Creating a YouTube

Account for Your Create a Google Account

Course Navigate to youtube.com and click the
blue “Sign in” button at top right of page.
Create Account
Click on “Create an account” link below
Sign in the login field.
Choose a username and password, fill in
the remaining boxes, check the box to
agree to the Terms of Service, and click
Create an account the blue “Next step” button.
Next
step

Set Up Channel click here

Set Up a YouTube Channel

My
Channel Select “My Channel” from menu on left.
To use a business or other name, select
“click here” link.
Name your channel, select a category,
click the box to agree to Pages Terms.
Click the blue “Done” button.
Done

Increase Limit

Increase the 15 Minute Limit

Call me...
Upload From the main page, click the “Upload”
button at top right.
Click the “Increase your limit” link.
Select “Call me with an automated voice
message” and click “Confirm” on the
popup message.
Confirm Enter a phone number. Using your office
phone is an acceptable option.
Click “Submit” and be prepared to
Increase your answer the call and write down a
limit
verification code.
Enter 6 digit verification code and click
“Submit”.
Submit
 Uploading a Video &
Adding Automatic Upload a Video
Captions Sign in to YouTube and click the
“Upload” button at top right of page.
Upload
Name
Advanced settings Tab
Select a category from the dropdown
menu:
 Public – searchable and viewable to
URL
all YouTube users. (Videos meant lo
be embedded in Blackboard Learn
Upload
must be set to Public.)
 Private – viewable only to registered
Thumbnail YouTube users selected by you.
Arrow
Publish
Allow comments  Unlisted – available only to users
provided a link to the video. (A URL
will be available during and after the
upload process.)
URL
Drag and drop files or click arrow to
browse your computer.
When processing has completed, name
Dropdown your video and choose a thumbnail.
Menu
URL Navigate to the “Advanced settings” tab
Allow embedding
and check the box to “Allow comments”
if you wish to do so. Check the box to
“Allow embedding” if you plan to share
your video through Blackboard Learn or
Add Captions another website.
(Automatic)
Avatar Click “Publish” to complete the process.

Add Automatic Captions

Click the user avatar at top right of page.
Select the “Creator Studio” button from
the popup menu.
Click the “Edit” button to right of video
thumbnail and choose “Subtitles and
CC” from the dropdown menu.
Creator Studio
Select the “English (Automatic)” button.
Edit
Automatic transcript can be manually
corrected by clicking the “Edit” button
and typing the changes.
Edit
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Terms of Service (TOS) Copyright Protection

You retain ownership to any intellectual property When a person creates an original work that is in a
rights that you hold to content that you upload to fixed medium, he or she automatically owns
YouTube. Be aware that in agreeing to the TOS you copyright to the work. Ideas, facts, and processes
grant Google the right to host, store, reproduce, are not subject to copyright. YouTube provides
modify, communicate, publish, publically display, and resources to request the removal of an unauthorized
distribute your content in the interest of operating, use of your work. Likewise, you may request the
promoting and improving their services. Learn more reinstatement of a video that was incorrectly removed
about YouTube Terms of Service at: from YouTube for copyright infringement.
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education

Privacy Fair Use

Any personal information requested from you by Fair use is a legal doctrine allowing the reuse of
Google during the creation of your account will not be copyright-protected material under certain
shared with anyone without your permission. circumstances without permission from the copyright
owner. Works of commentary, criticism, research,
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teaching, or news reporting might be considered fair
Protect your account data and do not share your use. Specific cases are analyzed in the courts.
password with others. UTSA Libraries has compiled this list of FAQs
Consider obtaining permission from individuals who concerning copyright and fair use in the classroom
will appear in your videos before filming. and online.
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Community Guidelines Content ID

YouTube has policies prohibiting the following: Videos uploaded to YouTube are scanned against a
database of files submitted by content owners.
 nudity or sexual content
When a match is discovered, copyright owners can
 violent or graphic content choose to mute audio that matches their music, block
a video from being viewed, or even run ads against a
 harmful or dangerous content video. The following article explains what you can do
if you receive a Content ID claim.
 hateful content or threats
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