Adding Videos to Book Pages

Embedding Videos in YouStudy.in pages is very easy and straight forward! At the moment, you can embed videos from the following websites:

  • YouTube
    Accepts URLs like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId
  • Google Video
    Accepts URLs like http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-uN1qUeId
  • Tangle
    Accepts URLs like http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=uN1qUeId
  • DailyMotion
    Accepts URLs like http://www.dailymotion.com/us/featured/video/x59guz_iron-man-addictive-tv-remix_shortfilms
  • Eyespot
    Accepts URLs like http://eyespot.com/share?cmd=permalink&r=0XCzIG2UEx9hoXiEJW07IWpUtT
  • Jumpcut
    Accepts URLs like http://jumpcut.com/view?id=31410FA4169E11DDB25E000423CF385C
  • Revver
    Accepts URLs like http://revver.com/video/856351/the-next-levelwith-nike/
  • Vimeo
    Accepts URLs like http://www.vimeo.com/319782

How to Place Videos:

 

  1. Find videos on the above video sharing websites. When found, Copy the URL of the page. It will be like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId
  2. In YouStudy.In, Go to the book page you want to insert the video in. for example, we will assume
  3. Click on Edit link on the top of the page to edit the book page.
  4. In the editor window, scroll down to where you want the video to appear.
  5. Type video tag and paste the url of the video and close it with ]. When done, it will look like this: video tag
  6. Add a title to the video by typing it in a new line following the video tag. You can align the text to the center if you like.
  7. Click save when done. Enjoy the Video!

Tips:

  1. Make sure that the video is easy to follow, interesting and appropriate to the topic.
  2. Embed the videos in the right location on the page. Insert them after the appropriate text, so that it follows the natural flow of the text and learning.
  3. YouTube URLs contain &featured= etc. Remove them if you can, without damaging the video's ID string.
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