Onboarding
The first week, in order: where to go, what to finish, who to ask. One project for the first week is enough. The rest of the employee handbook is another project, or it will blow past 16 scenes.
For internal training, onboarding and procedures.
Training Explainer Video:Policies and Procedures, Drawn
Explainimate makes a training explainer video from the policy or procedure you already have. Paste it, review the scenes, and download a file you upload to your learning system yourself. The form opens at 3 minutes on the Whiteboard style, inside the 2 to 4 minute range most modules use. Technical is in the style list when the procedure is a labeled diagram.
Try
3 min
opens here; pick 2 min for a shorter module
Whiteboard
switch to Technical for labeled steps
MP4 in the browser
you upload it to the LMS
Text only
no screen recording, no PDF reading
See the pen explain a rule
A finished explainer, drawn live in your browser by the same engine, in the style selected above. It shows how a rule is drawn scene by scene. It is not your policy and it is not a recording of software.
How to make a training explainer video
Bring the document people are supposed to follow: a policy, a safety card, or a standard operating procedure. Leave the box on Topic so those words become a spoken module. Choose My script only when you already wrote the narration. The file you download is what you upload. This page does not sign in to a learning system and it does not build a course package.
Step 1: Paste the policy or SOP
Paste the steps in the order a new person must do them, plus the mistake to avoid. Import text takes .txt and .md files up to 400 KB. PDF and scans are skipped; copy the text first. A visitor who is not signed in can send about 2000 characters. The box holds up to 18,500.
Step 2: Review every scene
Check the order, the names of roles, and any number that must be exact. Delete slogans. Hand edits here do not use credits. At most 16 scenes share the length you picked, and each scene is 3 to 40 seconds. The page opens at 3 minutes. Two minutes is the shorter choice in that menu. Five minutes is the project cap. There is no 4-minute setting.
Step 3: Export, then upload
Draw, then export on this device. Keep the page open and in front. Recent Chrome and Edge save an MP4; some other browsers save WebM. Upload that file to your learning system the same way you upload any other video. Nothing here pushes the file for you.
What an internal module should include
External marketing explains why a product exists, often in 60 to 90 seconds, and that job stays on the AI explainer video maker. An internal module explains what to do next. Write for the person who has the document open on their second day, not for a buyer.
Safety
The rule, the action, and the thing they must not improvise. Put the "do not" in its own scene so it is not a footnote under a happy diagram.
Procedures
Numbered steps with the same nouns the SOP uses. If the form says "project code", the board should say "project code", not a synonym the model prefers. You can fix that in the storyboard before drawing.
Hand-drawn, not a talking head
A talking-head video needs a person, a room and a retake when the policy changes. A drawn module needs the updated paragraph. There is no face on screen unless you add one later in an editor. The pen draws boxes, arrows and short labels while the narration, or the captions, states the step.
| If you record a person | If you draw the procedure |
|---|---|
| The policy change means a new recording | Edit the sentence or the label, then export again |
| Viewers watch the speaker | Viewers watch the step being drawn |
| Software training often needs the real screen | This tool does not record the screen; draw the steps, or capture the screen somewhere else |
| You host the file yourself either way | You still upload the MP4 to the learning system yourself |
Before and after: policy text to scenes
A policy is written to be complete. A module is written to be followed once. The storyboard is where you make that cut.
| In the document | In the module |
|---|---|
| Purpose, scope and definitions | One opening scene: who this is for and what they will do |
| Numbered procedure | One scene per step, same order, same nouns |
| Exceptions buried in a paragraph | A scene that says what not to do |
| Legal boilerplate and version history | Left out of the video; keep them in the document |
An LMS training video you upload yourself
The export is a video file, landscape 16:9 unless you change the frame. It is not a course package, not a quiz, and not a completion record. Your learning system still tracks who watched. If a browser cannot encode MP4, you get WebM and may need to convert it before upload.
Square and vertical frames exist for other channels. Leave landscape on for a typical player. Captions can sit in the picture, which helps when the player is muted. You can also leave captions as a track the player may or may not show; burning them in is the reliable choice if you are not sure.
For a classroom plan rather than a workplace rule, use lesson plan to video. For the drawing style on its own, see whiteboard animation.
Who this is for
People who onboard
- A 2 or 3 minute module for week one, not the whole handbook
- Same file for every new hire until the steps change
- No presenter to schedule
Safety and the first-week checklist belong in this paste box. A customer-facing product story does not.
People who own the SOP
- Steps in the official order, with roles named
- Technical style when the picture is a process diagram
- Redraw after the procedure changes, without a film crew
You still proof the numbers. The storyboard will not know that a threshold changed last Tuesday unless you paste it.
Limits to plan around
These are the edges of the tool. Work that sits outside them needs another step in your own editor or learning system.
No screen recording
the video is drawn scenes. It will not capture clicks inside your software.
No course package
you get a video file, not a quiz, a roster, or a completion report.
Import
.txt and .md up to 400 KB, or paste. PDF and images are not read.
Length
opens at 3 minutes. The menu has 2 minutes and 5 minutes, not 4. A project cannot exceed 5 minutes or 16 scenes.
Paste size
about 2000 characters before sign-in, up to 18,500 in the box after that.
Voice
captions only, or one of four built-in voices when voice-over is available. You cannot upload a narrator.
Export
keep this tab open. MP4 when the browser encodes H.264, otherwise WebM.
Whiteboard, Math and Map
that Style menu is a silent landscape preview. Choose Whiteboard. It does not use the 3-minute preset or the scene review on this page.
Approve the scenes, then draw
The sample is free to watch. Editing the storyboard by hand is free. Drawing uses credits, and so does drawing again after the procedure changes. Export does not send another AI request. A more careful script is available to accounts that have paid, and it always uses credits.
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- Unlimited hand edits and exports
- Every drawing style
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- Every drawing style
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FAQ
What is a training explainer video here?
A short drawn module made from your policy, safety rule, or procedure. You review the scenes, then export a file and upload it yourself. It is not a recording of a presenter and not a tour of a product for buyers.
Is this an employee training video maker?
Yes, for the kind of training that starts from a document: onboarding steps, a safety rule, or an SOP. Paste that text. The result is one video per topic, up to 5 minutes and 16 scenes, not a full curriculum in a single file.
Can I turn an SOP into a video?
Paste the procedure on Topic, or import it as .txt or .md. Review the scene list so the order and the nouns match the SOP, then draw. PDF files are not imported. Copy the text out of the PDF first. The picture is a drawing of the steps, not a capture of the software those steps live in.
Will this record my screen?
No. Nothing here records a display, a click, or a window. If the training must show the real interface, capture that somewhere else. Use this page when a diagram and a short narration are enough.
How do I get an LMS training video file?
Export on this page, keep the tab open, and download the file. Upload it in your learning system as you would any other video. The tool does not log in to that system, does not mark the module complete, and does not wrap the file as a course package. Prefer MP4; convert WebM first if your player rejects it.
How is this different from a product explainer?
A product explainer is aimed at buyers and is usually about a minute. This page is aimed at people who must follow an internal rule, and it opens at 3 minutes. Paste the policy, not the marketing brief. Product stories still start on the home page.
What if the policy is a PDF or a scan?
Copy the words into the box, or save them as .txt or .md. Import does not read PDF, Word, or photos. There is no text recognition. A long handbook should be split: one procedure per project.
Why do I see Whiteboard, Math and Map instead of a 3-minute length?
That Style menu is a silent film preview. Choose Whiteboard and paste the same policy. You get a landscape file with no voice, without scene-by-scene review and without the 3-minute preset. Length and Import text are on the form that opens on Whiteboard with a 3-minute length.
Draw the procedure people must follow
Paste the policy or the SOP. Fix the scenes before the pen starts.
Start from my procedure