How do I embed media from an external source in the Rich Content Editor?

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You can use the Rich Content Editor to embed video and audio media from external resources. It is your responsibility to ensure your content is secure before you embed it in Canvas.

Several Canvas features support the Rich Content Editor, including Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, and Quizzes.

Notes:

• YouTube videos added to Canvas may display ads. For more information, visit the YouTube Player for Education FAQs resource document.
• If the YouTube Content Overlay feature option is enabled at your institution, an overlay message displays in Canvas for YouTube videos not hosted in Canvas Studio. This is to alert viewers that ads may appear. The message displays in the browser before the video plays. Instructure is not associated with these ads; they are managed by YouTube.

00:07: How do I embed media from an external Source in the rich content editor? 00:12: Open the rich content editor when creating or editing an announcement assignment 00:16: discussion page quiz or syllabus. 00:21: To embed media from the toolbar click the embed icon. 00:24: To view the embed icon. You may have to click the options icon. 00:30: You can also embed media using the menu bar in the rich content editor. 00:34: The menu bar displays the title of Rich content editor tools and may be preferable 00:38: for those using keyboard navigation. To embed media using the 00:42: menu bar click the insert menu and select the embed option. 00:48: Paste the code in the embed code field then click the submit button. 00:53: Preview your embedded media in the rich content editor. 00:57: Click the reply or save button. 01:00: View the content created in the rich content editor. 01:04: This guide covered how to embed media from an external Source in the rich content 01:08: editor.

Open Rich Content Editor

Open the Rich Content Editor using one of the Canvas features which support the Editor.

Note: The Rich Content Editor supports keyboard shortcuts. To view the Keyboard Shortcuts menu, click the Keyboard icon or press ALT+F8 (PC keyboard) or Option+F8 (Mac keyboard).

Open Embed Tool from Toolbar

To embed media from the toolbar, click the Embed icon [1].

If the icon is not visible, click the Options icon [2].

Open Embed Tool from Menubar

You can also embed media using the menubar in the Rich Content Editor. The menubar displays the title of Rich Content Editor tools and may be preferable for those using keyboard navigation.

To embed media using the menubar, click the Insert menu [1] and select the Embed option [2].

Embed Media

Paste the code in the Embed Code field [1]. Then, click the Submit button [2].

Preview Embedded Media

Preview your embedded media in the Rich Content Editor.

Save Changes

Click the Save button.

Note: When using the Rich Content Editor in Discussions, the Save button may appear as the Reply button.

View Content

View the content created in the Rich Content Editor.