I've heard tons about YouTube, but I'd never before looked at it, so this was a first for me. I searched for newspaper digitization & was disappointed, as most was pretty commercial stuff. Then I searched around for genealogy stuff and found A LOT! I certainly picked up some pointers by watching a few genealogy videos.
I created a YouTube account & before I end this blog, I'm going to try to embed 2 basic genealogy videos that I thought were good.
What I liked about the YouTube site was the search bar was prominent & it seemed to work fairly well.
As for what I didn't like about the site, there was one genealogy video that I watched that was REALLY amateur and a waste of my time. So I guess that's the downside, that you have no idea how good or bad the video or its information is. I'm looking for accurate and helpful information, not cheesy entertainment.
Since I'm new at this YouTube thing, my "dumb" question is: how do you actually make the video? The genealogy videos I watched were live action shots of a computer screen, complete with clicks, highlights, links, etc. So did that person set a camera up on a tripod over his shoulder to record the screen and every click of the mouse?
As for applying YouTube components to library websites, I'm wondering if this might be a way to publish some electronic database tutorials??????????
Okay, now I'll try to switch to Edit Html & embed those 2 genealogy videos. Wish me luck! Hmmm...I see the copied code when I'm in the "Edit Html" tab, but when I switch back to "Compose" mode, I see nothing.
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Hi Rita,
There is "screen capture" software out there that folks use to make video tutorials like the genealogy ones you highlighted. Some software costs money, but some is available for free on the web. For example, Michael used a site/service called Screencast-O-Matic to create the little tutorial in Thing #4 about how to copy and paste permalinks.
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