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Embed a YouTube Video

Embed a YouTube Video

You can either use our pre-formatted Video Block or you can follow the steps below to embed a YouTube video.

Implementation

Get YouTube Embed Code

  1. On a computer, go to the YouTube video you want to embed.
  2. Under the video, click Share
  3. Click Embed.
  4. From the box that appears, copy the HTML code.

Create & Edit a RT Block

  1. In your School or Office Block folder create a new Rich Text (RT) block.
  2. Select Media from the Inset dropdown:
    Media-Insert.png
  3. Select the Embed tab and paste the copied code:
    Media-Embed.png
  4. Edit the pasted code:
    1. Find the text: title="YouTube video player"
    2. Replace "YouTube video player" with the "Title of your video"
    3. Dont forget the quotes ("")
      Note: Failing to do this step flags our 508 compliance checker
  5. Click “OK”
    1. You should see the embedded video in the RT’s Body property
  6. Publish and add the block to a page type.

Notes

  • The size of the video embed is determined by how you choose to display the block. Width will always be 100%, height comes from the videos aspect ratio from YouTube.