How to Do an Easy YouTube Channel for Education
YouTube automatically creates a channel for all your uploaded video clips when you open an account. After you’ve created a YouTube account, you can configure the settings and appearance of the channel for your preferred theme, including a simple educational theme. Each time you upload a video clip with the YouTube upload tool, the video clip displays on your YouTube Channel page.
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Instructions
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Sign in to your YouTube account. Click the "Arrow" button next to your YouTube user name in the top right of the page. Select “My Channel” from the pull-down menu options list.
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Click the “Settings” tab at the top of the screen. Type a descriptive name for the educational channel into the “Title” input box. Click and highlight the radio button next to “Make Channel Visible” to ensure other people can view your educational channel. Type name tags for the channel into the “Channel Tags” box. Enter tags that describe the video content of your educational channel so that your content displays in YouTube searches. Click the “Save Changes” button.
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Click the “Themes and Colors” tab at the top of the page. For a simple educational channel, you can select one of the predefined theme color schemes by clicking and selecting the radio button below your preferred theme. Alternatively, click the “Show Advanced Options” link. Select your preferred color for each element of the educational channel’s design with the color-picker tools. You can set separate colors for body text, title text, links, background color and wrapper color. Click “Save Changes” after making your selections.
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Click the “Choose File” button beside “Background Image” to upload a background image for your channel. Go the location of the image file on your computer. Click and highlight the file. Then click “Open” to upload the image. For a simple educational channel, select an appropriate educational image, such as a classroom or a pile of school books. Click the “Repeat Background” check box if you want to tile the background image across the channel page. Otherwise, the image displays in the center of the channel page. Click “Save Changes.”
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Click the “Modules” tab. Click the applicable check boxes to select which channel elements to display alongside your educational video uploads, including subscribers, comments, friends, recent activity and event dates. Click “Save Changes.”
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Click the “Videos and Playlists” tab. Click and select the check boxes to select which uploaded videos display on the channel. In addition to “My Uploaded Videos,” you can also display your favorites and playlists. Click “Save Changes.”
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View your YouTube Channel to make sure you're happy with its appearance and content. To make further changes, click the relevant option in the "Settings" menu at the top of the page.
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Tips & Warnings
Add videos to your educational YouTube Channel regularly to keep visitors returning to the channel. Always add descriptive tags to each video clip during the upload process to help people find the video and your channel page.
Other users can subscribe to your channel by clicking the “Subscribe” button at the top of your channel page.
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