You can embed YouTube videos in many places you’re able to enter text on Scholar.  There are two ways to do so: searching for a YouTube video and embedding into another type of content, or manually linking a video that you've already located on YouTube.

Searching for Videos with Add Content

You can start the embedding process by choosing the Add Content button in the content editor. There, click the YouTube Video option. 

You will then come to a window allowing you to search for a video. Type in the name or keywords you have in mind, and click Search to start the search.

A number of choices will be displayed.  To choose one, click Select next to the video you’d like to view. 

This will bring you to a space where you can preview the video, as well as select some settings for how the video will be displayed in the content it is being embedded into. Note: Some YouTube videos do not allow for inline play, and will need to be opened inside the YouTube platform in order to play it. When this is the case, Scholar will alter the embed to indicate such.

Once you’ve set that option, you can scroll down to the bottom.  Click Insert to embed the video into your content. 

Placing Video Links within Content

If you already know the URL for the YouTube Video you wish to embed, you can add it directly to the content yourself. When selecting the Add Content button, click Media instead of YouTube Video. 

A window will then open allowing you to Paste the URL as well as a description of the video being linked. 



When you have provided all the needed information, click "Insert". This will embed the video into your content. (Note: If the video in question has settings that prevent embedding, these features will only provide a link instead.) 

Linking Videos Directly

Sometimes you may not be able to use the Mashup search to add the video.  You may be sharing one of your own unlisted videos, a video published with settings that prevent embedding, or you may just find it more convenient since you've already located the video that you want.  If this is the case, you can directly link the video.

First, find the video on YouTube, and copy the URL at the top of the browser. 

Return to Scholar and select the Add Content button at the top of the Course Content feed. Select Create. 

Select Link from the list of options, and paste the copied URL into the space provided. 

Click Submit, and the link will be added to Scholar. Note that this method does not embed the video to be viewed from within Scholar, but links out to the YouTube video's primary location.