# Uploading videos With a standard (free) account, videos uploaded to YouTube cannot exceed 20 gigs in size or 15 minutes in duration. 1. Connect to your class folder using a [JAMS Lab](https://jjloomis.gitbooks.io/file-and-folder-management/content/connecting-in-jams-lab.html) or [CCL](https://jjloomis.gitbooks.io/file-and-folder-management/content/connecting-in-campus-computer-lab.html) Mac. 2. In YouTube, click the **Upload** button (up arrow in upper-right.) 3. In your class folder, [navigate to and select](https://jjloomis.gitbooks.io/file-and-folder-management/content/navigating-folder-tree.html) your [exported MP4](https://jjloomis.gitbooks.io/adobe-premiere-basic-video-editing/content/exporting-an-mov.html) video file. Click and drag the video file into the Select files to upload area in the browser. Your video will be processed by YouTube (this may take a few minutes.) 4. As your video is being processed, give it a new (relevant) name. Enter a desciption and add tags. 5. Click the **Advanced settings** tab. In the Comments area, deselect Allow comments. 6. When finished, click **Publish**. YouTube will display a direct link to your video. Follow the link to view your video. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://jjloomis.gitbook.io/youtube-account-basics/uploading-videos.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.