2. Signing Up You will need to sign up if you wish to be an ‘active’ member of Youtube Go to www.youtube.com Click on ‘Create Account’
3. Signing Up Follow the prompts on the current page Search for an available user name Click on ‘I Accept’
4. How To Watch A Video After creating your account, you are free to share and view any video that is available on the website Simply click on the text box that is located at the top of the web page Type in a keyword or video name Select ‘search’ (or press ‘enter’)
5. Watching The Video Your browser will need a flash player plug-in to watch videos This flash feature will allow you to scrub, play and pause the videos You can even click an icon to go ‘full-screen’
6. Commenting Youtube members are permitted to comment and discuss a video Discussion is carried out directly underneath the video Click on the text box and type your discussion Press ‘enter’ to post comment
7. Uploading Videos Click on ‘Upload’, it is located directly next to the search box Proceed to the next page
8. Uploading (continued) After proceeding to the next page, click on ‘upload video’ again A new window will pop up, which will allow you to browse and select from your hard drive, the video you wish to upload
9. Video Subscriptions A Youtube member is allowed to ‘subscribe’ to any other user The user will be notified of any new uploads from the subscription Go to a video and click on ‘subscribe’ – It’s as easy as that!
10. Youtube Channel Youtube users are allocated a page dedicated for their username – these pages are called ‘Youtube Channels’ They are able to customize the aesthetics of their ‘Youtube Channel’ Click on ‘edit’ and customize your web page to what ever sees you fit