YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload and share videos. Users can create playlists of videos on specific themes. To use YouTube, users create an account and can then watch, like, comment on, and add videos to their favorites or playlists. Videos can also be embedded on other sites. The document provides instructions on basic YouTube functions and suggests some educational uses.

1. YouTube is a video sharing website
on which users can upload and
share videos (usually amateur vide-
os by individuals), and create
themed playlists of saved videos.
Pedagogical Uses
 With careful thought, within lectures, breaking up the
session, and drawing on wider expertise.
 Create playlists for Virtual Learning Environments, re-
moving distractions in sending to the live site.
Research Uses
 View, create, share, embed and comment upon
Setting Up an Account
Go to: http://www.youtube.com/
and select ‘Create Account’.
Follow the simple step-by-step in-
structions, and remember that you
can edit your settings once the ac-
count has been created.
Account Settings
Select the drop-down arrow next to your user
name, and see options including ‘My Chan-
nel’, which contains your uploaded videos,
‘favourites’, and collections you’ve curated.
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2. Watching a YouTube Video
 Use the search function to
find a video.
 To select a video that you
like, click on the image.
Use the controls below to watch the video (these may
change slightly in appearance, but essentially remain the
same):
Favouriting a Video
To save a video to watch for
later, or to recommend to
others watching your video
stream, look below the vid-
eo.
“Like” a video to add to the
‘crowd’ who approve of the video.
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3. Curate a Collection of Videos
Again, below the video, click on ‘Add To’. You can just add
to ‘Favorites’, or you can create a Playlist (for a particular
set of videos on a topic).
Playlists are helpful in creating sets of videos that you re-
quire students to watch before a taught session. List by
theme, or by week. See the YouTube ‘Help’ pages for more
information: http://j.mp/YTplaylists
Embedding YouTube Videos
The ‘Share’ option gives you a
URL or the ‘Embed Code’ to
share the video with others.
The flag is an option to ‘flag as
inappropriate’. The final button
will bring up an automatically
generated transcript.
Further Help
Your viewing history: http://www.youtube.com/my_history
Upload a video: http://j.mp/UploadYT
Add music legally with Audioswap: http://j.mp/AudioSwap
YouTube help pages: http://support.google.com/youtube/
These tips are to get you going with YouTube. There are
plenty of other features. Get on and have a go!
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