1. Outline
Do not start an outline until your video is approved.

2. Outline
If you send me a draft the only feedback I will give you will be to tell you to send me an outline.
Remember: Every sentence in your outline should represent a paragraph. Terms or short phrases can represent sub-points. Your outline should look like an outline.
Important exception: Copy comments that you plan on directly quoting into your outline.

3. Summary
Someone who scans the thumbnails while mousing over the video progress bar should be able to use your summary to reconstruct the video. Check your summary against the video progress bar thumbnails.
Suggestions: List the shots and then group them.

4. Summary
You need to identify the parts of the video. In order to maintain regular lengths for paragraphs, multiple parts might be consolidated into one paragraph or a long part might be divided into multiple paragraphs.
The parts do not correspond to steps in the instructions (for example, the beginning of the video is not a step).

5. Summary
The subjects of the topic sentences should be the video or the name of a character in the video. The subjects of the sentences in this summary should never be “you.” Verbs should not be in the imperative mood (do not give commands in your summary).

6. Summary
“The video begins…” would be an appropriate beginning for your summary.
“After [videomaker] presents the ingredients, she starts…” would be an appropriate transition.

7. Comments Language Use Note: Audience-> Audiences
Audience Member-> Audience Members

8. Comments
Two difficulties: Interpreting comments, viewing comments scientifically.
Interpreting comments: Read comments carefully. Note that many comments contain slang and errors in grammar and usage.
Viewing comments scientifically: Remove your impressions, prejudices, and desires before analyzing data.
I am testing your ability to represent other people’s opinions.

9. Comments Suggested method: Read around 100 comments.
To get a relatively random sample, read the most recent comments, not the top comments.
Identify categories for comments. The most important categories: people who have tried the video, people who have questions.
Copy whole comments into a separate document. Make sure you include the YouTube name of the commenter for each comment.

10. Comments Suggested method:
As you read the comments you will probably realize that you will have to add categories. Add categories so that you accurately represent the contents of the comments section.