TRIO Live 2 Instructions

To Create, Upload, and Submit your video, follow the steps below.

1. Review the Rules

2. Create Your Video

Use the Resources tab above to help you plan, capture (using a PocketMedia device), and edit a 60 second Public Service Announcement (PSA)-type production that informs viewers about TRIO or tells a story about TRIO that conveys its impact on a student or students.

3. Upload Your Video to YouTube

You will need a YouTube account to submit a video. To learn how you can easily obtain a YouTube account, see our YouTube registration tutorial. NOTE: If an eligible TRIO student is under 13, a TRIO Staff member will have to upload the student's video to YouTube. The student, however, should complete the Registration and Submission process (Step 4 below).

To be eligible for People's Choice Awards, videos must allow ratings and be tagged with the "uwtriolive2" keyword. If you are concerned about receiving some negative or other unfortunate comments, you may turn off comments. To learn how to add tags to new and existing videos or change comment settings, see our YouTube settings page.

Note that accounts and submissions are governed by YouTube's Community Guidelines. * You will need to know the URL of your YouTube video entry in order to submit your video to the competition.

4. Registration and Submission of Video to the Competition

To enter this competition you will need to register as either TRIO Staff, TRIO Student, or TRIO Alumni, validate your email address, and fill out the entry submission form. If you already have an existing account with UW TRIO Training, you may use that account instead of creating a new one.

Note that once you have uploaded your video, you cannot return to edit it without YouTube creating a new URL for your edited work. Judges will only look at the URL submitted on your entry submission form.

5. Entry Deadline

Note that submissions are due by April 30, 2010 at 8 PM Pacific Standard Time.

6. People's Choice Judging

All TRIO students, staff, and TRIO supporters are encouraged to view and rate all TRIO Live 2: I Am TRIO submissions.