If you are in possession of a video file or have a video file that you have created, such as a lecture or screen recording, there are several options available for sharing this content with your students. The most important thing to remember when sharing this content is that you should NOT upload video files directly to Blackboard.
Important! Video files should never be uploaded directly to a Blackboard course. Blackboard Learn is not a video streaming platform and is not intended to house these files. Uploading video files directly to your course causes performance issues and takes up valuable space on our servers.
Step-by-Step Guide
How to Share a Video to Blackboard
Important! Videos embedded from Microsoft Stream are not functioning as intended. Please share links with students rather than embedding. We will update this guide when the feature is repaired.
- Choose a platform to host your video file, such as Microsoft Stream or YouTube, and upload your video there.
- Choose how you would like to share the video in your course, either via a web link or by embedding the video on a page in your course.
- To share a link to your video, click the Share button on the site where your video is hosted and copy the URL for the video.
- In your Blackboard course, navigate to the content area where you want students to access your video.
- Hover over the Build Content menu and select Web Link.
- Enter a name for the link.
- Paste the link for the video in the URL box.
- Add a description and/or attachments if desired.
- Adjust the Standard Options if desired and click Submit.
- To embed a video in your course, click the Share button where your video is hosted and copy the embed code for the video.
- In your Blackboard course, navigate to the content area where you want students to access your video.
- Hover over the Build Content menu and select Item.
- Enter a name for the item.
- Enter any desired text in the Text box, then select the < > (Source Code) button on the text editor menu.
- Paste the embed code into the pop-up box and click Save. A preview of your video should load in the Text box.
- Add attachments if desired.
- Adjust the Standard Options if desired and click Submit.
- Your video is now available to your students.
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