Using YouTube to create and post videos into your course.
This tutorial will walk you through the steps needed to produce and post a video into a Blackboard course with your ASU
YouTube account!
1. Go to YouTube.com and Sign In with your ASURITE UserID.
2. When the sign in page opens, only type in your ASURITE email address and click “Sign In.” Do not enter a password.
3. A new window will appear where you can add your ASURITE password, then click “Sign In.” This is the final step needed
to sign into your ASU YouTube account!
4. Once you hit “Sign In” from the previous step, you’ll be taken back into YouTube. Notice that your icon shows you that you
are signed in! You’re now ready to create your channel and begin creating and uploading videos.
5. Create your personal YouTube channel. A channel is where you will store all your videos. You cannot upload a video
without first creating a channel. Go to the following webpage to create your channel.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1646861?hl=en
6. Once your channel has been created, you can now begin creating and uploading videos to your YouTube channel. To begin
uploading or creating your videos, click on the upload button near the sign in button.
7. You have the option to either record a video from your webcam or upload an existing video. This is also where you can
decide who may view your video. Select the privacy setting that meets your needs (see a description of each setting below this
screen shot).
Note: If you are uploading an existing video, skip to Step 11.
Note: If you create a video with your webcam, YouTube will automatically upload the video to your channel!
Privacy Settings:
Public – Your video can be viewed by anyone visiting YouTube.
Unlisted – Your video does not show up on YouTube and will not show up in YouTube searches. Anyone with the
video link can see them.
Private – You designate only specific users who can view your video! Private videos won’t appear on your channel or
search results and will be invisible to other users.
Direct Link to creating web-cam video
Once your channel has been created and you are logged into YouTube, you can use this direct link for creating a YouTube
webcam video! https://www.youtube.com/my_webcam
8. When recording a webcam video, click “Start Recording.”
9. When you are finished recording, click “Stop recording.”
10. Click “Continue” to confirm that you want to upload your new webcam video into your channel.
11. Update your video’s information (Title, Description, Tags) and publish your video.
12. Once you click “publish” your video will appear in the “videos” tab within your channel. Click on the video you just
created to embed it into your course.
13. Copy the embed code. This code will be used to show your video in Blackboard. Follow these steps to copy the embed
code:
A. Click on the “Share” option
B. Click on the “Embed” option
C. Copy the embed code (iframe)
14. Navigate to Blackboard and select the course you’d like to embed your video into. In this case, we are going to embed the
video into a new discussion thread for a course introduction. Once you are in your course, follow these steps:
A. Navigate to Discussion Board
B. Select Forum
C. Click “Create Thread”
D. Click the “HTML” page (See Screen Shot Below)
15. Paste your video’s embed code into the new HTML window that appears and click update!
Note: Make sure you Pop-Up-Blocker is disabled for Blackboard!
16. You will now see a Yellow Box in the text editor. This means your video has been embedded. Add any text to the post as
you see fit or simply click “Submit.”
17. All Done!!! Now, others will be able to view and respond to your video!