to Deliver Videos to Students

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 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.

 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

 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

Click your Profile Pic to get this drop-down menu.

 Make sure you're signed in to YouTube.  Go to All my channels.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.

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 Give it a Custom URL ◦ e.g. “  Set it up for long videos  Add some custom Channel Art

Click your Profile Picture to get the main menu

 Visit the upload page at  Click Increase your limit at the bottom of the page, or visit  Follow the steps to verify your account with a mobile phone. Currently YouTube does not offer other ways to verify your account.

Click “View Additional Features”

 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.) YouTubeYouTube > Help > Channels > Information for Brands & AdvertisersHelpChannelsInformation 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)

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