Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Embedding a YouTube Video in Blackboard
So you've found the perfect YouTube video and you want to link to it in your Blackboard course? Easy as pie.
You actually have several options. You can always just link to the video using the url YouTube provides. Either copy the url from the browser's address bar or copy the url from the box to the right of the video. Paste the link into Blackboard using the "External link" button. You can have the link open in a new window or not. One advantage of linking is that students will have access to the rating and comments section so they can see what others' think about the video.
If you don't want or need the comments and ratings, you can embed the video in Blackboard directly. Once you've found your video in YouTube, select all the text within the "Embed" box to the right of the video (use ctrl-A on a PC or apple-A on a mac). Then copy it. In Blackboard, navigate to the section where you want to include the video. Choose "Add Item." Name your item. In the text box, click on the brackets to switch to html mode (<>). Paste the html code you just copied from YouTube (ctrl-v or apple-v). Then hit submit. You're done! Here's what it would look like:
You actually have several options. You can always just link to the video using the url YouTube provides. Either copy the url from the browser's address bar or copy the url from the box to the right of the video. Paste the link into Blackboard using the "External link" button. You can have the link open in a new window or not. One advantage of linking is that students will have access to the rating and comments section so they can see what others' think about the video.
If you don't want or need the comments and ratings, you can embed the video in Blackboard directly. Once you've found your video in YouTube, select all the text within the "Embed" box to the right of the video (use ctrl-A on a PC or apple-A on a mac). Then copy it. In Blackboard, navigate to the section where you want to include the video. Choose "Add Item." Name your item. In the text box, click on the brackets to switch to html mode (<>). Paste the html code you just copied from YouTube (ctrl-v or apple-v). Then hit submit. You're done! Here's what it would look like:
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Great article! I am now embedding videos on my home page. I just wanted to post a handy little tool i found:
http://downloadandsaveyoutubevideos.info/
It allows you to download and save movies from youtube using a proxy. I am in the military and unable to access youtube do to security concerns. I use google to search for funny videos, or have them emailed to me from my friends back home and then enter the URL of the video I wish download.
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http://downloadandsaveyoutubevideos.info/
It allows you to download and save movies from youtube using a proxy. I am in the military and unable to access youtube do to security concerns. I use google to search for funny videos, or have them emailed to me from my friends back home and then enter the URL of the video I wish download.
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