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Forums - Adding a YouTube Video to a Forum discussion

by Matt Litchford - Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 10:06 AM
 

This tutorial shows you how to add a YouTube video to an assignment submission.

Please note: To do this, your instructor must set the submission settings on the assignment to allow for a video submission.

Adding a YouTube Video to a Forum discussion

Step 1

Navigate to the forum in the course and click on the name of the assignment. On the resulting screen, click Add Discussion topic.

  Add Discussion Button

Step 2

On the resulting screen, under Online text, click on the Yuja Video icon in the text editor bar.

  Yuja Icon

 

Step 3

The media chooser will pop up. If you haven’t already added the video to your Yuja library, select Upload Media.

 

Select the URL tab and then the YouTube tab.

  Media Chooser

 

Step 4

Copy and paste the YouTube URL address into the YouTube Link field.

  Upload Media Area

 

Step 5

After inputting the link a warning will appear asking to confirm that using an outside video will limit some Yuja features. Select Yes to use the video.

  Embed Confirmation

Step 6

Once you title the video, you can add a description and tags if you would like.

 

When done entering information select Start Upload.

  Tags Text Box

Step 7

The media chooser will pop up again, showing your recent upload as the first video in the list. Select the video and click Insert Content to finish the embed.

  Media Chooser

Step 8

The video will appear embedded in the text box of the forum.

 

When you have adjusted any other settings required, select Save Changes and then Submit.  

  Embeded YouTube video


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