Want your lessons to be more exciting? Just add video content to the lesson. It is very easy to do by means of the Video lesson type. While creating or editing lessons it is required to select the Video lesson type and choose one of the available video sources:
HTML (MP4) Source type
HTML (MP4) Source type allows instructors directly upload video files to the lesson.
Lesson settings include the following options for HTML (MP4) Source type:
- Lesson video: By clicking the upload button video file can be selected from Media Gallery. If the video does not exist on the Media Gallery, it is possible to select it from the computer and upload it to the lesson.
- Lesson video poster: The preview image that displays before playing the video.
- Lesson video width: Maximum Video Width.
YouTube Source type
YouTube Source type allows instructors to add videos to the lesson from popular video hosting.
Lesson settings include the following options for YouTube Source type:
- YouTube video URL: The direct URL of the video that can be copied from the Browser address bar:
Vimeo Source type
Vimeo Source type allows instructors to add videos to the lesson from popular video hosting.
Lesson settings include the following options for Vimeo Source type:
- Vimeo video URL: The direct URL of the video that can be copied from the Browser address bar:
External Link Source type
External Link Source type allows instructors to insert direct links to the videos from external sources:
Lesson settings include the following options for External Link Source type:
- External link: The direct URL of the video that ends with an extension of the file: https://site-name.domain/videos/sample.mp4
Embed Source type
Embed Source type allows instructors to embed videos from external sources:
Lesson settings include the following options for Embed Source type:
- Embed iFrame content: The embed code of the video that can be copied from the player or while sharing:
The following code is a sample for embed code:
