Creating training videos can help new QA testing specialists figuring out things they have to do faster than any wiki page or onboarding doc ever will.

Software Testing Magazine

Junior QA testers often spend weeks learning workflows that could be conveyed in minutes through video tutorials. Written documentation like wiki pages and Confluence articles fall short because they require prior context to interpret. Screen recordings with narration let new testers watch real workflows in real environments, pause and rewatch tricky parts, and absorb tacit reasoning that is nearly impossible to convey in text. Effective training videos are short, specific, and use actual team tooling rather than sanitized demos. Creating them requires minimal production effort — a screen share and narration is enough. With AI increasingly handling repetitive QA tasks, onboarding videos are shifting toward demonstrating judgment and reasoning rather than step-by-step procedures.

How Video Tutorials Help Junior Testers Learn QA Workflows Faster