Canvas @ Tufts

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How do I embed a Media Gallery Playlist in a Canvas text-editing window?

Instructors and TAs can embed a Media Gallery Playlist in any Canvas text box, including in Announcements, Pages, Syllabus, Assignments, and Discussions.

Note: Students cannot embed a Media Gallery Playlist in a Canvas text box as they do not have permission to create a Media Gallery Playlist. Students can, however, embed any of the videos they upload to their My Media in a Canvas text-editing window.

See: How do I embed a video from My Media in a Canvas text-editing window?

First, Create a Media Gallery Playlist

See: How do I create a playlist of videos in the Media Gallery tool?

You will see the Edit Media Gallery Page. Click "Playlists"

You will see the playlists that have been created in the Media Gallery for the course

Scroll to the playlist you want and click "Embed"

You will see the embed code for the playlist

Choose a layout

Select the entire embed code, and copy it to your computer's clipboard (Command-C on a Mac, or CTRL-C on a Windows PC)

, then click Cancel

In Canvas, navigate to the item (Discussion, Assignment, etc.) where you wish to embed the playlist. Add a title

Click "HTML Editor"

You will see an HTML editing window

Into this window paste the playlist embed code (Command-C on a Mac or CTRL-C on a Windows PC)

Click "Rich Content Editor" to return to the regular text-editing window. You will see the playlist embedded

Be sure to scroll down and click "Save & Publish" or "Save"

Note: The example used above is a Page created with the Canvas Pages tool. You can embed a Media Gallery Playlist in any tool that uses the Canvas rich-text editing window, including: Announcements, Syllabus, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, and Quizzes.