Record a course lesson with narration and chapter titles

Decide what the lesson teaches before you open the editor. The edit then supports that one idea with a clear voice, a title for each section and a quiet music bed.

Plan and gather the visuals

Write the sections as short headings, for example the problem, the steps and the result. Then collect what the viewer will see in each one: a screen recording, exported slides or photos.

1. Create a project and open Aspect ratio. Choose Widescreen for a lesson watched on a computer.
2. Open Media, press Upload and select the visuals. Each clip or image lands on the main track.
3. Set the length of each slide. Select it, open Trim and drag Trim end. An image has no source length to run out of, so it stretches as far as the narration needs.

Record the narration

1. Move the playhead to the start of the first section.
2. Open the Record menu in the top bar and choose Record audio. Allow microphone access when the browser asks, and pick your microphone from the pill if you have more than one.
3. Watch the level meter while you speak. Press the red button to start and Stop and use recording to finish. The take lands on the soundtrack at the playhead.
4. Repeat for each section with the playhead at that section's start.

Record one section at a time. A stumble then costs only that section. If the spot at the playhead already holds audio, the editor slides the new take to the right, so check the order on the timeline.

If a screen recording carries its own sound, select the clip, open Volume and switch on Mute audio so only your voice plays.

Mark the chapters

1. Press T at the start of each section, open Text in the right panel (or double-click the title in the preview) and type a short chapter title.
2. With the title selected, open Backdrop in the right panel and turn it on, so the title reads over any slide.
3. Open Trim and drag Trim end to set how long the title stays up.
4. Open Animate and choose an in animation.

The title style you used last carries over to the next title in the project, so the chapters match without extra work.

Add captions and a quiet music bed

1. Open Subtitles and press Generate subtitles. Transcription spends account credits. The Content tab then holds a readable transcript of the lesson that you can correct in place.
2. In AI Gen, open Audio then Music. Choose Instrumental, add a track from the Sample library or press Generate music, and place it under the whole lesson.
3. Select a narration clip and open Duck in the right panel. Lower the Duck others slider. While that clip plays, everything else drops to that volume. Do this for each narration clip.
4. Select the music clip and open Volume to set its base level.

Keep notes and export

Open Details. Use Notes to store the date, the links you mention in the lesson, one per line, and a short outline. Write the Caption that will go with the upload, and press Copy caption + tags when you publish.

Then open Export, choose Best · 1080p and press Export video. The render runs in the background, and the file appears under Exports in Media.

Open the editor

Outline your next lesson, then open DepCut and record the first section.