YouTube Brand Accounts

If you or your students have issues accessing YouTube because of a past brand account, please check out this document put together by staff in NorthWest ISD. It explains what is going on and gives directions to help clear it up!
Read more. 

Add these to your online classes!

These are some helpful links to add to your Google Classroom classes and your Learning Hub page. 

Google Classroom -- 
On the About tab, click Add class materials... then fill in the information (#1, 2, 3) and Post (#4).

This is what it looks like on a student's phone:

Learning Hub -- 
1- In your course, click Add Resource.
2- Make sure Topic list is the targeted location (this is the top of the page under the CHS logo).
3- Click URL.

4- Copy and paste in the information. 
5- Change Appearance to New Window.

6- Click Save and return to course.


Links to share
YouTube login directions
URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZjPDWLiKkAGPkR8p7Y2r4ghLpKki5vuSqMBYuhypbmM/edit?usp=sharing

Filter login directions
URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z5SvQwugeRUJRJeh1P-TODVDPZ3OeYkdrckI0oeslCM/edit?usp=sharing

YouTube's Video Editor is Going Away

Google announced back in July that they are discontinuing the YouTube Video Editor. Enhancements are remaining, the clip editor is going away. Read more about it here and here.

10 Math YouTube Channels Not Named Khan Academy

Richard Byrne at Free Tech 4 Teachers compiled a list of 10 Math YouTube Channels Not Named Khan Academy. Some are more elementary but several include high school level content. Read more. 

History Gal's 5 YouTube Channels that Rock

The Musings of a History Gal posted a list of YouTube videos that are good for teaching history. It says there are 5 channels but she has added more. See her list here.

Educational YouTube Channels

I recently ran across this list of educational YouTube channels. Take a look and see if any are a good fit for your class! If so, they're the perfect thing to add to the "Course Resources" in the top left block of your Learning Hub course. See Penney Matos for help!

ConnectEd's Day in the Life series

ConnectEd's YouTube channel has a Day in the Life series that highlights several different careers. It's a great playlist to share with students!

https://youtu.be/u77a3RfJjBE?list=PLCB93A8CC51AF5312

Explore more career videos at http://connectedstudios.org/life_videos 

Hyperlink YouTube videos

You and your students can easily create a "choose your own adventure" type video trail with YouTube's Spotlight feature.

Record and upload your video, when in edit mode select Annotations --> Add annotation --> Spotlight then place it where you want it located in your video. On the bottom right, click Link and add the URL for the video or playlist you want linked to.

Check out this example from students at Frisco HS.

ViewPure: YouTube without comments, ads or other distractions

When showing YouTube videos in class, consider using viewpure.com to get rid of the comments, ads and other distractions!

Google Street View Treks

Google Street View Treks (use Chrome) are an awesome way to "journey beyond the road" and explore places around the world. Select the location you wish to explore, scroll down the page and click on items you want to learn more about. 

Treks currently include:

Pyramids of Giza

Angkor Wat

Colorado River

Churchill

Taj Mahal

Venice

Galapagos Islands

Eiffel Tower

Mt. Fuji

Buri Khalifa

Iqaluit

Mr. Everest

Grand Canyon

Great Barrier Reef

Amazon Basin

Kennedy Space Center

Convert PPT to a Movie

Microsoft has put together these instructions on how to turn a PowerPoint (created in Office 2010) into a video file. This video can be uploaded to your YouTube channel to easily share with others.

YouTube in Education

YouTube for Primary & Secondary Education is a collection of videos and channels that have been vetted and are recommended for use in education. If you find a channel (collection of videos) that you like you can subscribe to the channel for easy access. In your settings you can also set it to send you email notifications when new videos are added to the channel.

11 Great YouTube Channels for Teachers by Educational Technology and Mobile Learning