Free Textbooks in Gemini Notebook, Edit Videos into Shorts in YouTube Studio, Google Product Expert Program Channel

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In episode 103 of Tech Topic, Bob explained how to add free textbooks as sources in Gemini Notebook, Peggy shared a new feature in YouTube Studio that lets you turn videos into Shorts, and Nina recommended subscribing to the Google Product Expert Program YouTube channel for Google product tips.


This week's background is a spooky photo of the Des Plaines River by Bob Danley.

Bob Danley: Free Textbook Integration with Gemini Notebook

Bob presented a new Gemini Notebook feature that lets you easily add free textbooks from OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, and other platforms as sources. They cover a wide range of topics in the sciences and humanities.

In your Notebook, open Sources, then click the Textbooks button. Textbooks can be filtered by topic, grade level and country.

Once added as a source, you can use Notebook to create study guides, interactive quizzes, slideshow presentations and more. 

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Peggy Kolm: Create Shorts from your Videos in YouTube Studio

Peggy shared a new tool in YouTube Studio that lets you create Shorts from Podcasts videos. In eligible countries, there are AI-generated suggested Shorts and video outline.

1. In YouTube Studio on the web, open a Video Details page.

2. Select Clips and Shorts from the left menu

3. Click Create Clip or Short, and select New Short

4. Highlight the section of the automatically-generated transcript to turn into a Short. If available, click a suggested Short or segment from the outline and adjust the start and end points. 

5. Click Preview Short. The Short tries to frame the person speaking.

6. Click Captions to customize the caption style.

7. If you are happy with the video, click Create Draft to upload the video to your YouTube channel.

She notes that it's pretty basic, designed for "talking head" videos, and is missing features like transcript editing. 

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Nina Trankova: Subscribe to the Google Product Expert Program YouTube Channel


The Google Product Expert Program YouTube Channel tips playlists.

Nina is traveling to the Google Product Experts Program regional summit in Barcelona, and highlighted the official PE Program YouTube channel. 

She explained how Product Experts answer questions in the help communities, and some create videos addressing specific difficulties users have. The channel has playlists dedicated to tips for specific Google products.

If you are interested in the program, you can start participating. Start with the links below for more details.

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