Two bad YOUTUBE training videos. #1 Doesn't explain -1 #2 Does not explain -1 nor clicking the percentage sign or clicking the decrease decimals icon The videos discussed on this page were created by Skillsoft. The following conversation deals with videos on Excel. PROBLEM #1: View this picture above. It is from the video (link below). This video shows how to add cells WITHOUT using cell references. PROBLEM #2: The Instructor jams too much information into this video. She combines basic addition with using advanced "pre-programmed" FUNCTIONS (in this case she uses SUM). This is way too much information and it is scattered. PROBLEM #3: Finally, the Instructor is difficult to follow as she must scroll up and down to show the calculations and the answers. This is confusing to the student. Both calculations and answers should be shown without scrolling so the student can view the entire process on the screen at the same time. View the image above. The instructor tells the audience to use the search box (empty white box in the bottom left corner of the screen) to click inside and type Excel. That white box is the search box. Here is the problem. The instructor is assuming all the students screens (around the world) look like her screen. Bad. View the image above. The instructor tells the audience to use the search box (empty white box in the bottom left corner of the screen) to click inside and type Outlook. That white box is the search box. Here is the problem. The instructor is assuming all the students screens (around the world) look like her screen. The videos discussed on this page refer to setting up your workspace in Outlook. View the image above: The instructor shows how to collapse the "FOLDERS PANE". The instructor assumes everyone in the audience has the "shortcuts" in the bottom right corner to turn on and off the FOLDERS PANE. Some might not. The better way to show the students is by using the VIEW TAB at the top of the screen. View the image above: The instructor shows how to change line spacing. Online problem: the instructor only says, "go to the PARAGRAPH group"....and never mentions the HOME tab. View the image above. The instructor only shows the student how to open the browser by using the icon on the desktop. The instructor is assuming all the students have the icon. They don't. This image shows the trainer using the icon on the task bar to open edge. If the student does not have the icon on the task bar, the student is lost. View the image above. This is the best and most effective way to students how to open edge. My video shows all three ways to open edge. Most videos only show one way. I purposefully showed the edge browser opened up in a "small" window. Why?> Students need to know how to make it larger. What if the students browser opens small and they don't know how to make it larger? This is where my 26 years of teaching makes the difference.