AI Assistant generates a script based on the text in the card and turns it into a polished video narration. This AI-powered option not only saves time but also ensures a consistent, high-quality audio experience for your learners. Additionally, it provides flexibility by allowing you to make updates or regenerate the narration with ease, making it ideal for keeping content current. The script is optimized for narration, so it may not be an exact 1:1 match with the original text.
How to generate a narration:
You can write your own script in the Script text box or use AI to generate for you.
To generate a script based on the text in the card, click Generate script within the Script text box
Once the script has been written or AI generated, click the Generate button on the bottom right to generate the AI video narration.
Keep in mind that generating the video may take some time. You can either wait for the narration to be completed or continue working on other content in the meantime. It will still continue generating if you switch cards!
Once the video narration has been generated, you can choose to Play or Remove the narration
Repeat the process to regenerate the video narration with a new script
💡 Organizations are limited to 36 minutes of generated video narration per month.
Upload
Uploading an existing video narration allows you to utilize pre-recorded content, ensuring a consistent and professional audio experience without the need to record in real time. This option is perfect if you already have high-quality video narrations, enabling you to efficiently incorporate them into your course and maintain uniformity across your learning materials.
How to upload a narration:
Click the Upload button to select an existing video
Choose the video file you wish to upload
Once the video is uploaded, you'll have the option to Play or Remove narration in the video tile
Record
Recording your own narration allows you to add a personal touch and directly engage with your learners, creating a more human and relatable experience. This option is ideal for adding your voice and tone to the course, providing clarity and context in your own words, which can foster a deeper connection with your audience.
How to record a narration:
Click the Record button to start recording
If prompted, allow Sana access to your camera and microphone to enable recording.
Click the Stop recording button in the video tile to end the recording
Once you're done recording, you'll have the option to Play or Remove narration
FAQ
What are the supported formats for uploading the narration?
The file must be in MP4 format. If you have a video in another format, you can usually convert your video to the desired format online.
Can the narration autoplay when a learner opens the card?
Narrations will autoplay unless the user pauses the narration without finishing it and moves on in the course. In that case, the narration will default to "Pause".
Can I have a combination of uploaded, recorded and AI generated narrations in the same course?
Yes, you can choose for each card. The only restriction is that each card can have only one narration at a time.
Can I record more than one narration for a card?
No, only one narration can be recorded, uploaded, or generated per card. However, you can always replace the existing narration by recording a new one, uploading a new video, or generating a new narration.
What happens if I need to update a generated narration?
You can modify the script and click Regenerate to create a new video narration. This will overwrite the existing narration with the updated version.
Is there a limit on how much video narration I can generate?
Yes, organizations have a limit of 36 minutes of generated video narration per month. You can contact your Sana CSM to learn more about this limit.
Can I use different narrators for each card in a course?
Yes, you can select a different AI narrator for each card, allowing for variation in voice and tone throughout your course.