Share a tutorial, or host a live build-along

Found a video that taught you something, or made one yourself? Submit it and, once our team has checked it, it joins Build Tutorials for everyone. A build-along goes further: you build live while others follow, and the recording becomes a tutorial afterwards.

Before you start

Submit a tutorial

1. Open the form

   On Build Tutorials, press Submit a tutorial (it's on My submissions too).

2. Paste the link

   Paste it into Video link and press Preview. The video's picture and title show under it, so you know it's the right one.

3. Say what it is

   Choose a Category and, if you like, a Skill level (optional).

4. Tick what it teaches

   What it teaches (optional) — EVA foam, Sewing, Wigs and the rest. Pieces on a build that take those skills list the tutorial, so this is how it reaches the people who need it.

5. Add a title and a reason

   Title (optional — we use the video's title otherwise) and Why it's useful (optional): what it shows, and who it's for.

6. Send it

   Press Submit for review.

Follow it through review

My submissions lists everything you've sent, each with its status: Draft, Waiting for review, Published or Not accepted.

1. Read why

   A video that wasn't accepted shows the reviewer's note after Why:.

2. Fix it and send it back

   Press Edit and send it back ›, change what the note asks, and press Send back for review. It reads Thanks — your tutorial is back in the review queue.

Host a build-along

1. Open the form

   On Build Tutorials, press Host a build-along. It's an online session: free, with RSVPs, and on the calendar of everyone who joins.

2. Name it and set the time

   A Title (3 to 120 characters), When, and How long — 30 minutes up to 4 hours.

3. Say what it teaches

   Pick the skill under What it teaches.

4. Set the seats

   Seats is how many can RSVP, from 1 to 64.

5. Say where to watch

   Where to watch (link) — a Twitch or YouTube Live link. It shows on the Tutorials page and the session page.

6. Describe it and schedule

   Fill in What you'll build and press Schedule it.

Turn the recording into a tutorial

1. Submit the recording

   After the session, submit its recording as above, like any other tutorial.

2. Link it

   On My submissions, find the session under Your build-alongs, pick the video in Choose its recording…, and press Link recording.

If something's off

“That link isn't supported — paste a YouTube or Vimeo URL.”

Only YouTube and Vimeo videos can be submitted. Copy the video's own page address, not a playlist or channel.

“Couldn't reach the video provider. Try again.”

The preview couldn't load. Check the link and press Preview again.

“Pick a date and time.”

When needs both a date and a time.

I changed what it teaches when I sent it back, and nothing changed

When you send a video back, the boxes under What it teaches (optional) start empty and what you tick there isn't saved. The video keeps the skills it was first sent with; the reviewer can change them.