How do I embed a video from a computer on a page in Lessons?

Instructors can add an embedded video to a page in Lessons.

The embedded video described here is a video uploaded from the instructor's computer to the page in Lessons. See How do I embed a YouTube video or other web video on a page in Lessons? for directions on embedding a YouTube video.

We discourage the use of this feature. Uploading a video through this feature counts against your site's data storage quota. The video player also provides a poor user experience.

We recommend uploading videos into your course site's Media Gallery (Kaltura) tool and then embedding the video in a rich text section of a page. Videos uploaded to the Media Gallery tool do not count against your site data storage quota.

Go to Lessons.

Select the Title of the page (e.g., Lessons, Activities, Week: 1) from the Tool Menu in your site.

Embed a video.

To embed a video from a computer on a page,

  1. Select Add Content.
  2. Select Embed content on page.

Select the video.

Select Choose Files to select the video.

Open the video.

Locate the video, and select Open.

Note: The Open button may have a slightly different name, depending on your computer's operating system.

Embed the video.

Select Save to embed the video on the page.

Edit an embedded video and/or add a description.

To edit an embedded video, select the pencil (Edit) icon to the right of the video.

Edit and save changes.

Enter the desired changes into the appropriate fields, then select Update Item.