How to Make a Video Album on Facebook

One of the best features of the most popular social media site today, which is Facebook, is its video sharing feature. Through Facebook videos, you can easily share you interests and likes to the people in your network that can somehow affect their mood. Facebook videos also keep your family and friends updated to what’s going on with you, with the society, and with everything that is featured on the video.

Videos that are uploaded in Facebook will be uploaded to a special album under Facebook photo albums; this allows users to access all of the uploaded videos from one location, instead of needing to browse back in time through Timeline and look for them. So, to be able to know how you can do this, read on this article.

• Part 1: Where Is the Video Album on Facebook
• Part 2: How to Make a Video Album on Facebook 

Part 1: Where Is the Video Album on Facebook

Some people, especially those new to Facebook are having a problem of finding where the videos were uploaded. Though, embedded videos from YouTube or other video sites can’t be seen on albums but only on Timeline, the ones that were uploaded directly to Facebook can be seen in one destination. And to know how, here is the step-by-step instruction to find it:

Step 1 Sign in your account

If you don’t have an account yet, you can easily sign up on the website for free, just go to www.facebook.com, and on the right side of the page, there is a form that you should fill up to be a member. But if you have an account already, just fill in your email address or username and your password and click on the login button.

Step 2 Go To Your Timeline

After logging in or signing up, you will be directed to your Facebook Home, the next thing you need to do is to go to your own Timeline. You can do this by clicking your name. From your Facebook Home, you will see your name on both sides of the page, on the left you will see your full registered name and on the right upper side you will see your first name. You can click either of the two, they both direct to your Timeline.

Step 3 Go to Photos

Just click the Photos on your Timeline, it is very easy to see, it’s located on the panel above the Status Update box.

Step 4 Go to Albums

When you click on the Photos, you will be directed to Photos of You where you can see the photos you have uploaded. It is sort by time of upload. Just click on Album where you can see on the same line as Photos of You.

Step 5 The Video Album

And there you will see the Video album. It is always the first album on the lists, next to the Create Album button. No matter how old the videos uploaded there were and no matter how many Photo albums you make, the Video album will always be on the first album, so you are not going to have difficulty on finding it and watching the videos uploaded on your Timeline.

Tip: If you want to watch the videos uploaded by your Facebook friends, all you have to do is click on their names to see their Timeline, and then follow the steps from 3 to 5.

Part 2: How to Make a Video Album on Facebook

Some people who haven’t uploaded any videos on Facebook yet usually have the same question, “How to make a video album on Facebook?” Well, good news, because Facebook has made it easier to do this! Actually, it is less complicated to make a Video album than to make Photo albums. Why? It is because you can’t make multiple Video albums on Facebook. Once you upload a video, it will automatically go to a special album specifically for videos. It is only possible to have this when you upload at least one video to your Timeline, and to teach you how to do that, here is the step-by-step procedure you need to follow:

Step 1 Go to Your Timeline

Just the same as the above step 1. You only need to click your name so as to go to your timeline.

Step 2 Go to Photos

Just click the Photos above the Status Update box and go to Photos.

Step 3 Click on Add Video

Click Add Video button is located on the upper right side of the page next to Create an Album button.

Step 4 Upload a Video

Choose any video you want to upload. Uploading should only take few minutes. The download speed always depends on the size of the file you are trying to upload and the speed of your internet connection.

Step 5 Add Details

This is optional. While waiting for the download to be done, you can put in details on the video that you are trying to upload. This includes Title, Description, and the Location of where the video was taken.

Step 6 The Album Was Created

When the upload is finished, you will see that an album was added to your Facebook. This is always located first on the lists of albums with a special camera icon. No matter how old the videos uploaded there were and no matter how many Photo albums you make, the Video album will always be the first album, so you are not going to have difficulty on finding it and watching the videos uploaded on your Timeline.

Video of special events or memories are ideal for sharing on Facebook. But sharing these moments through video sharing on Facebook has been less than perfect because these significant videos vanishing down the Timeline with less significant Facebook updates, and that’s why Video Album is very important; you don’t have to go back through Timeline again and scroll for hours just to find what video you are looking for. These personal videos are still just as important and worth sharing to everyone in your Facebook list.

More than any photos or status updates, video sharing is an ideal way to share with your experiences and real emotion during those special moments, may it be your first time to drive a car, your last birthday party, the prank you made on your best friend, or the first word your baby has ever uttered.