12 Great Free Video Tutorial Sites

Woopid

Woopid is our first stop for free technology video tutorials. Woopid’s video tutorials cover categories from Windows, Microsoft Office, Mac OS X, Linux and others for hardware and the web. The tutorials are designed both for the beginner and the advanced user. There are some really nice features which makes video instructions easier to manage. Woopid arranges related videos together in Bundles.

 

TutorialVid

This is a video tutorial resource with a huge list of videos arranged in video channels. Though it is a bit heavy with free graphic designing video tutorials, you also get many on web designing (HTML, CSS, and XML) and some on Windows. Mac OS and iTunes also are covered quite well.

For the true blue geek, you have loads of tutorials on application development and C++ programming”¦and more. You can sign-up and create your own playlists. The site also lets you upload your own instructional videos and earn money through AdSense.

 

Video Tutorial Zone

Video Tutorial Zone says it is a “˜Video Professor for Tech Geeks’. The professor is quite knowledgeable over categories ranging from SEO to Office Tools. There are some unique categories that may be sparse on other sites like tutorials on VOIP Telephony and Content Management which covers CMS like Joomla and Drupal.

You can also request a tutorial and also check out the current request list. Looking through the videos, I found that it’s a great place for the geek who knows the basic stuff and wants something more advanced.

 

Tubetorial

As soon as I landed on Tubetorial’s homepage, I was greeted with quite a few WordPress tutorials. The site has a heavy leaning towards web apps and internet marketing videos. The site has a lot of blog style arrangement of free step-by-step video tutorials on internet marketing techniques. In between them, you might find a few on things like mindmapping.

 

TutorialParadise

I wouldn’t recommend TutorialParadise for its interface. It’s very ad-heavy. But here’s the good word on the tutorials. There are lots of them around lots of categories. You have a few hacking tutorials too. The other categories are Program Tutorials (graphic applications),Language Tutorials, OS Tutorials, and Database Tutorials.

Some of the tutorials come with source files which makes it easier to learn the step by steps. The site allows you to make a bit of money by submitting tutorials and they also have some competitions running.

 

Adobe TV

It’s straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak. If you are a user of Adobe products, then you should have Adobe TV bookmarked. It brings you the absolute best from the Adobe community. Also, there’s the advantage of getting the latest uses of the latest products. Videos are updated daily. Many videos are presented as features. Take a dekko at the number of channels and you realize the learning that’s there for free. For young learners, I can recommend the one that says Students & Educators.

 

WordPress TV

It’s the video learning channel for those who work with the WordPress platform. Videos cover interesting tips, tricks and developments that are floating around the WordPress universe. The videos are in two languages ““ English and French. A lot of the videos also cover WordCamp, which is the WordPress meet-up.

 

CBT Cafe

When we are on graphic and web design, let’s also visit the Computer Based Training Café. The site gives you free online lessons on Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Cleaner, QuickTime, Ebay, and PowerPoint. I am not sure about the number of video tutorials because the tutorials come bunched together with the HTML tutorials. Video tutorials have a QuickTime link.

 

Got My Idea

Got My Idea is a category-rich video tutorial knowledge bank. You also get video tutorials on Wii, Xbox, and iPod, amongst others. Most of the videos lessons are sourced from YouTube but the site saves you the trouble of searching them out by putting it all in one central repository.

 

Showmedo

Showmedo is a peer-produced video-tutorials and screencasts site for free and open-source software. Many tutorials are presented as series of episodes. The focus of the site is on how to use open source software. For example, this is the place you can land if you want to learn something on Inkscape or GIMP.

 

Go To And Learn

The site is about Flash and ActionScript tutorials. It will be a waste of time for someone who isn’t interested in either. But for the person who is into Flash programming this site is a good resource because it offers two things ““ free downloadable video tutorials and lesson files for download (at least some of them).

 

Best Tech Videos

The user driven social content website has 9675 videos on all things tech related. The collection of videos arranged in multifaceted categories makes it a great resource for not only learners but also for other varieties of IT workers. For instance, you have videos on Conferences held, IT best practices, and lectures on sub-disciplines line math and science.

 

 

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