How to Make a Clickable YouTube Video
YouTube has an annotations feature for videos that allows you to write out comments or information that appear while the video is playing. The annotations feature also allows you to create links to different parts of the YouTube website, such as another video, a playlist or to send a message to a specific user. The links you create make the video clickable. You cannot link to outside websites.
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Instructions
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Sign in to your YouTube account, click the down facing arrow next to your username and select "Videos." The list of your uploaded YouTube videos appears on screen.
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Click the down facing arrow to the right of "Insight" under your video description, and select "Annotations." Your video starts playing and a list of options appears on the right side of the screen.
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Select "Add Annotation," and choose "Speech Bubble," "Note," "Title," "Spotlight" or "Pause." Each option is a different size and shape that you can choose according to your preference.
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Type out the message you want to show on the video annotation in the box that appears on the right side of the screen. Your words appear on the video as you type them.
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Click the arrows next to the "Timing" entries or click within the entries and type out the numbers to determine when you want the link to show and when you want it to disappear.
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Click the checkbox next to "Link."
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Click the down facing arrow next to "Video," and select "Video," "Playlist," "Channel," "Subscribe," "Compose Message," "Video Response Upload" or "YouTube Search Query." "Video," "Playlist," "Channel" and "Video Response Upload" link to another YouTube video, playlist or channel. "Subscribe" creates a link to subscribe to a YouTube user and "Compose Message" creates a link to send a message to a particular user. "YouTube Search Query" is a link to a YouTube search according to terms you specify.
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Copy and paste a YouTube video, playlist or channel link into the box below the "Link" checkbox if you choose "Video," "Playlist," "Channel" or "Video Response Upload." Enter the username of the person you want the watcher to subscribe to or send a message to if you choose "Subscribe" or "Compose Message." Enter the search terms you want YouTube to search when the link is clicked if you choose "YouTube Search Query."
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Click "Publish" over "Add Annotation" to save your changes, and post them to your YouTube video.
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