How do I embed a YouTube video in a Canvas Page and link it in a Module?
All Canvas account holders (instructors / staff / students) can embed a YouTube video into any Canvas text box (Announcements / Pages / Syllabus / Assignments / Discussions / Quizzes). This example demonstrates embedding a YouTube video in a Canvas Page.
Go to Pages
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Add a New Page
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Place your cursor in the Canvas text box and click on the "App" icon (which looks like a small electrical plug)
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Note: if your screen is reduced in size, you may have to click on "More" (3 vertical dots) to locate the "APP" icon
Click YouTube
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This displays the YouTube Search panel
Enter your Search criteria and click Enter
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The displays the results of the YouTube search
To the right of the YouTube Video you want to embed in the Page, click Embed
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This embeds the video and returns the display to the Canvas text box.
Click "Save & Publish"
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This saves the Canvas Page with the embedded video.
Note: The example above is a Canvas Pages text box. YouTube videos can be embedded into any Canvas text box (Announcements / Pages / Syllabus / Assignments / Discussions / Quizzes).
Example:
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To link the Page in a Canvas Module, Go to the Module tool.
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To the right of the name of the Module you want to add the link to the Canvas Page, click "Plus" (+)
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This displays the add item panel
From the dropdown box, select Page
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This displays all of the Pages you have created in the Pages tool
Select the Page that contains the YouTube video then click Add Item
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This displays a link to the Page containing the embedded YouTube video in the Module.
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