.. _Add a Video to a Course:

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Adding a Video to a Course
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To make a video visible in your course, you create a video component in a Unit
in Studio, and then you add information for the video to the video component.

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.. _Add a Video to an edx org Course:

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Add a Video to an MITx Online Course
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For courses on MITx Online, you add the following information to the video
component.

* A display name for the component.
* The video ID that the upload process automatically creates for your video. To
  find the video ID, see :ref:`Copy the Video ID`.
* The transcript for your video.

.. _Copy the Video ID:

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Copy the Video ID
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To copy the video ID, follow these steps.

#. Open the course in Studio.

#. On the **Content** menu, select **Videos**.

#. Locate the video that you want to include in the course.

#. Click on the three dot menu, the select "Copy video ID".  The video ID
   is assigned when you upload a video.

Note that the course team can add a video to their course as soon as the
unique video ID is visible on the **Videos** page. However, for a video to 
play successfully, the status for the file must be “Ready”. Processing 
takes 24 hours to complete for all encodings and all video hosting sites.

You can also :ref:`download a report<Reporting Video Status>` of all uploaded
videos. The report includes the video ID for every uploaded file.

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Add a Video Component
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To add a video and its transcript to an MITx Online course, follow these steps.

#. In Studio, locate the unit that you want, and then select **Video** under
   **Add New Component**.

#. Select the **pencil icon** in the top left hand corner, and enter the name
   that you want learners to see for this video as the Component Display Name.

   This name appears as a heading above the video in the LMS. If you do not enter a display name, the
   platform specifies “Video” for you. Clicking the “Check” icon will save your
   changes, the “X” icon will discard them.

#. Under Video Source, in the **Video ID** field, enter the Video ID, or **Video
   URL** fields, enter the streaming media link, or video file URL.
   
   .. note::
      When you add the video ID, you do not need to add values to the **Video
      URL** or **Fallback Video** fields. The URLs that are associated with the
      video ID override any existing values in other fields.

#. Optionally, you can set more options for the video. For a
   description of each option, see :ref:`Video Settings`.

#. Select **Save** to save the video component.