Pacesetter Handout: STC India YouTube Channel

STC India: Using YouTube Channel to Share Educational VideosYouTube is the biggest and best known website for sharing videos. It allows you

to share your video with a large audience. In addition, it provides many benefits,

such as an immediate benefit of an increase in resources for technical

communicators was observed that motivated volunteers to focus quality and

quantity. Further, the content that is uploaded to YouTube is searchable and can

be accessed from any device; mobile or desktop.

YouTube is the second largest search engine besides Google so accessibility

and branding benefits are also associated with it.

A channel on YouTube is the home page for an account that you create to sign in to the YouTube website. You can upload videos in .MOV, .MPEG4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, .3GPP, and .WebM formats on Youtube.Steps to create the YouTube channel:

1. Set up the YouTube account: To set up the YouTube channel:a. Go to the YouTube website, and click Sign In.

b. Enter the account details. Note: YouTube accounts are linked to gmail accounts. Therefore, if you already have one, enter the credentials; otherwise, click the I would like a new Gmail address link.

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STC India: Using YouTube Channel to Share Educational Videos

c. For the STC India YouTube channel, a new gmail address was created because the admin council changes every year and it will help the chapter in smooth transition from one admin council to another admin council.

d. Click Next Step. The account is created successfully.

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e. Click Back to YouTube. The account is successfully registered with YouTube.

f. Click My Channel and specify the chapter details for the YouTube channel.

g. Click Continue. The channel is created successfully. You can customize the channel settings.

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h. After customizing the channel settings, you can promote the URL of the YouTube channel by adding it to the chapter website.

2. Create video files: Record the learning events using any high definition camera. In addition, explore the recording and video creation options in the tool used to organize a Webinar. Tip: Recruiting a volunteer can really help in successfully creating and managing the videos. The volunteer can record, edit, and upload the video to the channel.

3. Upload videos on the channel: When the videos are ready, perform the following steps to upload the videos:

a. Click Upload to upload a video and proceed with the default setting of uploading the video as Private.Note: You cannot upload a duplicate video to the channel.

b. When the processing is 100% complete, click Done. You can also add the video details in the fields.

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Note: Processing time varies greatly depending on the format of the original video, file size, and upload traffic. This could take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. If after 8 hours you still see the Uploaded (processing, please wait) message next to the video, remove the video and upload it again.

c. Create a list of email addresses to be allowed to view the video and add these email addresses in the highlighted field.

d. Click Save Changes.

4. Promote the YouTube channel and videos on all social media platforms and emailing lists by informing the members about the availability of videos

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on the YouTube channel. For example, the following is the sample announcement:http://www.stc-india.org/2014/09/stc-indias-exclusive-youtube-channel/At the moment, the conference videos are shared with the STC India members whereas the webinar recordings are publically available.

I hope this will help you in creating a YouTube channel for your chapter. In case of any problem, you can write to me at [email protected] .

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http://www.stc-india.org/2014/09/stc-indias-exclusive-youtube-channel/

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