Insert an External Video

You can insert a video to a topic by using the Insert Video icon in the Content Editor toolbar.

Note: This procedure shows you how to insert a YouTube or Vimeo video into a topic. However, you can insert a video form a different service in an analogous way.

Obtain a video link by doing any of the following:

To obtain a link to a YouTube video, do the following:
1. Go to the YouTube video that you want to add to a topic.
  Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Tvur816GU&t=2s.
2. Below the video, click Share and select Embed.
3. Optional: In the window that appears, adjust any additional options like the starting point of your video, player appearance, etc.
4. Copy the video embed link.
  
  Copy https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6Tvur816GU.
To obtain a link to a Vimeo video, do the following:
1. Go to the Vimeo video that you want to add to a topic.
  Go to https://vimeo.com/417314067.
2. Below the video, click Share.
3. Copy the video embed link.

Reference the video in a topic by doing the following:

In the Content Library, double-click a topic.
Place your cursor where you want to insert a video.
In the toolbar, click the Insert Video icon.
In the dialog, do the following:
1. From the Link To drop-down menu, select A URL (External link).
2. In the Link (href) field paste the link to the video that you obtained in 1 or 2.
  Paste https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6Tvur816GU.
3. Click Apply.
Optional: Set the video attributes by selecting the video and clicking the Attributes tab.

Tip:
You can control the size of the video player in the output by setting the width attribute and the height attribute.

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