Tutorial: How To Upload a Video to YouTube

By Wesley Fryer On October 5, 2012 · Tagged With: howto, tutorial, upload, video, youtube · 2 Comments

(cross-posted from Yukon Public Schools Instructional FAQs)

Here are instructions for uploading a video to your YouTube channel. If you haven’t setup your channel yet, see the post, “Create an Educational YouTube Channel” and do that first.

STEP 1: LOGIN TO YOUTUBE

Visit youtube.com and click the SIGN IN link in the upper right corner.

STEP 2: UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO

Click the UPLOAD link at the top of the window and select the video you want to upload. After you click open it will start uploading immediately.

STEP 3: ADD TITLE & DESCRIPTION

Type a desired title, description, and “tags” for your video. Add several tags, these are keywords which can help you and others find your video when searching. Set the category to EDUCATIONAL.

The screenshot below shows an example with these settings defined.

STEP 4: TURN ON COMMENT MODERATION

Click ADVANCED SETTINGS. Under “Comments and Responses” change the setting for “Allow Comments” to APPROVED. (By default it’s set to ALL.)

That’s it, you’re done! YouTube should automatically save the changes you make, or you can manually click the SAVE button at the bottom of the screen. To make more changes to your videos, click your channel ID in the upper right corner and choose VIDEO MANAGER. You can also click MY CHANNEL to view the “public”version of your channel. This is what other people see when they come to your YouTube channel.

For more suggestions and techniques for using YouTube instructionally, see:

Google’s official support page: “How to Upload Videos to YouTube“
August 2012 conference notes: “Exploring Instructional Uses of YouTube with Lucy Gray (August 2012)“

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2 Responses to Tutorial: How To Upload a Video to YouTube

Nic Shellabarger says:

October 5, 2012 at 11:04 am

Wesley, can I ask what you used to create this tutorial?
Thanks!
Wesley Fryer says:

October 5, 2012 at 10:23 pm

I helped a high school math teacher this week setup a YouTube channel and upload his first video, he asked for a how-to guide to use as a reminder for the things to do in terms of meta info / comment moderation.