How do I link to a YouTube video in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
If your course has enabled the YouTube LTI, you can also search and select YouTube Videos using the LTI Tool. You can also share a YouTube video in the Rich Content Editor by embedding the video or inserting a link.
Open Rich Content Editor
Open the Rich Content Editor when 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 Apps
![Open Apps](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/852/397/original/34243b34-48f1-4b3b-b1f3-066c9d433a66.png)
You can view a list of external tools from the menubar. Click the Tools link [1]. Navigate to the Apps option [2], then select the View All option [3].
Alternatively, you can view your apps from the toolbar. In the toolbar, click the App icon [4].
Note: To view the App icon, you may have to click the Options icon [5].
View Recently Used Apps
![View Recently Used Apps](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/079/606/original/8ea13709-a6b2-4784-ba17-d317e227161f.png)
If you have previously used an external app from the Rich Content Editor, you can quickly open recently used apps.
To view recently used apps, click the App icon [1]. Then select the app you want to open [2].
To view all apps, click the View All link [3].
Open YouTube
![Open YouTube](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/157/859/original/0c89f9ff-b0ff-4e28-8a37-15c6f228cc7f.png)
Click the YouTube link [1].
You can also filter menu options using the Search field [2].
Note: If the Google link does not display, the LTI may not be enabled in your course. You can still include your file by creating a hyperlink or publishing your Google content to the web and pasting the embed code in the HTML editor.
Search Videos
![Search Videos](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/870/130/original/3e1f4ec1-2b8a-4b03-9964-15f8adf1dc57.png)
Enter a search term in the Search field [1]. Then press Return (Mac) or Enter (PC) on your keyboard.
To view more information about a search option, click the video name [2].
Embed Video
![Embed Video](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/870/144/original/478d11f2-78b4-48a8-adb9-e91aa0d35063.png)
To embed the video in the Rich Content Editor, click the Embed button [1].
To manage the video embed options, click the Embed drop-down menu [2]. You can select to embed a video hyperlink [3], or you can select to embed a small, medium, or large version of the video in the Rich Content Editor [4].
View Embedded Video
![View Embedded Video](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/852/384/original/17334f7b-a9a4-49d5-8d3e-23966f8c0440.png)
View the embedded video in the Rich Content Editor.
Save Changes
![Save Changes](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/878/500/original/536ec9d7-8c6a-4de0-8406-0da288133dfd.png)
Click the Save button to save any changes made in the Rich Content Editor.
Note: When using the Rich Content Editor in Discussions, the Save button may appear as the Post Reply button.
View Content
![View Content](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/870/140/original/becb05ec-bcac-4624-9509-04b903a1c506.png)
To view the embedded video, click the Play icon [1].
To view the linked video in a new browser tab, click the video link [2]. To expand the linked video to view in Canvas, click the Play icon [3].