How to Create and Manage a YouTube Playlist

The goal of these instructions is to enable you to create and manage a YouTube video playlist. We hope that this tutorial will help students and business professionals to streamline their presentations. Unlike the “My Favorites” option, creating a playlist allows you to isolate a subset of videos and play them in sequence. In order to successfully complete this tutorial, you must have basic knowledge of the internet and the ability to create a YouTube account of your own.

 

Step 1 Finding Videos

a. Begin by logging in to your YouTube account or by creating a new one.
b. Search for a video—this can be done by typing keywords into the white search bar at the top of your screen. For example, “famous baseball moments”.
 

Comments

[lbest7239]

These instructions were very helpful!!! Thank you!!! You might want to consider consolidating the steps a little ( when i was setting up my playlist it was kind of a nuisance to have to click to the next step....when it seemed like some of the steps were part of the same process) The tutorial video was awesome, but just a little out of focus

overall, very easy to follow and understand
i feel very proficient in managing my playlists now : )

[Sephy765]

This was very helpful. Highly appreciated.

[desidavenport]

This was very helpful and thorough. The video was a nice touch, though the audio seemed to be out of sync with the video, but perhaps that's just my computer being weird.

[scm2010]

Video should be fixed now.

[TifaOuka]

It was clear and concise. There wasn't any glaring mistakes that I had noticed. I had no problem following these instructions so good job on that :)

[wifeypoo]

Overall, very well done! There are a couple things that jumped out at me, though:

1) The first time you mention the "downward pointing arrow," (step 2b, I think) maybe give it a name at that point. I know not everyone knows what a "drop down" menu is, but I think it would make things simpler for the rest of the set of instructions for you to define it, as you did, then make it clear what its name is. From then on, every time you mention it, you can just call it what it is, the drop down menu. I notice you call it that later in the instructions without clarifying earlier what that is, exactly.

2) In step 8, the word "gray" is used a few times, however it's not spelled the same every time. In one case, it's spelled, "grey," and in others, it's, "gray." Keep it constant! I guess that's more of a marketing standpoint, but I think it applies here as well.

That's all I've got. Good job!

[MadisonHatley]

I've made a playlist before, as well as taught others. This tutorial went much along the same lines as the method I used. The video on the last slide was a very helpful visual but as other have mentioned, the audio and visual weren't quite together. Thank you so much for such a wonderful tutorial!

[cmostert]

Overall, this tutorial was very instructive and I could tell that the authors really thought out each step carefully and clearly, in order to not leave the reader with any confusion as to what comes next. My only advice would be to relocate step 2a back into step 1, since step 1 generally deals with searching for / finding videos and step 2 deals more with making a playlist. Additionally, the pictures were helpful in guiding the reader to know exactly what his/her screen should look like and where to find the key web-page buttons / links.
Finally, on steps 2b and step 3, I think that it would help to be more specific about what happens when you click "New Playlist" to create the new playlist. For example, specify that the New Playlist button turns into a text field where you can name your playlist.

[purplebeetlewings]

Have used this instructable to build a playlist, it has worked very well. Screenshots on page 6 and 7 are a little small, but everything works as instructed