[ARCHIVED] Video not appearing in Youtube search to embed in course

[juclark]

I have uploaded a video to my Youtube channel, but when I try to embed it in my course, it does not pop up in the search even when I type the exact name of it. It pops up tons of videos with names not even close to my video name. Having the same issue with Vimeo. When I upload the file directly, the video is so small I can't use it.

[kmeeusen]

Hi  @jclark7  Welcome to the Canvas Community!

I too have had troubles with the Search feature in the Canvas Rich Content Editor. So what I prefer doing is grab the embed code for the video from YouTube, then embed that video by pasting the embed code using the HTML editor in Canvas. It is not hard, but many are scared of the HTML Editor, and so do not try it.

• This is the embed code from a YouTube Video: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aww4HT5g7ig" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
• Navigate to where you want it in Canvas (any place with an Rich Content Editor (RCE) like a Canvas Page,
• Click Edit,
• Click the HTML Editor (It looks like this on the bottom right of the edit screen "</>"
• Paste the embed code where you want it,
• Click Save.

If you play with this, even just a little bit, you can even learn how to paste the code into the middle of a page that already has text, otherwise, simply place it at the top, and type your other text below it. And if you look at the sample I gave you, you can even control the size by editing the height and width numbers in the code (bold in my sample).

Enjoy playing!

Kelley

[sandy951]

This happens when youtube is down or youtube want to remove some sensitive content from their platform explained here. This issue is normally fixed in sometime 

[geraldwarp]

You must ensure the youtube URL contains embed rather watch as the /embed endpoint allows outside requests, whereas the /watch endpoint does not. So just replace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= with https://www.youtube.com/embed/ and of course check for your video's ID.