Use case

Onboarding videos people actually finish

Turn your onboarding document into a short hand-drawn video, so new hires and new users get the point instead of scrolling a wiki page to the end.

Updated 23 July 2026

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Short answer: Onboarding material is usually a document nobody finishes. Upload it and explain.ink turns it into a three minute narrated video that covers the same ground, drawing how the pieces fit together rather than listing them. When the process changes, edit the document and render it again.

Most onboarding material is a document nobody reads to the end. Upload that document and get a video that covers the same ground in three minutes, drawn and narrated. See document to video for how the upload works.

What do new hires need in week one?

The first week is a stack of things that are obvious to everyone except the person who just joined: how the tools fit together, who owns what, what the first task is. A drawing explains a structure better than a screenshot, because you can draw the relationship between the parts instead of showing four separate windows.

Does it work for product onboarding too?

Product onboarding has the same problem in a much shorter window. A short video on the empty state, in your own style, does the job of a click-through tour that most people dismiss on the second step.

How do you keep it current?

When the process changes, edit the document and render again. That is cheaper and faster than re-recording a screen capture, finding the person with the good microphone, and re-editing the parts that still apply.

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Frequently asked questions

What should a new hire video cover?

How the tools fit together, who owns what, and what the first task is. Those are the things obvious to everyone except the person who just joined.

Is this for employees or for product users?

Both, and the shape is the same. Employee onboarding explains a structure, product onboarding explains a first action, and each fits a short drawn video.

How is this better than a screen recording?

A screen recording shows where to click. A drawing can show the relationship between things, which is what people are missing in week one. It also survives a UI change.

What happens when the process changes?

Edit the document and render again. That is cheaper than re-recording a screen capture, finding the good microphone and re-editing the parts that still apply.

How long should it be?

About three minutes per topic. Anything longer becomes the same wiki page in a different format.