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Presentation to be given at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2007 on YouTube

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16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

IWMW 2007

Adrian Stevenson

University of Manchester

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

YouTube:a story of big numbers

• Hurley, Chen, Karim - Employees of paypal

• Youtube.com registered Feb 15th 2005– 30,000 viewers per day

• Nov 2005– 200,000 registered users– 2 million+ videos a day

• By Jan 2006, 25 million per day

• By Mar 2006 uploading 20,000 new videos a day

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

YouTube:a story of big numbers

• ‘Evolution of dance’ ‘most watched– uploaded April 6th 2006

• May 2006 - 43% of all videos shown on the internet

• July 2006 – 100 million views per day• Oct 9th 2006 - Google buys YouTube

for $1.6 Billion• 4th most visited website in the world

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Time Person of the Year: You

• Time Magazine – person of the year– “public diary of teens and

twenty somethings”– “the feeling of

togetherness is unbeatable. It’s a beautiful thing” … by Leila, video blogger

Real people

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Identity Construction• Some types:

– Undiscovered singing talent

– Teenage confessional

– Angry political

– Living room comedian

• Identity favouriting, subscribing, ratings etc.

• Comments and feedback• Some ‘fakes’ – lonelygirl15

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Social Effects• Religious ideologies• Politics

– “unmediated, fresh, first hand” Blair

• Global Movements– Free-Hugs Campaign by

Juan Mann

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

What you need

• Video recording device– Camcorder– Mobile Phone– Digital Camera– Webcam

• Tripod

• IEEE 1394 Firewire card and cable – DV out

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

What you need

Software– Windows Movie Maker -

free– Apple iMovie– Adobe Premiere Pro -

£650

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

What you need

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0

• Professional movie editing software– Very flexible– Learning curve– Expensive– Rendering can be

slow

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Premiere Pro

• Export to YouTube compatible format

• Can be very slow to render on export

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

What YouTube needs

• Takes many video types– .WMV, .AVI, .MOV,

and .MPG file formats

• For best quality:– MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format – 320x240 resolution– MP3 audio

– 30 frames per second

• Max 100Mb upload– Also says max 10 mins

but not enforced

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Quality issues

• Amateur ‘YouTube’ approach– Quick and simple– Cheap– But may look quick and cheap

• Professional approach– Pro camera(s)– Mixing desk– Lighting– Direction / planning– Costly and time consuming

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Have a go

• Video samples at:

• http://tinyurl.com/29eg98 • http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/learningtechnologies/podcas

ts/audio/iwmw2007/

• Edit the video samples

• Create a YouTube account and upload

• Browse YouTube

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Education

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Michael Wesch, Digital Ethnography, Kansas State University

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Legal / Copyright etc

• Legal problems– March 13th 2007

Viacom sued YouTube for copyright infringement – still ongoing

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Rights / IPR

• YouTube can “reproduce, redistribute,… display…” your videos

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Institutional Policy

• Blocking of YouTube, MySpace etc– Bandwidth– Safety

• Survey at Bristol University– Students want access to YouTube, MySpace,

Facebook ….

• Common Solutions Group (CSG)– Constant debate whether to deploy locally or

externally

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Externally Hosted• Some Issues:

– Service could be terminated at any time– Back-up facilities?– Charges could be introduced– Limited control– Academic freedoms may be impacted

• Videos may be removed by YouTube

• How real are these risks?

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Internally Hosted• Allows for:

– Single sign-on– Include licensed material– Support and training– Control when updates occur– Maintenance and back up– Integration

• But:– will reduce the choice of available systems

• Risks– Systems may not be kept up to date– Universities may have restrictive usage policy– insufficient number of users to make the services work effectively

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Other stuff

• TeacherTube

• Revver – earn money

• Videoronk – search engine

• PSFights – fights

• Liveleak – leaks media

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

MySpace / Facebook / Second Life

• Can embed YouTube videos in– MySpace, Facebook and other social websites– Any web page

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Video casting

• Can subscribe to video cast

• Desktop / laptop

• Most Ipod, mp3 players support video podcasts

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

References• http://del.icio.us/bias/youtube

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

Contact

Adrian Stevenson

Learning Technology Services

Room B38, Sackville Building

University of Manchester

Sackville St

Manchester M60 1QD

Tel: +44(0)161 306 3109

Email: adrian.stevenson@manchester.ac.uk

16th July 2007Knowing Me Knowing YouTubeCombining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester

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