7.4. Adding a Video to a Course#

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.

7.4.1. Add a Video to an MITx Online Course#

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 Copy the Video ID.

  • The transcript for your video.

7.4.1.1. Copy the Video ID#

To copy the video ID, follow these steps.

  1. Open the course in Studio.

  2. On the Content menu, select Videos.

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

  4. 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 download a report of all uploaded videos. The report includes the video ID for every uploaded file.

7.4.1.2. Add a Video Component#

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

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Optionally, you can set more options for the video. For a description of each option, see Set Video Settings.

  5. Select Save to save the video component.