Embedding a Video into Moodle

Owned by Justin Aakre
Last updated: May 04, 2022
2 min read

Summary

Embedding a video into Moodle is a great way to share a video in the course. Students do not need to navigate away from the course to access the video and are less prone to getting distracted. Embedded videos can be included in many activities; the most common form is in a Page activity

Instructions

Media

To embed a video into Moodle, you will need to copy the embed code. You can copy the embed code by navigating to the media (commonly Youtube), clicking share, clicking embed, and copying the code.

Moodle

To add an embedded video to Moodle:

Turn editing on.

Add a new activity or edit a current one. The most common option for embedding videos is the Page activity.

In the content section of the activity, choose the down arrow and the Edit HTML icon (outlined in green).

Remove the current HTML formatting.   

Paste the embed code.

Save.