Your Personal YouTube Account

By: Brandon Halstead

OverviewIn order to overcome your inability to

share videos online, you will learn the following today in YouTube:

• The importance & relevance of an account

• How to create & log onto your account

• How to post videos & make comments in your account

• Finally, demonstrate your knowledge by creating your own account

Goal• Learners will be able to successfully

create and then use their own personal YouTube account, in order to help them be more efficient with their video sharing needs.

Objectives• Be able to access the YouTube website

online through an Internet browser.

• Be able to create your own YouTube account and log onto it.

• Be able to use the features of your YouTube account, which includes posting videos & making comments

What you already know

You might be familiar with:

• Watching videos on TV

• Watching online videos

• Or even viewing YouTube clips

But lets take it one step further byusing your YouTube account

How to Begin• Lets start by opening up your

internet browser and logging onto YouTube

Type “www.youtube.com” in theURL bar at the top of your browser

Creating Your Account

• Lets start our creation by clicking on the “Create Account” link at the top right of your YouTube page

Creating Your Account

You will now type in your personal information into the appropriate boxes and then press “I accept” at the bottomBe sure to have correctly keyed in each of the following:1. Email address (ex.

halstebg@yahoo.com)2. Username (ex.halstebg2)3. Location (ex. United States)4. Postal Code (ex. 23005)5. Date of Birth (ex. May 28

1990)6. Gender (click in bubble)

Creating Your Account

Continue by:1. Choosing a password

(ex. Runner33)2. Retyping that same

password (ex. Runner33)

3. Type the letters in the box as they appear above (ex. Bilitize)

4. Finally click on the Create my new account link

Creating Your Account

Once you have reached this page, you have successfully completed your account

Logging in Your Account

It is now time to log back into YouTube and press the Sign In link

After Clicking Sign in you will come to the screen on the left, where you will need to type in the following information:1. Username (ex.

halstebg@yahoo.com)2. Password (ex.

Runner33)3. Click on Sign in

Logging in Your Account

Now that you are logged into YouTube, it is time to visit the Channel you created1. Click on your username at the top

right of your screen 2. A drop down window will appear,

where you will select “My Channel”

CongratulationsYou Have an Account

Using Your Account

It is now time to attach a video

Under your Recent Activity Tab in your channel click on “Attach a video”

Next you need to paste a URL to a YouTube video in the window (ex.www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za5cm_rqivo)Finally press post bulletin

You Did It• You now have a video of your choice

on your account• Take a minute to marvel at what you

have accomplished

Using Your Account

It is now time to post a comment on your channel

Simply type in the “add comment” section of your Channel Comments (ex. NFL video is some crazy stuff)Then press Post Comment

Just the Beginning

You have now learned a great deal about a YouTube account. You are able to create your own account, add videos, and make comments.

Even with everything you have learned, you are still only scratching the surface of what YouTube has to offer.

Be encouraged though, you have come a long way and are capable of learning a lot more.

Now It’s Your Turn

It is now time to put all that you have learned into practice.

Your assignment going out from here is to create your own YouTube account, post a video on your account, and leave a comment about that video.

You have the knowledge, prove what you know

So where do I go from here?

The great thing about your YouTube account is that your never finished.

There is always more to learn about, so seek out new knowledge about what your account still has to offer

Explore and have fun learning about the benefits that await

Good luck and enjoy!