to deliver videos to students. web design manager, wiche
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Using a YouTube Channel
to Deliver Videos to Students
Speaker: John Fellers
web design manager, WICHE
Videos can be a powerful tool to use in preparing students for laboratory activities.
Often your learning management system provides you with the ability to easily upload videos to YouTube.
Youtube Channel
Branding – create a unique identity that ‘positions’ your message
Tracking– use built-in analytics to measure the audience engagement
Organization – use your Channel as a “Digital Asset Management System” (DAM)◦ simplify organization◦ Tagging (Keywords)◦ Update Video Assets
Everything in one place – don’t make your students search all over YouTube for your Videos
Why do you want to aYoutube channel?
Create a Google Account – this will give you access to a BUNCH of Google Applications, including YouTube
Login to YouTube with your Google Account
Explore
How to set up your ownYouTube channel
https://accounts.google.com
Login to your Google account—go to www.youtube.com – your profile pic is in upper right
Click yourProfile Pic to get this drop-down menu.
Make sure you're signed in to YouTube. Go to All my channels. If you want to make a YouTube channel for a
Google+ page that you manage, you can choose it here. Otherwise, click Create a new channel.
Fill out the details to create your new channel.
Create a channel with a business or other name
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1646861?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/create_channel
Click Here!
Name it after your school, class, organization or ??
Give it a Custom URL◦ e.g. “www.youtube.com/WICHEMENTALHEALTH
Set it up for long videos
Add some custom Channel Art
Configure Your Channel
Set up Custom URL– Main Menu
Click your Profile Picture to get the main menu
Click Tube Settings
Click Advanced
Create Custom URL
Visit the upload page at www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload
Click Increase your limit at the bottom of the page, or visit https://www.youtube.com/verify
Follow the steps to verify your account with a mobile phone. Currently YouTube does not offer other ways to verify your account.
By default videos are limited to 15 minutes; to upload longer videos:
Set up Longer Videos
Click “View Additional Features”
Account Verification
Give your channel a custom look and feel by selecting channel art. Channel art can be used to brand your channel’s identity and give your channel page a unique look and feel. Your channel art will be used on all platforms where viewers can see your channel (TV, mobile, tablets, etc.)
Channel Art
YouTube > Help > Channels > Information for Brands & Advertisers
“One Channel” is YouTube’s new channel Layout
There is no longer a background image
Create a custom Channel Banner or header
This is called “Channel Art”◦ Download Free template, custom channel art needs
to be able to scale to fit multiple browser sizes◦ Dimensions are 2560 x 1440 (pixels)
YouTube One Channel
Channel Art Template (PSD or PNG)
Upload Videos
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Share Your Video – Email (Link)
Embed the Video – Web Page, (WordPress?)
Social Media
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Questions?