Getting Started with Amara Community Teams (Demo)

Hey, everyone!

In this video, you'll learn
how to sign up for Amara Community,

so that your friends and followers

can help you subtitle
and translate your videos.

Let's get started.

First, you'll need to
create an Amara account.

If you already have an account,
you can click "Go to Login".

Otherwise, fill out the form
and create a new account.

A confirmation email will be sent to you.

You'll need to verify your email

before you can use some of the features
of your Amara Community team.

Pick a name for your team.

It can match your YouTube channel,
or be something else entirely.

Here, you'll choose the number of seats
and languages for your team.

Each seat is an available space
for a team member.

"Team languages" refers to
the number of languages

your team members can translate
your videos into.

If you're not sure about what you'll need,
start with a small number.

You can always upgrade your plan later.

Next, you'll be taken to the payment page.

Enter your payment details here.

You'll be able to review your plan

before finalizing your purchase
on the next page.

Make sure everything looks good
before you buy.

Keep in mind that your plan
will automatically renew

after three months,

but you can cancel at any time.

Now you're ready to start
customizing your team.

You'll automatically be taken through
a few quick steps to get you started.

The first step is to link
your YouTube channel.

This will allow your team to easily create
and publish subtitles to YouTube.

If all of your YouTube videos are spoken
in the same language, choose that here.

If you speak more than one language
in your videos, leave this blank

and you can manually enter
the video languages later.

You'll be taken outside of Amara
to login to YouTube.

The next step is to choose the languages
you want subtitles created in.

If you want subtitles in the language
your video is spoken,

make sure to include
your channel language here.

Once you set these languages,
you won't be able to change them,

so if you don't know which ones
you want just yet, skip this for now,

and you can always set the rest later.

Your "user language" refers to
the languages you speak

and understand well enough
to create subtitles in.

Make sure to fill this out if you want to
personally contribute to videos on Amara.

Finally, if you have friends or family
that you want on your team,

you can invite them by entering
their email addresses in this box.

If you don't have specific users in mind
for your team, click "Skip for now".

We'll show you how to send
an application link

to your followers instead.

Once you finish the setup steps,
you'll be taken to your Team Dashboard.

Here, you'll be able to see
videos that need subtitles,

recent activity, and navigate
to other management pages.

To see all of your videos,
head to the Videos page.

Once you link your YouTube channel,

any public videos from your channel
will show up here.

They will be imported automatically,

but it may take up to 15 minutes
for them to show up.

If you didn't select a channel language
in the setup steps,

this is where you can specify
what languages your videos are spoken in,

either one at a time or in bulk.

If you skipped any of
the initial setup steps,

you can complete them
from the Settings page.

The Subtitle Languages tab allows you
to choose languages

that your users will be
able to create subtitles in.

Make sure to hit "Save Changes"
to finalize any changes you've made.

Keep in mind that you can't change
or remove a language once you set it,

but if you find you need more languages,

you can use this button
to upgrade your plan.

The YouTube Channel tab is where
you can link your YouTube channel,

if you haven't already.

The channel name will show here
once it's been linked.

The Team Admission tab is where
you can manage how users join your team.

You can choose to either
invite users directly,

or have users apply to be on your team
through your welcome page.

Right click the welcome page link
and select "Copy link address".

Now you can paste the link
to share with your followers.

To manage your incoming applications,
go to the Members page

and click "Review Applications".

Here you'll see how many seats you have
left on your Amara Community team.

You can always upgrade your plan
if you run out of seats.

The Subtitle Workflow tab
allows you to add a review step

in the subtitling process.

When review is enabled,
subtitles won't get published

without a second team member
checking their work.

This can help ensure
that your subtitles are accurate

and safe from spammers and trolls.

If you want to customize
how your team pages look,

you can add a banner and logo
from the Community Description tab.

You can also update any info and messaging
you want displayed for your team.

Now you're all set up and ready
to start managing your team.

Check out the links in the description

to find more resources
about Amara Community teams.

We're excited to help you get started.