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7 years 3 months ago #4665 by ScannerDanner
I need advice from my premium subscribers.
I am in the process of re-organizing and in some cases renaming some of my videos. The videos I am referring to are the lecture videos specifically.
My goal for the website for the ScannerDanner Premium tab.
1. Make it more user friendly to follow than the playlists on YouTube
2. Have descriptions that tell you exactly the content in the lecture
3. Have specific playlists for each chapter of my book
4. Have specific pages listed in the title of each video to let you know what pages are being covered

My problems that I need help figuring out
1. My earlier recordings where very much page for page from my book and will be easy to title and describe and organize.
2. I've done re-recordings of the same chapters and pages with other classes but I expanded away from the text book in a lot of circumstances. For example: When I covered my multimeter basics part of chapter 1 the first time, it was exactly from my book. But the second time, I refer to my book some, but expand on the topic by pulling in screen shots from 5 or 6 different video case studies and then talk about the weaknesses or advantages of each part of the multimeter. How do I title these? They still follow the flow of the chapter but are not page for page. I have both versions up on YouTube because there is so much information in both versions. But I don't want the titles to simply say "older" and "newer" because people will only want to watch the newer ones and they will be missing out on so much!

I hope I'm making sense.......

How do I describe the second time around videos? What should the title be? I'm trying to figure out a good flow.
I don't want to use dates. This material is timeless, it doesn't matter if it was recorded in 2013 or 2016.
I don't want to say "basic" and "advanced" or "older" and "newer"
Help! :(

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7 years 3 months ago #4668 by Jackolope56
Maybe call the second time around videos "Technician's Cut" ( kind of like 'Director's Cut') in films?

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7 years 3 months ago #4676 by Noah
I've noticed exactly what you're talking about while going through the premium videos.
That's why I only did the earlier versions first.
For one, it is easier to follow the book with the early material.
And by the time I finished one semester worth of a chapter, it was like beating a dead horse to start all over again on the same topic for a few more hours.
Not that the material is tiresome (far from it), but my brain only works so well for so long, lol!
I think putting dates on everything is always a good idea, but I understand what you're getting at with thinking people will only want to watch the new material...
Maybe you could split it up into two groups.
The earlier material could be in a category for people following in the book. Like online: semester one or something.
Then have a supplemental section,
Online: semester two
That way when you're through the whole book, you can brush up with the expanded material you always put out.
This way, the original playlists would never change.

Just an idea, it might not work in real life, but I like the idea of segregating the original playlists away from the newer stuff. I think it will keep everything cleaner.

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7 years 3 months ago #4677 by Noah
That's clever!

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7 years 3 months ago #4678 by JeffBirt
How about something like 'expanded content', or 'additional content'; "Expanded content which includes highlights of case studies related to this topic."

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7 years 3 months ago - 7 years 3 months ago #4679 by ScannerDanner
What I have so far:

October 26, 2013 (this is the original page for page teachings)
Chapter 1 "Universal Testing Methods" pages 1-8
(link provided)

Topics covered
- where to get service information
- questioning a customer and verifying a complaint
- freeze frame data
- fuel trim
- oxygen sensor signals (rich and lean signals)
- fuel map
- verifying a fix by using fuel trim
- using an oxygen sensor for low power complaints
- lean conditions at idle compared to under load

Related videos (these are the hyperlinks in the book for the pages covered)
- Dirty MAF Sensor Case Study
(link provided)
- How to test for a restricted exhaust (catalytic converter)
(link provided)

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October 1, 2014 (this is the second time around and was originally titled "Week 1 Part 3 the tomato sensor", parts 1 and 2 were basic electrical stuff that I re-titled and moved to a different playlist)
Operation of an oxygen sensor part 1 (Chapter 1 page 4)
(link provided)

Topics covered
- fuel trim (is the engine running rich or lean)
- oxygen sensor operation (does it sense oxygen or fuel?)
- "the tomato sensor" (courtesy of my friends at iATN.net)

Disclaimer:
I am still not an expert on this topic and this is my first time at trying to explain it this way. I am sure some of my assumptions still need to be refined, but this topic will really help explain how an oxygen sensor reacts to a no fuel misfire, compared to an ignition misfire. Also, why a stuck open EGR will not cause a rich condition on a MAF engine.

__________________________________________________________________________________

My dilemma:
You can see that the original recording covered the first 8 pages of chapter 1. The second recording was page 4 (also covered in the original recording) but was done completely different! I never went deep into how the oxygen sensor really works the first time around.
There is a part 2 to this oxygen sensor operation video too, and then half way through the second recording, I go into fuel trim again and cover more pages in the chapter. This adds more of a "how to title this" issue for me.

My questions:
1. How should I title these damn things!

How the original playlist looked:
(original recordings)
Universal Testing Methods Part 1 (2012)
Universal Testing Methods Part 2 (2012)
Universal Testing Methods Part 3 (2012)
etc.

(newer recordings)
Week 1 Part 1
Week 1 Part 2
Week 1 Part 3 "the tomato sensor"
Week 1 Part 4 "fuel trim"

So you see, someone new to the channel is going to look at this and not really know where to start. Then depending on which recordings they start with, they may not watch the other ones and miss a ton of info! (see example above with page 4 and the O2 sensor)

I'm totally pulling my hair out on this! I need to start off with something that really works, so I can follow that pattern all the way through.
My main focus here is to make this as user friendly as possible. For both my students who missed a day of class and need the days lectures, to the on-line "students" who are following along with the flow of the class on their own pace.

I know it will be awesome when I'm done. And everything can be watched and followed right here on my website!

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7 years 3 months ago #4684 by ScannerDanner

JeffBirt wrote: How about something like 'expanded content', or 'additional content'; "Expanded content which includes highlights of case studies related to this topic."


The more I think about it, the more I think this may work. I need to play around with this concept today...

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7 years 3 months ago #4686 by Andy.MacFadyen
What about using the tag line "Revisited" ?

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7 years 3 months ago #4687 by ScannerDanner

Andy.MacFadyen wrote: What about using the tag line "Revisited" ?

That would work for some but a lot of it is not just revisited, it's completely new material.
I have some stuff put together I'll put up here soon to get your opinion on

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7 years 3 months ago #4709 by ScannerDanner
Below is what I've been working on for the last two days. Keep in mind the format will not be the same as here. Once these are on my website, the related videos will be a text type hyperlink and also within the playlist itself, you'll just see the title that will also be a hyperlink.
So far I have one original recording done (Chapter 1 "Universal Testing Methods" pages 1-8) and the rest of them would be the "expanded content" videos. All of the expanded ones used to say "Week 1 Part 1, Week 1 part 2 etc"
What are your thoughts?
I'm super excited about having ALL of the case study videos mentioned in each lecture listed in the related videos section.



October 26, 2013
Chapter 1 "Universal Testing Methods" pages 1-8


Topics covered
- where to get service information
- questioning a customer and verifying a complaint
- freeze frame data
- fuel trim
- oxygen sensor signals (rich and lean signals)
- fuel map
- verifying a fix by using fuel trim
- using an oxygen sensor for low power complaints
- lean conditions at idle compared to under load

Related videos
- Dirty MAF Sensor Case Study

- How to test for a restricted exhaust (catalytic converter)


__________________________________________________________________________

October 1, 2014
Research, wiring diagrams, flow charts suck! (pg 3 expanded content)


Topics covered
- research (do your homework)
- where I get my wiring diagrams
- where to find flow charts
- why we use flow charts as a guide only
- "flow charts suck!"

_____________________________________________________________________
October 1, 2014
Operation of an oxygen sensor part 1 (pg 4 expanded content)


Topics covered
- fuel trim (is the engine running rich or lean)
- oxygen sensor operation (does it sense oxygen or fuel?)
- "the tomato sensor" (courtesy of my friends at iATN.net)

Disclaimer:
I am still not an expert on this topic and this is my first time at trying to explain it this way. I am sure some of my assumptions still need to be refined, but this topic will really help explain how an oxygen sensor reacts to a no fuel misfire, compared to an ignition misfire. Also, why a stuck open EGR will not cause a rich condition on a MAF engine.

Related videos
- Operation of an oxygen sensor part 2 (pg 5 expanded content)

____________________________________________________________________________

October 1, 2014
Operation of an oxygen sensor part 2 (pg 5 expanded content)


Topics covered
- continued operation of the oxygen sensor
- oxygen sensor contamination
- EGR flow effect on the oxygen sensor
- introduction to airflow measurement systems (MAP vs MAF)
- why a MAP engine runs rich with a stuck open EGR
- why a MAF engine runs lean with a stuck open EGR
- STFT and LTFT

Related videos
Operation of an oxygen sensor part 1 (pg 4 expanded content)
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Stuck open EGR on a MAF engine (causing lean conditions)
-

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October 1, 2014
Fuel trim at different loads, O2 at WOT (pg 4-8 expanded content)


Topics covered
- fuel trim at different loads to ID type of lean condition
- oxygen sensor wide open throttle test for low power conditions
- what is a data PID?

Related videos
- Operation of an oxygen sensor part 2 (pg 5 expanded content)

- Dirty MAF Sensor Case Study

- How to test for a restricted exhaust (catalytic converter)

______________________________________________________________________

October 2, 2014
Restricted exhaust and the effects on fuel trim (pg 28 expanded content)


Topics covered
- fuel trim imbalance issues from one plugged catalytic converter on a dual cat system
- exhaust back-pressure testing from multiple locations

Related videos
- How to test for a plugged exhaust (picoscope & psi transducer)

- How to test for a plugged exhaust (picoscope and psi transducer) Part 2

- How to test for a restricted exhaust (catalytic converter)

- Exhaust Backpressure Testing (known bad compared to known good)

_______________________________________________________________________

October 2, 2014
In-cylinder pressure testing for a restricted exhaust (pg 28 expanded content)


Topics covered
- measuring in-cylinder pressure with a Picoscope and pressure transducer to determine an exhaust restriction
- variables that can occur with a dual cat system
- variables that can occur with different exhaust pipe lengths
- other methods of identifying an exhaust restriction

Related videos
- How to test for a plugged exhaust (picoscope & psi transducer)

- How to test for a plugged exhaust (picoscope and psi transducer) Part 2

- 2003 Chevy Avalanche 5.3 Misfire (Part 1)

- 2003 Chevy Avalanche 5 3 Misfire (Part 2)

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7 years 3 months ago #4712 by Noah
Wow, that's gotta be a lot of work adding the links to all the related videos.
It's going to be nice having them all available in the related video section though.
So are you planning on posting up the oldest material first, and then adding the newer expanded content in the related videos section of that post?

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