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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Drupal for Education and E-Learning
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Creating the Video Content Type


When creating the video content type, we will refer to the process outlined in Chapter 3. When creating a content type you will need to:

  1. Create the content type.

  2. Add fields to the content type. In this case, we will add the field that will contain the embedded video.

  3. Assign a taxonomy to the content type: In this case, we will allow the video content type to be organized or described using the Keyword taxonomy.

  4. Assign permissions to the content type: In our example, both the student and teacher role will be assigned permissions over videos.

Step 1: Create the Content Type

Click on the Administer | Content management | Content types link, or navigate to admin/content/types.

Click the Add content type tab.

In the Identification section, use the following values:

  • Name: Video

  • Type: video

  • Description: Embed video in your site.

  • In the Submission form settings section, the Explanation or submission guidelines can be set to:

    <p>If you are embedding video from an...