Create Flipped Classroom Videos: Slides, Scripts, and Pre-Class Questions

Start with the question students will discuss in class

For a lesson on segmentation, targeting, and positioning (STP), use the classroom question: “Whom should this café serve, and why would those customers choose it?” The video introduces the terms and the café information students need.

You do not need to turn the entire lecture into a video. Keep problems you want students to solve together for class, and move definitions and background into preparation. Let the explanation determine the video length.

Use pre-class responses to plan the classroom explanation

Vanderbilt University’s teaching guide describes first encountering material before class, then using class time for problem-solving and discussion. Here, that principle informs how we pair a video with an assignment.

Reading the responses can reveal confusion between grouping customers and choosing whom to serve. You can explain that distinction at the start of class, then have students propose a direction for the café.

• Vanderbilt University: Flipping the Classroom (PDF)

Example: explain a café’s STP analysis in four slides

The following is a fictional teaching example created for this article. A café serves commuters seeking takeaway drinks and students looking for a place to sit. It is one minute from the station, has ten seats, and accepts drink preorders. Students use these facts to choose a target audience and a position.

Four slides suit this example. Add the pages your own explanation needs, such as intermediate calculations or a closer look at source material.

Script example: explain the reasoning behind the bullets

Slide three contains “Target: commuters,” “One minute from the station,” and “Preorders available.” The narration explains how those points connect.

Script example: “Why might this café choose commuters as its main audience? Its location and preorder option could suit people picking up a drink before work. Choosing which customer group to serve is called targeting. Students are another possible audience, but that option calls for a different plan for the ten available seats.”

Example instruction: “Draft narration for students new to marketing. Explain the STP terms and connect the café’s conditions to the reasoning behind each choice. Do not add sales figures or research findings that are absent from the slides.” Add any information shown only in diagrams or photographs when editing the draft.

Pre-class questions and an in-class activity

Combine a question that distinguishes the terms with one that asks students to explain their reasoning. Collect answers through your usual LMS or form. These questions and sample answers were created for this article.

• Question 1: Which step is each of these: grouping customers by reason for visiting, choosing commuters, and presenting the café as a convenient pickup before work? Sample answer: S, T, and P, respectively.
• Question 2: Explain the commuter choice using two facts about the café. Sample answer: “It is near the station and accepts preorders, so it could suit people stopping by before work.” Look for a connection between the facts and customer needs.
• In class: groups develop a student-focused alternative. Given ten seats, decide what to offer and how customers would use it, then write one sentence explaining why they would choose the café. Compare it with the commuter option and explain what changed and why.

Choose your own voice, a demonstration, or AI narration

Record your own voice when the instructor’s delivery matters, capture the screen or film a demonstration when movement matters, and consider AI narration when you want to draft and read a script from slides. You can combine these methods.

• Microsoft: turn your presentation into a video
• PowerPoint video export and AI narration

Create the script, audio, and video in SpeechSlide AI

After uploading your slides, work through the script, audio, and video in that order. You can start by developing the explanation before making a video.

• 1. Create a project and upload a PDF, PPT, or PPTX file, up to 20 MB.
• 2. Set the language and instructions for batch script generation. Add your classroom examples and explanations of diagrams to the draft, then save it.
• 3. Choose a voice and generate audio. Listen to terminology and pauses. Save any script changes before regenerating the affected audio.
• 4. Generate the video once the audio is ready. Check that the slide changes match the narration in the final MP4 before distributing it.

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Provide a text version and materials in another language

Provide the edited narration as a text document alongside the video. Explain what a visual means, such as “The blue line represents sales,” so students can follow the text without relying on color or position alone.

If you need captions, prepare them using the publishing platform’s caption features or another editing tool. Providing a transcript does not itself add on-screen captions.

For narration in another language, change the script language and align technical terms with the slide labels before generating audio. Edit the source slides as well if their visible text needs translation.

Put the video, questions, and due date together in your LMS

Upload the video within your LMS’s supported file types and size limits, or link to an institution-approved video platform. Set up assignment collection and grading in the LMS.

Example post: “Next class, we will decide whom the café should serve. Watch the STP video and answer questions 1 and 2 by 6 p.m. the day before class. In class, your group will develop an alternative for students.” Adapt the deadline and question numbers to your course.

Before distributing it, test access with student-level permissions. Use the answers to inform your teaching rather than treating a video access record as proof of understanding.

Review the slides and assignment when reusing materials

Keep the source slides, script, MP4, and questions under the same unit name so you can find what needs updating. If the café’s conditions change, update the sample answers as well as the narration.

For script-only changes, save the edits, regenerate the affected audio, then recreate the video. For changes to slide content or count, upload the revised file to a new project. Replace the video at the distribution destination as well.

Try the free plan and compare slide and generation limits

As checked on October 5, 2026, the free plan allows 2 projects per month, 8 slides per project, 40 slide generations each for scripts and audio, and 4 videos per month. Videos include a watermark.

Standard costs JPY 2,200 per month including tax, with 10 projects per month, 20 slides per project, 500 slide generations each for scripts and audio, and 30 videos per month without a watermark. Compare it and other plans against your slide count and the generation allowance needed for creation and revisions.

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