A written program · 3 parts · 18 lessons · 9 exercises
Record a three-minute screen walkthrough your relative can actually follow.
The Three-Minute Walkthrough is a self-paced, written program about one narrow domestic skill: showing a family member how to do a single thing on their screen, in a short recording they can watch as many times as they need, without you standing behind them.
You decide the one task to show. You tidy the screen first. You say what you are about to click before you click it. You keep it under three minutes. You send it with a one-line note. That is the whole program, taught slowly and in order.
A walkthrough is good when someone who cannot see your screen could still follow it — so this page shows what it says to a machine. The outline is a transparency device about this page's structure. It makes no claim about anyone.
This is a self-paced educational program. It does not promise income, sales, clients, employment, or any economic or professional result of any kind.
What this program is not
- It is study only. You read lessons and do written exercises about recording a walkthrough for a relative.
- It does not promise any economic result: no income, no sales, no clients, no employment, nothing of the kind.
- It contains no video, no calls, no group, and no device-specific manual. It never names a brand.
- It is not a course on recording for anyone other than your own family.
If you expect an economic or professional result from this program, please do not buy it.
The program
Three parts, eighteen lessons, nine exercises
Each part is six short written lessons followed by three written exercises. Everything is text on a page, read in your browser. The recording itself is done with whatever screen-recording feature your device already has; the program describes what to do, not which buttons a particular product uses.
Part 1 — Choose the one task
- Why one task, not a tour of the whole screen
- Turning “help me with my computer” into a single question
- Naming the task the way your relative would say it
- Deciding where the walkthrough starts and where it ends
- Doing the task yourself once, silently, before recording
- When a walkthrough is the wrong tool and a phone call is better
Exercises
- Write the task in one sentence your relative would recognize
- List every step, then cross out any that belong to a different task
- Mark the first screen and the last screen of your walkthrough
Part 2 — Tidy the screen, say it before you click
- Closing everything that does not belong to the task
- Making text large enough to read on a small screen
- Where your pointer rests when you are not clicking
- The say → click → see pattern
- Naming things by what they look like, not by what they are called
- Pausing so the screen catches up with your voice
Exercises
- Take a still picture of your screen and circle everything that is not the task
- Write a say → click → see line for three steps of your task
- Record thirty seconds and note how many clicks came before the words
Part 3 — Keep it short, send it well
- Why three minutes is the ceiling, not the target
- Recording in one take and accepting small stumbles
- Trimming the beginning and the end, and nothing else
- Watching it back with the sound off
- Writing the one-line note that goes with it
- What to do when they write back “it didn't do that for me”
Exercises
- Record the full walkthrough and write down its length
- Draft the one-line note, then remove every word that is not needed
- Send it to yourself first and open it the way your relative would
Program at a glance| Part | Title | Lessons | Exercises | Study, about |
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| 1 | Choose the one task | 6 | 3 | 2 hours |
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| 2 | Tidy the screen, say it before you click | 6 | 3 | 2 hours |
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| 3 | Keep it short, send it well | 6 | 3 | 2 hours |
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| All | Three parts | 18 | 9 | 6 hours |
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Specimen
A spoken script for a three-minute walkthrough
This is what the program teaches you to write before you press record: each step as say → click → what you should see. The task here is sending a photo to a family member. Nothing is named by brand; things are described by what they look like, which is how your relative will find them.
- Say
- “Mom, this is how to send me a photo. It takes about two minutes, and you can play this as many times as you like.”
- Click
- Nothing yet.
- See
- Your home screen, with nothing else open.
- Say
- “Find the little picture of a flower. That is where your photos live.”
- Click
- The photos symbol.
- See
- A grid of small pictures.
- Say
- “The newest ones are at the bottom. Tap the one you want to send.”
- Click
- Yesterday's photo.
- See
- The photo fills the screen.
- Say
- “In the corner there is a box with an arrow coming out of the top. That means ‘send this somewhere.’”
- Click
- The box-with-arrow symbol.
- See
- A list of people and ways to send.
- Say
- “Tap my name.”
- Click
- Your name in the list.
- See
- A message window with the photo already inside it.
- Say
- “Now tap the arrow to send. That is all.”
- Click
- The send arrow.
- See
- The photo appears in the conversation with a time under it.
- Say
- “If anything looked different from this, write me back and tell me what you saw.”
- Click
- Nothing. Stop the recording.
- See
- End.
Seven steps, one task, under three minutes when spoken at a walking pace. Part 2 teaches the pattern; Part 3 teaches the length.
What you receive
Six lines, nothing hidden
- 18 written lessons in 3 parts, read in your browser
- 9 written exercises, three at the end of each part
- About 6 hours of self-paced study, in any order you like
- Lifetime access; nothing to renew, nothing expires
- A certificate of completion after all three parts; it documents study only
- Human support by email, reply within 1 business day, Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET
Before the price
Who this is not for
- Anyone who wants video lessons, live calls, or a group. There are none.
- Anyone who wants a step-by-step manual for a particular device or product. The program never names one.
- Anyone planning to record for people other than their own family. The lessons assume one relative, one task.
- Anyone who expects an economic or professional result of any kind. The program promises none.
- Anyone who already records short, calm, single-task walkthroughs. You would be reading what you already do.
Price
One payment, one time
$59
That is the only figure on this page. It buys the eighteen lessons, the nine exercises, the certificate after completion, email support, and lifetime access. Nothing renews.
60-day refund. Ask by email within 60 days, no reason required. The refund is returned within 3–5 business days to the original payment method.
Five honest questions
Questions people ask before enrolling
Can I get this for free elsewhere?
Much of it, yes. Advice on recording a screen and on explaining things to relatives exists in many places, scattered and unordered. What this program adds is the order, the narrowing to one family task, and nine exercises that make you practice each step before the next. If you would rather gather the pieces yourself, that is a reasonable choice, and you should make it.
Do I need a particular device or a particular recording feature?
No. The program assumes your device already has some way to record its own screen, and most do. It describes what to do in general terms and never names a product. If your device cannot record its screen at all, the program will not help you, and you should not buy it.
Is there any video in the program?
None. The program is written text on a page. The only video involved is the one you record yourself, for your relative, and it never leaves your hands.
How long does it take, and is there a schedule?
About six hours of reading and exercises in total, roughly two hours per part. There is no schedule and no deadline. Access does not expire, so you may read one lesson a week or all of them in a weekend.
What does the certificate certify?
Only that you completed all three parts of this program. It documents study. It is not a credential, a qualification, or evidence of any skill level, and it is not recognized by any institution.
Support
A person answers your email
Questions about a lesson, an exercise, your access, or a refund go to a human by email. Replies are sent within one business day, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. There is no chat, no phone line, and no automatic reply that pretends to be a person.
Decide
Enroll, or don't; either is fine
Enroll if
- There is one relative and one task you keep explaining over the phone.
- You would rather read and practice than watch and imitate.
- You want the recording to be short, calm, and replayable.
Don't enroll if
- You want video instruction or live help.
- You want a manual for a specific product.
- You expect anything beyond study from a program that promises only study.