How to animate transparency (beginner)?

I’ve created a Material with alpha=.5 so it is semi=transparent. But how do I assign it to a selected object? And then how do I make keyframes that specify transparency (alpha) for tweening? I want to make an object gradually appear, both in the 3d view and in rendered output. Blender 2.79b.

I should have asked before if you are using blender 2.8. If not, let me know

Assigning material part:

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Blender 2.79b. I can’t tell what is happening in these videos, sorry. Please someone answer my original question in words, thanks.

I’ll make a vid on this for 2.79 in an hour or two.

I get an error message:
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PLEASE, can someone else help me?

Go to this channel and there you can see the video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLrG8S1DAsQ1UyFFekhllQ

Sorry about that David I had no idea that link wouldn’t work, my fault. But yeah you should see it as the first vid on Benny’s link.

I left my comments about your video at the comments for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyf0NDa3zgE . I could not follow the video. If you want to help further, please choose which comments to use and I will reply there.

I think I need something simpler: just show how to make the cube transparent and what to click to make a keyframe. That’s all I really need. The rest confuses me!