Lyn Learning
Custom Training Videos for Private Schools and Colleges
Lyn Learning makes short training videos from your own handbooks, procedures, and notes. You get the video files and use them in whatever system you already use to track training. We're a video production company, not a learning platform. We don't sell a library and we don't track completion. We fill the holes in the video collection you already have.
We focus on the things you explain again and again that go beyond what's required, and that go better when everyone hears them the same way.
Giving A Great Campus Tour
Contains AI images and avatars
Sample training video for students leading campus tours
Consistent onboarding for new staff, substitutes, and volunteers
Your best explanations already live in your handbook, your slide decks, and the people who give them every year: how the front office handles a late arrival, the first week for a new hire, what a substitute needs before walking in. The people who explain it best are your own. A video lets that explanation reach everyone, whenever they start. Someone hired in October hears the same explanation as someone hired in August.
Designed with decades of instructional design experience
Every video is designed by someone with 25 years of instructional design experience. Making a video is one skill. Deciding what goes in, what comes out, and what order makes it stick is another.
Training videos built from your own handbook
A catalog course has to work for every school. Yours only has to work for yours: your names, your building, your way of doing things. That's the whole idea.
Which training works best as video?
It belongs on video if:
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The content already exists in a handbook, slide deck, or set of notes
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People need it again and again: new hires, substitutes, coaches, volunteers, new families
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It's specific to your school or campus, so an off-the-shelf course can't cover it
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You want it said the same way every time
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It changes often enough, or is small enough, that a traditional film shoot isn't worth it
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You'll use the videos in your own system
Videos available in 165 languages.
It doesn't if:
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It's training your state, diocese, or accrediting body requires. Those programs are usually already set up, so use them.
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You want a library of generic courses
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The skill is hands-on and has to be practiced in person
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You want someone else to host, assign, or track the training
Training video ideas for private and independent schools
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New-hire first week
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Substitute quick guide
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Coach and volunteer orientation
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Field trip and chaperone guide
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New family welcome
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Admissions tour guide training
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How to use your school's systems: attendance, email, the front office
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August refreshers for returning staff
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Residential staff orientation, for boarding schools
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Food service training
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Bus driver training
Faculty and student onboarding videos for colleges and universities
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New adjunct orientation
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New faculty: systems, deadlines, and who to ask
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Student employee onboarding
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"How things work here" for new students: registration, advising, where to go
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RA and student leader refreshers
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Food service training
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Shuttle bus training
How custom training video production works
You already have the material. We turn it into video. Send us what you have: a handbook page, a slide deck, a one-page procedure, even rough notes. We design the video, write the script, and produce it. You review it before it's final, and you get the files.
AI avatar presenters: standard, or someone your staff knows
Every video needs a voice and a face. You can choose a standard digital presenter, or a digital version of someone from your school: your head of school welcoming new families, a veteran teacher walking new hires through the first week, your office manager explaining the system she knows best. It's always with their permission, and you approve the script before we make anything.
If digital presenters are new to you, that's common. Many people are curious and cautious at once. Starting with a standard presenter is a comfortable way in, and you can decide later whether a familiar face makes sense. If you decide to create your own avatar, it is a simple process of making a two minute recording using your laptop and a script that is provided. That's it! The technology takes it from there.
Take The Custom Challenge:
See For Yourself What Custom Videos Really Look Like
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Customizing to you doesn't mean just replacing your logo. To show you what a custom video looks like we invite you to take the Custom Challenge.
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Book a call with us. If we are a good fit to work together, we will turn some of your materials into a short video as a demonstration of the technology.
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No purchase required.
Process: Pick a training topic you have materials for in your PowerPoint deck or pdf.
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Send it to us along with any visuals.
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We will create a script that you approve.
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We will create a micro video for you.
Like it? Purchase it. Use it. Put technology to work for you.
Not for you? No hard feelings. Cutting edge technology isn't for everyone.
What is Micro-Learning?
Micro-learning is a training approach that delivers content in short, focused bursts, typically 3 to 5 minutes, targeting a single concept, skill, or behavior at a time. Rather than pulling employees away for a half-day workshop and expecting them to retain and apply everything they heard, micro-learning meets people where they are: on their phones, between tasks, and in the moment when the content is most relevant.
Effective micro-learning is intentionally designed around how the brain actually learns, which means focused content, immediate application, and repeated exposure over time.
Benefits of Micro-Learning for Organizations and Learners
The advantages of microlearning extend far beyond its convenience. Key benefits include:
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Improved engagement rates, as shorter modules maintain attention and motivation
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Higher completion rates due to the manageable time commitment
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Better knowledge retention through focused, specific content
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Increased flexibility in learning schedules, with mobile-first learning at learners’ fingertips
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Immediate application of learned concepts
Frequently Asked Questions Custom Training Videos
What topics work best for custom videos?
Things you explain regularly and want said consistently: orientations, how-tos, and procedures that are specific to your school.
What kinds of videos do you make?
Short, focused videos on one topic at a time. We typically work with videos that are 15 minutes or less. Think "how we handle a field trip," not a full-day course. If you have longer courses, we recommend breaking them into small pieces so that they are easy for learners to absorb.
What counts as "material"?
Almost anything written down: handbook sections, slide decks, checklists, emails you send every August, or notes from the person who usually explains it.
Do we need a finished script?
No. Turning your material into a script is part of the work.
What if our documents aren't finished?
That's fine. We'll ask questions as we go. You decide what's correct, and we make it clear and watchable.
What if it isn't written down yet?
Then we start with a conversation. If the person who explains it every year can talk us through it, we can build from that.
Does someone at our school have to approve it?
Yes, and that's important. Your material, your call. You approve the script before we produce anything. You will also approve the final video before we send you the final files.
What happens when something changes?
Videos are built from a script, so a change means updating the script, not reshooting. As the narrator of the video is an AI avatar, changes are easily done by making changes in the script. The costs for making changes varies based on the amount of changes needed. But, it is not the same as starting over again.
Can the videos be in other languages?
Translating a video is a script change, not a new production. Currently we can provide 165 languages including 23 versions of Spanish.
How long does it take to produce a video?
For micro videos under 10 minutes, we can produce a video in two weeks. If doing a series of videos, it would depend upon the final number of minutes needed.
AI presenters and avatars
Is the presenter a real person?
No, it's a digital avatar. The avatars are created by filming a real person, but the video uses the digital twin of that person to be the narrator. The avatar looks and sounds like a real person. If you are the avatar, it could fool your colleagues, but it won't fool your spouse. We can use either standard avatars, or we can model one after someone at your school.
Does the person we feature have to agree?
Yes. The person signs an agreement when they record the avatar that we can use their likeness. The avatar will be used ONLY for the school where that person works. If they leave, the avatar will need to be replaced in the videos. We will then delete their avatar.
Is AI-generated video appropriate for school training?
It works best for repeating, procedural content: orientations, how-tos, and school procedures. For anything hands-on, sensitive, or needing in-person discussion, we'd tell you it's not the right tool.
Tracking, required training, and cost
Do you track who watched the videos?
No. We're video production, not a learning platform. You use the files in your own system, such as your LMS, your HR tool, or a simple shared folder. So any tracking of the videos would be done internally on your own system.
Do you cover required training?
No. We do not have a library of required training programs for schools. We focus on creating custom videos. If your state, diocese, or accrediting body requires a specific course, use it. Our videos cover the material that is specific to your school and not required by anyone: your procedures, your contacts, your way of doing things.
How is this different from a library of training videos?
A library gives you the same video as every other school. We build one video for your school from your own material.
Do you work with colleges as well as private schools?
Yes. The approach is the same: your material, your campus, your way of doing things.