Hey, everyone! In this post I’m going to be including a screencast tutorial that walks you through the process of writing a blog post. If you saw my previous post, it will essentially be all those details demonstrated through a video because it can be confusing to follow along without any direct visuals. That way you can watch the video to get a feel for the process and if you ever want to revisit a brief summary, you can just check out the written post. Hopefully, that will be helpful for those of you starting a blog and confused about how to go about writing posts.
Completing the screencast was pretty tedious considering you had to restart if you ever messed up, which I did. A lot. But the more I did it, the easier it got and the more comfortable I became, especially considering how awkward I felt about having to listen to my voice over and over again. But overall, it was an interesting and enlightening experience because I never thought I would be able to put together a video such as this. If you ever wish to do something similar, definitely check out https://screencast-o-matic.com/ because it’s easy to use and a great way to create a screencast.
Typically, users who are looking for tutorials, tips, or how-to’s on the subject of blogging would be able to find my video based on simple keyword searches. In Wolf’s article, she mentions YouTube’s algorithm which sorts videos based on relevance, and one way for users to find videos is to search by keywords or phrases (2016). For my video, it could be anywhere along the lines of “blogging tips” or “blog post help” or some variation of the sort. YouTube’s algorithm also creates a “filter bubble” which gives customized recommendations to users based on their searches (Wolf, 2016). This could also help users in locating my video if they are searching for blogging tips as it could appear in their suggestions. As Wolf found in her study, users enjoy video tutorials over other sources, such as books, because they like being able to see the entire process and relating to the informant behind the video (2016). For this reason, I believe users will enjoy my video because it provides a visual walkthrough where they are able to see exactly what buttons I click, how I format a post, and what pages to go on, as opposed to reading an article that lists the process with limited visuals that may not be helpful to the user.
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Youtube-website-page-layout by JuralMin from https://pixabay.com/en/youtube-website-page-layout-1684601/ (CC0 Creative Commons)
References:
Wolf, Christine T. (2016) “DIY Videos on YouTube: Identity and possibility in the age of algorithms.” First Monday. http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6787/5517
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