Embedding Videos & Podcasts in Blackboard
Embedding a video means adding the video and video player onto your Blackboard course page.
Finding online videos | Embedding videos | Copyright restrictions
Finding online videos
Please visit our Online Videos & Podcasts page to learn about free online resources to support your teaching.
Embedding videos
Locate the video or podcast you would like the share. This example uses a cat-tastic YouTube video. (Curious? Click the image below.)
- Find the button offering the option to share the video.
- Click Embed.
- Select and copy the html code (a computer programming language).
- Toggle over to your Blackboard course page. Make sure Edit Mode is ON.
- In the left panel, select Course Materials or whichever content area you would like to add content to.
- Mouseover the Build Content tab and select Item.
- Add a title and, if desired, a description of the video.
- Insert the code that was copied from YouTube. To insert the code, change the text box to read html by clicking the button with sideways carrots.
- Place your cursor at the end of the text. Hit enter.
- Right click your mouse and select Paste.
- You should now see additional html code. Click the sideways carrots button again to return to the normal view of your course page.
- Scroll down and click Submit.
The embedded video player, complete with working video, should be on the screen. Turn your speakers on and test it out!
Copyright restrictions
Videos shared on the Internet (i.e. YouTube): As long as you abide by the copyright restrictions specified on each video, you are permitted to share the link with your students, or even embed the video player into your Blackboard course page. Please acknowledge the source/author of any video to which you link.
Videos converted from DVD/VHS: The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) allows for instructors to electronically share "reasonable and limited portions" of almost any type of work-including video and audio clips. This Act does not authorize an electronic media free-for-all, however. All media shared must be legally-made copies. (Use the Fair Use Checklist created by the Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office to determine if you can share material without obtaining copyright permission.)
Instructors and students must be made aware of and held responsible to abide by all copyright restrictions on the digital files. These restrictions include only showing materials directly related to class content, not retaining copies of the materials after the course has ended, and avoiding unauthorized distribution of the materials. Remember, digital resources have the same copyright protection as do tangible, physical resources. Please contact the Director of Instructional Technology Bob Andersen for more information about including media in your blended delivery courses.
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