For your Video Blog assignment do the following:

• Open up Photo Booth from Applications on your computer
• Choose the record a movie clip (film strip) icon
• Press the red record button and begin recording
• Choose the stop button to finish recording
• Play the video to preview and trim if necessary
• Trimming can be done by highlighting the sections that you want to hover over
• Scroll over the video in the bottom menu, right click, and select “Reveal in Finder” (leave this window open)

YouTube Uploading and Embedding

• Open up YouTube in your browser and select “Sign In”
• Choose “Upload” on the top right hand side of the page
• Drag and drop your file from the Finder window
• Give your video an appropriate title
• You can make your video Unlisted or Public, but NOT Private, then select “Publish”
• View your video and preview it to confirm its quality
• If you want to make additional changes, select the “Creator Studio” which can be found by hovering over your user avatar.
• The Creator Studio is fairly intuitive and good for improving the lighting in your video
• Select Share < Embed < then copy and paste the embed code.
• In WordPress, enter the “Dashboard”. Use the “Text” viewer, then paste the embed code, and “Publish”