Playlists

Now that you understand the basics, it is time to learn how to cultivate Playlists to refer to at a later time.

Creating a Playlist

A PLAYLIST is a collection of a group of videos found on YouTube. Although sometimes you may need to find a video on the fly, often you are planning lessons ahead of time. When you find a video on YouTube that works for your lesson, you can save it in a playlist to refer back to at a later time.

1. Using any browser, go to YouTube.com
2. Sign in to your YouTube or Google account in the upper, right-hand corner
3. Search for videos by title, topic, or creator
4. Click on + Add to which is located on the left-hand side below the video
5. Choose from Watch Later, a Playlist that you have already created, or click on Create New Playlist
6. When you Create a New Playlist, you must enter a name for your Playlist
7. To add additional videos to your Playlist, search for appropriate videos, click on + Add to, and either type in the name of the Playlist or search through the list of Playlists for the correct Playlist to which you would like to add this video

Playing videos from your Playlist

Your Playlists are available from your Homepage on YouTube.

1. Sign into your Google or YouTube account on any browser
2. On the right-hand side, locate your LIBRARY
3. Under Library you will find your Search History, any videos marked to Watch Later, and your Playlists
4. Playlists are not displayed in alphabetical order, instead, the most recent cultivated Playlists are shown first
5. Select your Playlist
6. Videos within a Playlist will be displayed in the order in which they were gathered; you can choose any video to play or play all videos from this screen

Saving Previously Created Playlists

You can add a Playlist created by another subscriber to your Library.

1. Sign into your Google or YouTube account on any browser
2. Click on + Add to, located on the left-hand side below the video
3. Choose Create New Playlist
4. Enter a name for this Playlist
5. Now you can locate this Playlist in your Library along with any Playlists that you have created

Subscribe

If you find that you enjoy videos from a YouTube Channel, you can Subscribe to that Channel.

1. Make sure that you are signed into your YouTube or Google account
2. When you find either a video or a Channel that you plan to use often, click on the red Subscribe button
3. Subscriptions can be found on the left-hand side of your YouTube Homepage

Embedding and Inserting YouTube Videos

Teachers often use technological tools to present lessons in their classrooms. Rather than leave the lesson itself to open a YouTube video, you can usually embed or insert a YouTube video within the lesson.

Seesaw

Sometimes you may want families to watch a video that you showed in class or provide the opportunity for students to watch a YouTube video again. You can add YouTube videos to a Seesaw Journal for everyone to view.

1. Locate the video on YouTube
2. Copy the URL for the YouTube video
3. Sign in to your account on Seesaw
4. If you teach more than one class, select the appropriate class
5. Click on the green + sign
6. Select Post to Student Journal
7. Select Link
8. Paste the URL for the YouTube video
9. Click on the green checkmark
10. The YouTube video will upload to the Student Journal section
11. You can add a recording or captions by clicking on the buttons below the video

Google Slides

In Google Slides, you can insert a YouTube video on any slide.

1. On any slide, from the toolbar at the top, select Insert
2. Choose Video
3. You can Search YouTube, enter the URL, or upload from your Google Drive
4. When presenting, you will be able to click directly on the video to show to your class

Nearpod

Adding YouTube videos is a premium feature on Nearpod. If you do not have a premium account, you can sign up for a free trial for 30 days to try-out this feature. To add a YouTube video to your Nearpod slides, you need to add new content.

1. Locate the video on YouTube
2. Copy the URL for the YouTube video
3. While editing your Nearpod lesson, select Add Slide
4. Choose Add Content
5. Scroll right to locate Video
6. Paste the URL for your YouTube video
7. Once added, you can click on the YouTube video to have it play on your screen and your students' screens

Keynote

In order to embed or upload a YouTube video into Keynote, you must download the YouTube video to your computer. You can only upload videos from your own computer and not directly from YouTube itself. To do this, you will need an extension. It is recommended that you include a link to the URL instead of embed the YouTube video within Keynote at this time.

PowerPoint

To embed a YouTube video on PowerPoint for Mac you will need to follow these steps. One downside of using PowerPoint for Mac is that you can't embed YouTube videos within your presentation, instead you will have to insert YouTube videos or provide links.

1. Locate the video on YouTube
2. Highlight it, but before clicking insert, check the box “Link to file”
3. Click insert and your video will appear in the slide

Channels

Personal Channel

When you become a YouTube member you automatically get a YouTube Channel. This channel serves as your homepage. Once you have entered and approved your information, your personal channel will show your account name, account type (personal, business, or brand account), a description (if you included one), and the list of members who are friends as well as the videos you upload as public. Other YouTube members can comment in this section. You can customize the color scheme and background if you choose and control most of the information that appears on it.

To create your own personal YouTube channel, simply follow these steps:

1. Log in to YouTube
2. Upload a video, save a video, or create a playlist to start your channel
3. YouTube will ask if you would like to start a channel if you don't already have one started
4. Review the information that is displayed, including your account name and image, and confirm they are accurate to create your channel

Brand Account

Whether you own your own business or a business would like to create a channel, an account that is not a personal YouTube account is considered a Brand Account. Unlike a personal account, a brand account can have several account managers. You can create a Brand Account managed from your personal Google account or you can create a new Google account so many people can manage the content on the channel. Opening a Brand Account is easy; follow these steps below:

1. Log in to YouTube
2. Go to your channel list
3. Click Create a new channel to open a new business channel
4. Enter a Brand Account name in the space provided and click Done
5. As owner of the Brand Account, you can grant access to others to manage or work on the channel
   • Click the settings icon on the channel
   • Click Add or remove managers
   • Adjust permissions as necessary

Closed Captioning

When you upload videos, it is important to think about all potential users of your videos. One of the easiest ways to make your videos accessible to more people is through Closed Captioning. Once you've uploaded a video, you can add closed captioning at any time.

1. Log in to YouTube
2. Click on your Account in the top right-hand corner
3. Choose Creator Studio
4. Select Video Manager
5. Choose your video
6. Click the drop-down menu next to the Edit button
7. Select Subtitles/CC
8. Click the Add new subtitles or CC button
9. Choose how you want to add or edit subtitles or closed captions to your video:
   • Create Subtitles or Closed Captions
   • Upload a File
   • Use Automatic Captioning

Create Subtitles or Closed Captions

You can create new subtitles or closed captions from scratch. You can also edit drafts in progress if "community contributions" is turned on.

1. Choose the language for the subtitles or closed captions
2. Play the video
   • If someone has added subtitles or closed captions since your last version, you'll see a "Your fans submitted an update" notice at the top of the screen.
3. Type your content into the box when it matches what is being said on the video
4. Don't forget to add text describing other sounds in the video. For example, you can add sounds like applause or crashing as [applause] or [crash] so viewers know what's going on in the video
5. If you need to, adjust when the caption starts and ends by dragging the borders around the text under the video
6. Repeat this process for all the spoken words in the video
   • If you don't have time to finish the whole video, your changes will be saved in your drafts and you can pick up again later
7. When you're done, select Publish

Upload a File

If you have a subtitle and closed caption file, you can upload it to your video. These types of files contain both the text and time codes for when each line of text should be displayed. Some files also include position and style information, which is especially useful for deaf or hard of hearing viewers.

Before you start, make sure that your file type is supported on YouTube.

1. Select Add new subtitles or CC
2. Choose the language for the subtitles or closed captions you want to create
   • You can use the search bar to find languages that don't automatically show in the list
3. Select Upload a file and choose the type of file you have to upload
4. Select Choose file
5. Select Upload
6. Use the editor to make any needed adjustments to the text and timing of your new subtitle or closed caption
7. Select Publish

Use Automatic Captioning

YouTube can use speech recognition technology to automatically create captions for your videos. If automatic captions are available, they'll automatically be published on the video.

Automatic captions are available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Flipped Classroom

You can use YouTube to create a Playlist, upload videos, or create and upload your own videos for students to view at their own pace. YouTube makes it easy to send links to students - especially if they miss class! With Playlists, you can offer kids the opportunity to watch videos before class so they can apply that knowledge in your classroom right away, re-watch lessons at home for review, or complete lessons at their own pace.