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Creating and Exporting Twitch Highlights

A Twitch highlight serves two purposes:

  1. Condensing the broadcast for export to YouTube.
  2. Creating a permanent instance of the broadcast in Twitch to prevent expiration (14 days)

The following procedures outline the creation of a Twitch highlight.

  • First fill out this form to request editor access to Twitch and YouTube.
  • Reach out to Emily Harden and give her your twitch username, and she will give you access to create highlights on Twitch and upload videos on YouTube.

Creating the Highlight

1. Go to the Video Producer for the Techlahoma channel.

Video Producer Dashboard

2. Find the video to be highlighted, and click the Highlight button.

Highlight Button

Setting the Timestamps

1. Find the exact times when the talk itself begins and ends.

  • Exclude the time before the talk (timer/countdown, leader introduction, announcements, etc).
  • You can keep up to 20 seconds of "dead" time at the end of the video.
  • Use your best judgment for any awkward time before the talk begins or during the Q&A.
  • When in doubt, it's better to keep more content. We can always remove more later, but we can never add it back.

2. Set the Start and End timestamps.

  • After setting the timestamps, make sure the yellow preview bar updated correctly.
  • Alternately you can pause the video at the desired start/end point and click the button next to the start/end timestamp fields to set
  • Check the calculated total video length on the left-hand side.

Highlighter Menu

3. Click Publish Highlights.

Editing Highlight Information

Highlight Edit Pane
Highlight Edit Panel

1. Name the highlight using the following format:

Talk Title - Speaker Name: Group Name

  • Remove Highlight: from the beginning of the title.
  • Use the conference or event name if the talk is not for a specific group.
  • The title must be less than 100 characters, or the export to YouTube will fail.

2. Provide a Description:

  • Try to find the event on Meetup.com and use any details provided there.

  • Otherwise, write a short summary or use <Speaker Name> talks about <Talk Title>.

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3. Verify that the category is Science & Technology.

4. Choose or add your own thumbnail (optional).

5. Click Save Changes.

The highlight is now ready for export to YouTube.

Exporting to YouTube

1. Go to the Video Producer for the Techlahoma channel.

2. Find the highlight to be exported, and click Export in the 3 dots menu.

3. Add tags/keywords (optional).

  • Techlahoma
  • The group's name
  • The speaker's name
  • A very clear keyword or set of keywords and phrases, separated by commas and without hashtags (spaces not required after commas), describing the content and how it would be searched. ( Bootstrap, Creating a Portfolio Site )
  • YouTube allows a maximum of 500 characters for Tags, including separators (, or |) and each tag can be a maximum of 30 characters.

YouTube Thumbnail and Tag Dashboard

4. Make sure you set the video to public not private.

5. Do not break the video into segments.

6. Click Start Export. This process can take a while. You can view the upload status if you have access to the techlahoma YouTube channel.

Updating the Video on YouTube

If you have access to Techlahoma's YouTube channel:

  • Set the thumbnail.
  • Add the video to the relevant playlists (group, lightning talks, etc).
  • Change category from Gaming to Science & Technology

Optional Follow-Up

  • Consider messaging the speaker in Slack to send them a link to the video on YouTube and to thank them for speaking.
  • If you have a Twitter account or access to the Twitter account for Techlahoma or the user group, consider tweeting a link and tagging the speaker.