The meet the instructor video, which we also call course welcome video, is, as those names imply, essentially a way to welcome students into the course and give them a brief introduction to the course. In the course welcome video, instructors commonly introduce themselves and provide some biographical info, especially info related to the course (e.g. how long they’ve taught this course, what educational background they have in the field(s) related to the topic area of the course, how they were inspired to get into the field(s), etc.). Some instructors choose to include more biographical material than others. The rest of the welcome video is used to give a brief overview of the course, indicating things like the topics covered, the course structure, what the outcomes how the material covered relates to the rest of their studies in the program and/or the field in general, and so forth.