 OTAN Outreach and Technical Assistance Network. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Chris Velache. And I, well, thank you very much for joining my session today on teach, engage, and humanize your class with YouTube Shorts. My name is Chris Velache, and these are my emails. I work both at these places, Miracosta College and San Diego College of Continuing Ed. So, Mariana handed out some worksheets, or no worksheets, but just handouts. Yes. So you will have everything that I will show you here in the handout. So you don't need to take notes or anything. You have everything that I will show you here, there. It's just a little more concise in the handout. But let's begin. Let's begin, let's begin. So before we begin, does anybody know YouTube Shorts? YouTube Shorts? I know of, but not how to grade them. That's my idea. Yes. Excellent. I've seen some shorts on YouTube. On YouTube. So you have an idea. It's a short. Yes. Like the name says, they are very short videos, like the equivalence of a TikTok, but, you know, minus the issues that we have. Security and all the things behind TikTok these days. So, yes, that's going to be our presentation today, talking about, you know, short videos and how you can create some for your class. They're very easy videos, and we'll dive into that in a minute. But before we get into our YouTube Shorts again, we're going to do the same thing. I think everybody knows each other here or no? Do we know each other? Not everyone. Should we do this individually? So what I want you to do is just take a few minutes and say, you know, introduce yourself, your name, you know, the place you work in, the class you teach. And then they will go to the next questions here. Have you ever watched YouTube Shorts? And I think Susan has. Reels, has anybody heard of the word reels? I've seen it on Facebook. It's the competition. Well, we have TikTok. We have YouTube Shorts and Reels for Instagram. So different companies. Yes, Facebook. So they own Instagram now. So same concept, short, catchy videos. So that's the question for you. Have you ever watched Shorts, Reels or TikToks videos? If so, can you describe? So what was striking from those videos? They were fast. They have music. So what else can you tell about these videos? And what was the video about if you watch? What is usually the content that you, that you check from these videos? Is it recipes? Is it educational content? Is it just a crazy person doing something? So anyways, let's begin with introduce yourself. So let's do it individually. We're going to start with Mariana here. Mariana, tell us. Yes, tell us Mariana. Hello everyone. My name is Mariana Silva. I teach with Chris at Miracosta College. I almost said San Diego continue yet because I was there for one year. And my colleagues in this year too from San Diego continue yet. Well, previous job, right? I have seen YouTube Shorts. I think it's the music, the fact that they're concise that, and the fun stuff, right? It's usually something fun engaging. And you learn something quick from them. I can think of what kind of, I think just the funny silly stuff that I see. More my kids draw me into that, right? Tic-tac, I don't do Tic-tac, right? Maybe none of us shoot anymore, right? There is a lot to it. That's it. Thank you very much Mariana. I don't know who else. Susan. Hi, I'm Susan. And I don't work. Well, I'm tired. I do work. Okay. So I think I have seen reels on Facebook where they do recipes really quick. Yes. And it's like super speedy recipes. And you watch it and they put the earrings there. And then Tic-tac, I don't do it. And then Shorts. I think I was looking because I teach ESL. I want to look for Shorts because they're short. And I think I've searched them. And sometimes they tell a story. Yes. Yes. There is a lot of content that you can create. And there is also created out there that we can use for our students. Like the shore attention span. That's perfect. You know, if you have a very quick recap lesson or something. There is already, like I said, there's already a lot of content on Shorts. But it would be, you know, even better if we create our own. So we personalize and humanize our practices even more. Thank you very much. Susan and Cindy. Hi, I'm Cindy. I'm a Slavsky. And I'm a former ESL teacher with the San Diego Community College District in the adult ed division. Now I work part-time for all of them. And I would say, as far as watching those, no, no, no. Unless I have an accident or anything. I've seen on Facebook the ones where they're showing how to make a hairstyle. It's kind of messed up. But I have to watch it 10 times. Anyway, I'm going to be here. Awesome. Thank you. Hi, I'm Adrienne Adriana. And I am also retired. This is like the row of retired, semi-retired educators. I would never say that row. I would never go away though. What be where? Okay, so I'm working currently part-time with CCAE, the California Council for Adult Education. And so I don't have students. I don't have a classroom anymore. Oh, and I was, I worked in the Sweetwater District. I was an administrator here until I was an adult for a time. But with regard, oh, sorry. Sorry. With regard to YouTube shorts and reels, I don't have an Instagram account CCAE does, but I don't manage it. TikTok. We don't do TikTok, but I have seen the, the. Yeah. The Facebook ones. They already won. Yeah. My, my laptop is set up to repeat those. So it just goes on and on. So I'm good. So I see it 10 times and then I do it. And then sure. Yeah. So that's why I'm here. Thank you. Thank you, Adrienne. And I see you. Yeah. And then again. What's your name? Thank you. So my name is Maria. Excuse me. I'm a CCAE teacher. I was in school. We're in Sacramento. And I have actually never, I've never watched YouTube shorts. I rarely use YouTube. I don't use TikTok, but I have seen reels. Definitely on Instagram. I watch mostly recipes and I watch a lot of culture content. When they say, you know, they like reenact moments when you're young. You know, when your parents do this and then when your, when your parents turn into grandparents, they're nice. You know, that's a lot that comes up on my feed. So yeah. Maria. Yes. And then you sort of watch it. Hi. Yeah. My name is Jerry. I work for a world education, former teacher. So I don't have a classroom anymore, but I do a lot of professional development right now. I'm not super familiar with YouTube. They show up when I'm on YouTube and I've never, I don't watch them, but I do use Instagram a lot. So I always see those come up on, you know, the reels all the time. I like some of the history ones. Yeah. Social science, they both have like condensed things or like news, politics, I'll follow some of those. Right. Yeah. I mean, I guess we all have that short attention. Right. The meat of the cooking. That's exactly right. Awesome. Thank you. And I'm Angelica. And I am at Monterey adult school, Monterey Bay, not Monterey Park in Los Angeles. So I'm up north to our south of San Francisco and our south of San Jose. Santa Cruz, that Monterey, not the Elena. I can't tell you how many people, but I'm not sure if I can. No. No. I teach beginning ESL and computer classes. I do watch the shorts, the reels, everything you've mentioned. In addition, our district puts out regular shorts and reels. Like we have one with a superintendent doing a silly dance. Oh, I try to encourage people to attend, like the advisory meetings and things like that, or the board meeting. And they did one with our principal. I'd be known to her. It was all over social media to like, oh no. Yeah. And they're encouraging me because I do the social media for the school and the school website. They want me to do more of these. I have no idea what I'm doing. I, my, my husband has two nieces that are YouTube influencers. They have a channel. See, and so they travel all over Mexico, and they do these little videos. And so there's one of them dancing on the Golden Gate Bridge. There's one where they visit us in Monterey, went to the war, and they do these shorts and reels for the first time. But yeah, they do these shorts and reels. I have thousands of viewers and, oh, so they're famous. They're famous kids. Yeah. They have a certain audience. So they make money. I believe so. Cause that's how they can afford to keep traveling. Yeah. Just a little disclaimer. This, this workshop is not, I'm not going to teach you how to make money with this, but you know, I want to show you how you can, you know, create content for your class. That would be a good idea to show you like, how do we monetize all this TikTok in these videos? But that's going to be another session in the future. Anyways, well thank you very much for introducing yourselves and tell us a little bit about your experience with YouTube Shorts, Reels or TikTok. Basically these three things are similar in a way that they are short, right? Short condensed videos with music and filters and all sorts of stuff. They're really catchy for everybody. So at the end of the session, at the end of this, you know, presentation, what I want is for everybody, for all of you to be able to answer, what are YouTube Shorts, you know, how you create YouTube Shorts and what videos can you make for your class? So three things at the end of the lesson. So let's begin with the definition, you know, YouTube Shorts are short videos. That's it. They are 60 seconds or less. You can upload more seconds. I mean, it's just 60 or less. They're typically catchy, right? They have background music, animated text and filter and a lot of other things. They are also called the TikTok version of YouTube. So if you know what a TikTok is, if you've seen it, if you've heard about it, it's, you know, the equivalent of that. So, whatever. So viewers can dislike, comment and subscribe. So if you create a YouTube Shorts, your students will be able to like, dislike, comment and subscribe to your channel. So if you want to create in the future a small YouTube channel where you can store all your YouTube Shorts and you can recycle them for your classes, that's a great way to go. So, this QR code has a better explanation. Well, it's got more information about YouTube Shorts. It's six minutes and eight seconds. So you have that in your handouts. You can check that at home, but it's a very concise explanation of what YouTube Shorts are. Again, just remember, YouTube Shorts are just short videos, six second max and vertical orientation. So you'll see them like this, like when you're scrolling up or down. So the layout is going to always going to be vertical. You can also upload content in horizontal. It will allow you to also use videos in horizontal orientation, but typically this is the best format for this type of videos. There we go. So, any questions about YouTube Shorts? I think that's pretty clear. Here is an example. I created this for my class at the beginning of the year. This was one of my welcome videos for onboarding my students. Just a little, you know, introduction. You know, we often talk about the humanizing components that is so essential for our students to get that, you know, connection with students before the classes begin. So I created this short. So you can watch it. And I don't know if I can play it from here, maybe. I don't know if that's going to send me. Maybe not. Maybe not one second. Yes. So I will show you this in a little bit, but as you can see, vertical, right? And as I said, if you create YouTube Shorts, your students will be able to like, dislike, comment, or share. You can also remix, you know, other videos with your videos. And, you know, it's pretty user-friendly. So let me see. Let me go to the next slide. So we are going to attempt in creating a YouTube Shorts today. How do you feel about that if you're ready? But I would like you to create something today, if possible. If you do want to try that, what you'll need is a cell phone. And I think all of you have a cell phone. We have internet, I think. Yes, we do have internet. And then you will need a YouTube app. You won't be able to make. Just a regular YouTube app. There is no YouTube Shorts app. It's just everything stored in one place. So if you have the YouTube app, you're good. If you don't, if you have an iPhone, you can scan this QR code and it will take you to the app store so you can download it for free. If you have an Android phone, of course you will go to that QR code and you will be able to download YouTube for free. Of course, we're going to have to need a little patience. If you get a little lost, remember this is technology and we will have to kind of breathe a little deeper when it comes to technology sometimes. And of course imagination. So if you have all of these and if you're ready, we're going to begin everybody. So how do you make YouTube Shorts? So the first thing you need to do is once you download the YouTube app, this one over here. This is my phone. You're going to open it, right? You're going to open that app and you will see this widget. So what I'm going to call this thing, widgets or symbols, icons. So you're going to click on that plus button right here and you are going to create a short from scratch from scratch. And what else? What we're going to do next is select keep current selection. Mine doesn't say that. Mine says create a short allow access. Yeah, you have to allow. Then keep current selection. Keep current selection. It doesn't say that. It says create short. And you are there. Some of yours will be excellent. Some of you will see this popping up from your phones. So I think if you are there, we're ready to record. So now we can make a video. See how simple it is? Let's say you are at the beach and you want to connect with your students I haven't really. I've been busy. I messaged them in front. I said if I'm late, it's because wait for me. How about if we make a welcome just for the test, just for this session, we can make a welcome video. Hi, my name is. Yes, let me show you. Yeah, let me show you mine. I'm sorry. Let me show you my example. Don't you want to go to your YouTube channel? Yeah, I think I have it on my YouTube channel. But I thought I had it. Yeah, I'm going to go to the YouTube channel. We won't look at your channel. Don't look at my history. Let's see. Close your eyes, everybody. I'm not recording. I'm recording. One second, everybody. What is my channel now? You see my... No, I think I... One second, I don't think that's... Yeah, can you go to your blue seat? Yeah, I think it was wrong because I was signed out as my personal account. So let me show you then my example. Again, this was the first short that I created for my class. And that was a welcome video. Let's do some coding right now. No coding today. So let me show you then my short. This is my YouTube short. And it's a welcome video. Wow, look at this. Yeah, my name is Chris Velace. I'm going to be your English number one teacher. Our classes will begin on Monday, January 23rd at the Community Learning Center in Oceanside. Our classroom number is 216. I am very happy to work with you and help you with your English. See you very soon. You can also add... I add a little bit of something there. But anyway, so I forgot to mention most of my experience is for ESL, beginner ESL. So this video is, of course, very basic. It's just a little short introduction. So any less than five minutes to create... I mean, of course, you have to prepare what you're going to say. And I think that's what it takes more time to think what you're going to say in that video and then add the rest. So very, very short. So what do you think? Any questions about the video? Any... Shall we go there and like it? Please, subscribe to my channel too. So let me go back again over here. So let's go back to... Let's see what do I... Did you use the camera on your phone? Yes, you did. The beauty of this app, you just need your phone. It is... You don't need a computer. You don't need an app. But music is everything within YouTube. So you film yourself and then after you film yourself, you remember six seconds max. Then you can do the fun part, which is adding text or adding the music. So yes, everything using my phone. I didn't use the computer to create the video I showed you. Very, very simple. So that's what we try. I want you guys to try to do today. And it doesn't have to be perfect. Again, you open the YouTube app. You click plus, create short. Maybe you have that much. Maybe you don't. And let's go to the next one. Now what? You have to record your video by hitting the red button. And again, this is a test. You can just say, hi, hello. I am Mariana. I am at the TDLS 2023 stuff. So what we want to practice is adding the details to your video. So how about if you want to take a few seconds and do just like a six second video, whatever you want, just introduce yourself. Of course. For a nice background. What is your background? So everybody just do a little slide towards me. I think it's recording. You see? It is not towards me. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. They really have to have a great day. Dirty girl is much better than they thought. I forgot to press record. That's good. That was, um, yes. Let me put that one. Once you finish, you're gonna... Oh, it's going. I want to go. I keep going. I want to start. You're going to, um... That was scary. Let me see what you're doing, Susan. Hi. That's better. Hi. I am going to be your teacher for writing. I just want to say hello to you. Hi. You're so blue. Now you're going to do decoration there. You have these fun parts over here. You're going to ask music. Ask music. Hi. Hi. Open. Right here. The plus button. I can hear you. Okay. It's just you and me. I don't know. Take the check button. Oh, you can do it. How do I stop? I don't know. So, I... Hi. Hi. I just want to say hello. Hi. My name is Susan. I'm so tired of hearing you. You can just say hi. Hi. I'm going to just say, hey, you can't stop. I want you to love music, but I think... It won't stop. See? No, I think we need to go back and... Hi. How about... How about... I'll just do it again. I shouldn't have hit the check button. I shouldn't have hit the check button. Yes, because you need to... You need to first add... You are going to add music or text. Or... You can't go back and edit now. I think I clicked too far. That's okay. Yeah, that's you are ready to... You know, you're ready to... Did you add music or not? No, no, no. I'm going to hit the check button. No, no, no. I'm going to hit the check button. No. Yeah, that's the problem. This is like once... Always you want to save it as a drop. Okay, so now I have my... I'm not hitting that button. Again? Yes, that sounds good. Now, if you guys already finished your video, the fun part begins. I have to... Add music... Text... I think we're having a lot of fun today, everybody. What are we going to call? That's on Holy. Okay. You're going to add music... Add music by clicking on that musical symbol. Text... Text... Thank you. What's on filter? The filters? Right here, background. Oh, maybe more. Everybody, I think we're listening to music. You can add filters if you click on this little thing over here because it's sparkling. Okay. You can't hit the check button. One second. Now, this is too loud. Now, I think I forgot to mention the volume of your music. You're trying to love this? You know what you're saying? Yes. Can you reduce the sound of the music? Yes, you can reduce it. When you go to volume, the little speaker can hear you. Oh, you can't pitch you. Unless you have your influencer friends there. Okay, so just original sound. I'm not there yet. I think I'm on the filter show. I'm going to play the hit check button. Same. I don't like this filter at all. Red touch. So if you like the voice, I think the reason it's not stopping is to make sure that it doesn't stop. So if I like that. It's because we have sound here. But if you do this at home, it'll sound better because of the sound here. And again, it doesn't have to be perfect everybody. It doesn't have to be perfect. Did you guys do your, are you guys exploring the features of your You didn't tell us to do the retouch. The retouch, the music. Make sure you click on the speaker to adjust the volume of the music. You want your students to hear your voice. 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