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Explaining things, visually

How-tos and ideas for making whiteboard explainer videos with AI, with real examples made in Explainly.

A VideoScribe or Doodly alternative: whiteboard videos from a prompt

VideoScribe and Doodly are editors where you build each scene by hand. Explainly writes, draws and narrates the video from a prompt, pay per minute. An honest comparison of how they work and what they cost.

How to make a whiteboard explainer video from a text prompt

A step-by-step guide to turning a sentence or your notes into a narrated whiteboard video with AI, plus prompt tips, costs and timing.

Make whiteboard videos from ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants

Connect Explainly to Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT or Cursor and ask your assistant to turn any explanation into a narrated whiteboard video.

Whiteboard videos for teachers: turn a lesson into a narrated video from a prompt

How teachers can make short whiteboard explainer videos for lessons, revision and absent students, with ready-to-use prompts, costs and a quality checklist.