YouTube Part 1

What is YouTube? “YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos. Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, although media corporations including CBS, the BBC, VEVO, Hulu, and other organizations offer some of their material via the site, as part of the YouTube partnership program. Unregistered users can watch videos, while registered users can upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos considered to contain potentially offensive content are available only to registered users at least 18 years old. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion, and now operates as a subsidiary of Google.” (Wikipedia 2012) In this section you will learn how to create an account, watch and manage videos. If you would like more information about YouTube go to http://support.google.com/youtube/?hl=en or click here. What can I do with YouTube

YouTube Terms

Upload and edit videos.

Upload-to add a video to YouTube

Share the videos throughout social

Like- a “thumbs up” or a signal that

media websites and also email.

you like, approve, or agree, with a

Have a channel of your own

video.

Subscribe to another user’s channel.

Comment

Learn new skills

Subscribe- signing up for channels Channel- collection of videos from a specific user Playlists-a list that you create to organize videos that you want to save.

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Signing up for YouTube. You are able to watch and share videos without an account. If you would like to upload, comment or like the videos you must have an account. Some of the benefits of having an account include being able to create playlists, track your history, and subscribe/start channels.

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Go to www.youtube.com

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Click the sign in button in the upper right corner of the page. This will then take you to the sign-in page. *If you already have a Google account or Gmail Account you can use that information to sign in with. You do not need to fill out the traditional form.

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In the upper right corner you will see “New to YouTube? Create an account." Click there to complete the registration form.

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Here you will create a Google Account. This

is not the same as a Gmail account. However, signing up for a Gmail account will give you a Google Account.

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Homepage/Video Feed When you sign into YouTube you will automatically be on the homepage/video feed. From here you have several options to choose from. If at any time you want to get back to the home page just click the YouTube logo in the upper left hand corner.



Watch Later: videos you’ve saved to watch another time.



Watch History: videos you’ve previously watched.



Playlists: this will take you to lists that you’ve created to organize your favorite videos.



What to watch: videos that YouTube recommends for you based on your subscriptions and videos you have already watched.



My subscriptions: videos from the channels that you’ve subscribed to.



Search Bar: use keywords to search for videos.



Feed: Is a populated list of videos. To play videos from the feed you can either click the screenshot or the title of the video. Also you will see information about the video, such as the length, description, and who uploaded it.

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Search Results Page/Video Feed When you use keywords to search for a video YouTube will send you to the results page. Below is an example of search results for “computer repair”.

These are sponsored results. They have paid YouTube to have their videos appear at the top of the list.

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1. This is the title of the video, clicking here will play the video. 2. Username of who uploaded the video, when it was uploaded, and how many times the video has been viewed. 3. Short description of the video. 4. Length of the video. To play a video simply click on the title or the screen shot of the video.

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Playing a Video The video will begin to play on the player page. While the video is playing you have normal control over a video. Such as pause/play, fast forward/rewind, and volume control. You can also change the player to a large size or view the video full screen, or set to watch later by using the buttons on the bottom.

Here is the title of the video and information about the user who uploaded it. You can also view the

The top number represents

member’s other

how many people have

videos and subscribe

watched the video and the

to their channel.

bottom displays how many people have liked/disliked In the about section you will find a number

this video. Click the

of things usually a summary of the video

“thumbs up/thumbs down”

or a message from the user who uploaded

to vote.

it. When you are ready to move on to another video you can use the back button on your web browser which will take you back to the search results, or click on one of the suggested videos on the right. Clicking the YouTube logo in the upper left hand corner will take you back to the homepage/video feed. Copyright ©2013 ASCPL All Rights Reserved

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Sharing a Video Share videos from YouTube on other websites, like Facebook or Twitter. You can even email them. By default you will be on the “about” tab. Clicking the “share” tab will display the information and options for sharing.

Share this video: will allow you to share the video via a popular social network or using the video’s web address. You can also choose to have the video start at a specific time by clicking the check box. Embed: gives you the video’s HTML code to implant the video onto your website instead of a link. Email: you can quickly send a link to email recipients. This comes with a pre-set message.

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Creating/Adding to Playlists The easiest way to create or add to a playlist is from the “player page”. Click on “add to” under the video to display your playlist options. You can add to existing playlists or create a new one. Playlists can be used to organize your favorite videos. By default you get two playlists: “Watch Later”, and “Favorites”. You can choose to add more playlists if you need. Each playlist can hold up to 200 videos but there is no limit on the number of playlists you can create.

You can add videos from the feed to the “watch later” playlist. Hover your mouse over the video’s length and it will change into a clock.

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