2. Host/Publish - Options

Now that you've recorded your video, you'll need a place to host it so that it can be easily captioned and shared with your viewers. 

YouTube

YouTube is the simplest and easiest place to host (save) your videos. Video files can be quite large, and you don't want them uploaded to Canvas because it is not a media server. YouTube allows you to edit the automated captions, and allows for easy sharing, linking, and embedding in Canvas.

Privacy Options

Often faculty shy away from trying YouTube because they assume it requires videos to be shared publicly. That's not true. Each time you upload a video to YouTube, you have your choice between three publishing options. Only two of these options are viable for your teaching videos. They are:

  1. Private - Only you can see the video. Do not choose this option for your instructional videos.
  2. Unlisted - The video is only visible to those who you give it to. It is not visible to the public on your YouTube channel and it does not come up in web searches. Unlisted is a great option!
  3. Public - The video appears to the public on your YouTube channel and is retrieved through web searches.

Creating an Account

Here is a video on getting a Google account to use with YouTube.  

Verifying Your YouTube Account

If you want to be able to upload videos to YouTube that are longer than 15 minutes, you'll need to do what is called verifying your YouTube account. Here is a video showing you that quick step. 

Upload Your Video

Once you have your YouTube account created and verified, here's how to upload your video to it. 

From your Android phone:

From your iPhone

 

Other Hosting Options

If your intent is to embed your video in your Liquid Syllabus (Google Site),  it must be hosted on YouTube. However, there are other hosting options to consider for your other instructional videos.

3CMedia Solutions

As employees of the California Community College system, you do have access to another video hosting solution called 3CMediaSolutions.org. Links to an external site. This provides an alternative hosting solution if you don't want to create a YouTube channel and you're looking for a different site for hosting your videos. 

Canvas Studio

Canvas Studio is a video recording and hosting solution that many California Community Colleges have a license for. It is not included in every instance of Canvas. Check with your college to see if you have access to Studio. It is a great tool and it includes auto captioning! 

Here is a 7-minute video by Katie Palacios that demonstrates how to use Studio inside of Canvas.