I would communicate to Anju that it would be an excellent idea to create a DVD. The first question that I would have to ask though is what is her overall competency with computers. This affects many variables in its creation and overall time required. I have personally taught students and peers from elementary to university level classes how to use DVD authoring programs with a minimal amount of difficulty and frustration. My philosophy is if the client (student) can use office software and understands how to transfer digital camera images to a computer than they should be able to use DVD creation software. This is assuming that their overall computer competency is of a adequate level.
I would safety assume that it would take her roughly 10 hours to understand the basics of DVD editing and authoring. I have found that iMovie is an easier and more intuitive program to use, however Windows DVD Maker is fairly straightforward as well. Once again this is a conservative estimate. It could be slightly higher or lower. This is simply to understand the basics of the program, not to create the finished product.
The next question that I would ask is she ready to film? The easiest way that I can think of to create this dvd would be to film one of the workshops. The workshops are roughly one hours, which a DVD has more than ample space to hold. The nest step would be to scan all of the relevant material and handouts onto the PC that will be used to create the DVD. When creating a DVD I would include two options in the menu, one for the workshop and another to view all of the materials. I would also recommend recording a voice over when presenting the materials. This could be done as a slideshow and is not overly difficult to create.
This process of scanning the materials and placing them on the DVD is hard to peg down time wise. However I would assume that once everything is ready to edit the entire process would approximately 10 hours to create (as long as there are no major technical snafus). This is my personal experience in teaching university level students who have average computers skills.
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