The following guide provides information on how to create audio and video content for audiences of all abilities. It includes practical considerations such as font recommendations while also informing about captions and subtitles, alternative text for images, and text formatting.

The subsequent media literacy standards have been formulated for students currently enrolled as a participant in an U.S. Department of State funded academic, cultural, or professional exchange, drawing from the March 2023 Monitoring Data for ECA (MODE) Framework and the April 2022 U.S. Department of State Media Literacy Design Manual. This framework uses specific indicators to monitor program performance.

The following guide is intended to give an overview of the video production process from planning, execution, and post-production. Based on practical experience creating dozens of videos for a variety of projects, other tools included in this guide are sample emails, software editing platform recommendations, and general tips and tricks of the trade.