A weekend post on the YouTube Blog is calling for users to make “informative, creative” videos to embed in the YouTube Help Center.
Categories that users can make videos for include:
– Captions / Subtitles definition
– Editing my video
– Make a playlist
– How to upload
– Customizing channels
– Contact lists
– Transferring from camera to computer
– Add/Change Profile Picture
– Viewing Higher Quality Videos
– Video annotations definition
The YouTube team offers some tips for acceptable videos, which include: a 1-2 minute timeframe, creativity, originality, staying on topic, and keeping within the terms of use and community guidelines of YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0z2i83fmMkIt is pretty fitting that YouTube would go to its users for something like this given the site’s name – YouTube. It’s an interesting demonstration of the philosophy that made the site a hit to begin with (ok, the copyright infringing videos probably helped too). It’s also a good way to potentially keep what could easily become boring subject matter, fun and helpful at the same time.
Once a user has created their video, they can go to this page and upload the video and await approval. They will be taking submissions until October 10th. Unfortunately, there is no mention of any prizes.
