Blackboard TopicsBlackboard Topics

Video EmbeddingVideo Embeddingfrom YouTubefrom YouTube

Instructional Technology Development – SAC 284Instructional Technology Development – SAC 284itd@depaul.edu – jjanossy@depaul.edu

•www.YouTube.com is a a freely-available video posting web site that contains millions of postings, many potentially useful to illustrate topics with videos a few minutes long

•You can easily “embed” video in Blackboard at no space cost to Blackboard because this still plays directly from YouTube but within your Blackboard course.

•Very easy to do, nothing technical required!

IntroductionIntroduction

1 – Keyword search for content1 – Keyword search for content

2 – Click inside the “Embed” box2 – Click inside the “Embed” box

These extra choices appear when you click in the embed box

3 – Set choices for options, color, size3 – Set choices for options, color, size

4 – Click in box to highlight, Edit Copy4 – Click in box to highlight, Edit Copy

Insert comment, paste code as < > HTMLInsert comment, paste code as < > HTML

Insert comment before clicking < >then put cursor after text and clickthe < >, then Edit Paste

6 – Result as student sees it6 – Result as student sees it

Click arrow to view video

•e-mail ITD@depaul.edu

•Call ITD at 773 325-1094 (x51094)

If you need help…If you need help…

Instructional Technology Development – SAC 284Instructional Technology Development – SAC 284itd@depaul.edu

Blackboard TopicsBlackboard Topics

Video EmbeddingVideo Embeddingfrom YouTubefrom YouTube

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