Streaming Video Collections

Linking to a video does not provide a video preview image, but will provide a link to video's web page, where they will be able to watch the video and, where available, also view the video transcript at the same time.

1. From your course site, go to the Content section.
2. From the Build Content menu, select Web Link.
3. Fill in the Name and URL fields, pasting in the link to the video that you copied from the video's web site.
4. Fill in or edit the remaining fields, if appropriate; a description of some kind is always helpful.
5. Click Submit. Students will see something like this:
   
6. Test the link to make sure it can be accessed from off campus.

Embedding a video provides the ability to play the video without leaving the Blackboard site. To view a transcript of the video, however, you would need to visit the video's web site.

1. From your course site, go to the Content section.
2. From the Build Content menu, select Item.
3. Fill in the Name field.
4. From the Text editor tools menu, click on the HTML button:
   
5. Paste the embed code you copied from the video's web site into the text box.
6. Fill in or edit the remaining fields, if appropriate.
7. Click Submit. Students should see something like this:
   
8. Test the video to make sure it can be viewed from off campus. Note that if you are not yet logged in to the library's online resources, you may see the library's login screen and will need to authenticate before you can play the video.