Embed Media Hosted Outside VLE
eg This method can be used for media hosted on Vimeo, YouTube, Ted Talks, SlideShare, Issue, SoundCloud, Office 365 Video ETC
- Get the URL for the video from a supported service Vimeo, YouTube, Ted Talks, SlideShare, Issue, SoundCloud, Office 365 Video, Office Mix, or Sway):
- Go to the page on the website where the media is hosted and copy the URL from your browser's location bar.
Note: Do not copy "embed" code, if provided.
- Go to the page on the website where the media is hosted and copy the URL from your browser's location bar.
- In your coursepage, click Turn editing on, and Add/Edit the activity or resource where the embedded media will appear.
- Click in the Editor entry box where you want the video to appear.
- In the Editor toolbar, click the Media button (). The Insert media pop-up will open.
- In the Insert media pop-up:
- For Enter URL, paste the address you copied in step 1.
- Important! For Enter Name, enter a title for the video. The media will not appear unless you complete this step. - Click Insert media. The pop-up will close and you will be returned to the HTML editor.
Note: The embedded video will not display in the HTML Editor—you will see only a link, but after you save, the video will display embedded in your activity or resource. - Important! The link to the media URL must be on it's own line for the embed to work. On your keyboard, press Enter/Return to create a new paragraph.
- Add additional content to your entry (as needed).
- To make video resize to fit the available space on any device (by default video appears at 300 x 400 pixels; this step makes video "responsive"):
In the text entry box, highlight the link you just added, then in the Editor toolbar, click the Style button(paintbrush icon to the right of the insert media button) and select </> Responsive video.
Important! This step must be the last thing you do on a page. If additional content will appear on the page, add additional content before completing this step. - Click Save and display or Update
- Check the content displays correctly on the coursepage.
Last modified: Thursday, 28 March 2019, 9:46 AM