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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

Embedding Videos


Now that we have created the Video content type, it's time to start sharing some video. Log in using one of the test accounts created earlier. As both the student and teacher role have rights to add video, a test account in either the student or teacher role will suffice.

Embedding from an External Site

Click on the Create Content | Video link, or navigate to node/add/video.

Complete the form as shown in the following screenshot, by filling in the appropriate values for Title, Keywords, Video location, and Body.

Tip

The value you enter in the Video location field will vary on a site by site basis due to differences in how sites store and share video. In most cases, you will be able to enter the URL of the page where the video plays, but in some cases, such as for the Internet Archives, you will need to enter the specific path to the video file. For other sites, you may need to use the provided embed code.

Click the Submit button, and you will see your video, as shown in the following...