How To: Set up a YouTube channel

You will need a YouTube account to upload your videos to so they can be viewed on your blog. To do this, make sure you are logged out of both Blogger and Gmail, then go to www.youtube.com and click on the yellow button at the top of the page that says Create Account>

You need to enter a Username, doing the same as you did for both Gmail and Blogger, use your group name for your YouTube account. Also the same as before check the availability and if someone else is already using your user name, ask your teacher for a new username. You need to enter all the fields, so for ‘Postal Code’ use Trinity’s postcode: IG8 0PT. Enter a date of birth and choose a gender. It doesn’t matter what you choose for this, so use your own or make one up, you can hide this information on your YouTube channel. However I would suggest using the correct year, even if you make up the month and date of the ‘Date of Birth’. Leave the box ticked for “Let others find my channel on YouTube if they have my email address” and you can decide if you “would like to receive occasional product-related email communications that YouTube believe would be of interest to” you, though I don’t think you’ll want to tick this box. Now click the I accept button at the bottom.

Now you need to add YouTube to your Google account. Because you already have a Google account from signing up to Gmail, enter your Email and Password into the boxes on the left. Ignore the form on the right.

You can now customize your channel and set your preferences. To do this click your username in the top right corner, with the downward pointing arrow next to it, and click ‘Account’. Here you can edit your account, including what information is shown on your channel and what emails you get from YouTube. Add as little or as much info as you want (though I would recommend leaning towards little!) and it’s up to you what notifications you get from them. When you’ve finished changing your Account Settings, click the Save Changes button.

To change how your channel looks, click your username again, this time click ‘My Channel’. Here you can adjust your channel ‘Settings’, ‘Themes and Colors’, ‘Modules’ and ‘Videos and Playlists’. Once you’re happy with your changes, click the Save Changes button.