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# Making educational videos with a drawing tablet

## Overview

Drawing tablets are widely used for educational content. For example, Khan Academy videos are created with a drawing tablet.

For this use case, you want reliability and durability. You do not need to spend a lot on a fancy tablet. So I will keep the recommendations short.

## What features you need

* Pressure support - helps strokes look more natural. All drawing tablets support pressure.
* Tilt - not needed for educational use. It matters more for art.
* Tablet buttons, also called ExpressKeys - these can be very useful. Some people rely on them. There is no downside to having them, because you can disable them.
* Size - medium or small. I recommend medium. Some people are fine with small tablets, but many say they feel cramped.

## **My recommendations**

**Pen tablets (no screen)**

* One by Wacom Medium (CTL-672) - [One by Wacom (CTL-x72) notes](/drawtab/catalog/drawtabs/wacom/one-by-wacom/wacom-ctlx72-notes.md)
* Wacom Intuos Medium (CTL-6100 or CTL-6100WL)
* XP-Pen Deco MW
* XP-Pen Deco LW

**Pen displays (have a screen)**

* Huion Kamvas 13 GEN3 (GS1333) - [Huion Kamvas 13 GEN3 (GS1333) notes](/drawtab/catalog/drawtabs/huion/huion-gs1333-notes.md)
* XP-Pen Artist 12 GEN2 (CD120FH)
* XP-Pen Artist 13 GEN2 (CD130FH)
* Wacom One 2019 (DTC-133) - [Wacom One 2019 (DTC-133) notes](/drawtab/catalog/drawtabs/wacom/wacom-one/wacom-dtc133-notes.md)

## Which tablet does Sal Khan use?

Sal Khan uses a Wacom Intuos Pro Medium for his videos. That is an amazing pen tablet, but it is honestly overkill. You can do well with a much less expensive tablet.

He looks to be using an older Intuos Pro medium (not the PTH-660, or PTK-570, maybe the PTK-651).

Khan Academy also has this document: [**What software program/equipment is used to make Khan Academy videos?**](https://support.khanacademy.org/hc/en-us/articles/202483430-What-software-program-equipment-is-used-to-make-Khan-Academy-videos). It says he uses a Wacom Bamboo tablet. That was likely true at one point, but he clearly no longer uses it.

## Resources

* [Teach with Khan - Sal's Tips for Creating Blackboard Videos for Remote Learning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqPMKAVM04) - this is the video where he shows that he uses a Wacom Intuos Pro Medium.
* [Khan Academy - Be Like Sal: 3 Ways a Tablet Can Energize Your Digital Teaching!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITsSBEkEo0c) 2020-12-09
* [ClassPoint - Best Way to Use Wacom Tablet for Online Teaching with PowerPoint](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV9BVNpwtZs) \[One by Wacom] 2020-12-02
* [Joshua Tarbutton - My Workflow for Recording Khan Academy Style Lectures](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YvA5quXMY) 2020-03-28
* [Be a Better Dev - How to make Khan Academy Style Videos for YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fk9xDpJhvk\&pp=ygUlaG93IHRvIG1ha2Uga2hhbiBhY2FkZW15IHN0eWxlIHZpZGVvcw%3D%3D) 2020-12-26
* [GRUMO - Teach with a Tablet (Full Tutorial + Demo)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3rYfgm0Asw) 2020-05-26