The University Judiciary Committee entered the world of new media Aug. 26, launching its own Youtube channel to better educate students about the organization's frequently misunderstood system.\nThe channel is currently home to five videos that range in topics from "Filing a Complaint" to "Judge Information." Each video acts as an instructional video, in which either University students or UJC members learn the steps necessary to navigate through a certain area of UJC's Web site, co-Senior Data Manager Gavin Reddick said. Reddick narrates the five videos, providing a verbal, as well as visual, lesson.\nWhile UJC originally created the videos last year and posted them on its Web site to cover different parts of its online system, Reddick said UJC decided to switch to Youtube after the popular Web site started displaying high definition videos.\nMany of the videos currently found on the channel also act as training materials for support officers and judges, Reddick said.\n"It can help guide members trying to use our online system," UJC Chair Michael Chapman said.\nCo-Senior Data Manger Yiding Li, who also helped put the videos online, said the channel will help the committee make fewer mistakes and decrease the amount of training time for committee members.\nAside from educating committee members, though, Chapman said the real intention of the videos is to reach out to the University community.\n"It's a really innovative idea that I don't think other organizations have pursued yet," Chapman said. "It helps the University as a whole understand what we do and what our processes are."\nFor students unfamiliar with the system, the short two- to three-minute videos may provide a much clearer and user-friendly system than navigating through a Web site.\n"I think that would be way better than reading through tons and tons of pages," fourth-year Engineering student Archie Raval said.\nLi added that the Youtube channel also acts as a way to increase transparency within UJC, so that students not only know how to accomplish tasks, such as filing a complaint on the UJC Web site, but also can view the steps and actions taken by UJC members.\n"Right now, we view the channel as a portal of the UJC, and this can shed more light on how the committee works," Li said. "Currently, there are some complaints that UJC is not as transparent as it should be and with this students can see how it works."\nSome students, however, would still like to see more videos added to the channel that are meant specifically for University students not part of UJC.\n"I would like to see videos that are more personal or exciting to watch," fourth-year College student Jason Duke said.\nAs of now, though, the channel remains in its beginning stages. Committee members hope to add new videos throughout the semester, and Reddick has already said he plans to upload dorm talk videos and other presentations as they become available.\n"We're looking for new ideas as to what to put on there," Chapman said, "It's something we're actively working on."\nStudents can find the channel, "TheUJC," on www.youtube.com.
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