YouTube – Year in review 2023
Throughout 2023, the University of St Andrews YouTube channel continued to enjoy high engagement from people around the world.
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YouTube – Year in review 2021
Over the last year, the University has posted more video content to the University of St Andrews YouTube channel than ever before. We have relied on it for sharing lectures with those external to the University, for…
Degree conferral ceremonies summer 2021 analytics data
Between Monday 28 June 2021 and Friday 2 July 2021, nine degree conferral ceremony videos were premiered on the University website. Similar to last year, we have been working in an extraordinary operating environment…
Improving video accessibility
Recent updates to the digital pattern library include improved support and guidance for making embedded videos and audio more accessible.
How to film a vlog
A vlog may seem simple to create at first, but there can be a lot of unforeseeable hurdles during production.
Writing a video description for YouTube
Video descriptions can be as valuable as a video title. A video description helps viewers, and YouTube’s algorithm, understand the content of a video.
Summer Graduation 2019 live stream data
Between Monday 24 and Friday 28 June 2019, nine graduation ceremonies were streamed live on the University website. These streams were accessible via YouTube and were embedded on one page of the University website. We…
Why we use YouTube instead of Vimeo
Based on advantages provided by YouTube, we have decided to no longer upload new video content to our Vimeo channel. All new content will be uploaded to the University of St Andrews YouTube channel.
Winter Graduation 2018 live stream data
On Thursday 6 and Friday 7 December 2018, four graduation ceremonies were streamed live on the University website. These streams were accessible via YouTube and were embedded on one page of the University website. We…
Social media image sizes cheat sheet for 2017
Recent studies have found that images used on Twitter double the engagement rate of posts – and this makes a lot of sense. In the world of social media, images stand out in a sea of text. However, image sizes vary…