The objective of this work was to study preferences of students and teachers regarding video lectures to identify requirements for production tools. A survey methodology was used and the questionnaire technique was used for data collection. Different for students and teachers, the questionnaire was sent to participants of technical courses. The main results indicate the similarities and differences in the preferences of students and teachers, respectively, for the video lecture use and video lecture production. Requirements for the project of production tools are presented at the end which were defined based on the results.Resumo. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar as preferências de alunos e professores com relação à videoaula para identificar requisitos para ferramentas de produção. O método utilizado foi o de levantamento e a técnica de questionário foi utilizada para a coleta de dados. O questionário, diferente para alunos e professores, foi enviado para participantes de cursos técnicos. Os principais resultados indicam as semelhanças e diferenças nas preferências de alunos e professores, respectivamente, para o uso e produção de videoaula. Ao final são apresentados requisitos para o projeto de ferramentas de produção de videoaula definidos com base nos resultados.

The use of video lectures has increased considerably in the past years. The interest of students and teachers has grown in part because of several initiatives that provide access to video lectures through the Internet. This paper presents a survey with students and teachers of distance education technical courses of the Open Technical School of Brazil. The questionnaires were different for students and teachers and contained questions about preferences regarding video lecture styles and average duration of video lectures, questions to identify the agreement level regarding some statements about video lectures and, only for teachers, questions regarding video lecture production. The results suggest some directions for planning a training program for teachers on production of video lectures.