Image Guides: Embedding Video

Jing - Captures whatever happens on your screen and your voice. You'll need a microphone.  Free and easy to use! More about Jing.

Camtasia - Sophisticated movie-making software, with many editing tools.  Camtasia requires a license. Contact WilmU Educational Technology Department for information on how you can request Camtasia.

Screencast-O-Matic - Screencast-o-matic is a Java-based web application used to create screencasts on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. Educators are using screencasts to record lectures, provide demonstrations, present orientations to an online class, tell digital stories, and give feedback on student assignments, among other things.

Why embed when you can just give out a link? 

Clicking on a link takes the user away from your website.  Clicking on an embedded video keeps the user on your website. Hint: It is a good practice to include a link to a video, even if an embedded film link works on your computer. 

Embed a video in Powerpoint 2010 Instructions lead you step by step through the process.

Films on Demand, available through WilmU Library, makes embedding videos easy. Once you find a video you want to embed, copy the code in the "Embed This Video" link, located directly under the video itself.  Open Canvas, navigate to where you want to embed the video, and click on Add a File, then Create a File. In the text box, paste in your embed code.

American History in Video makes it easy to embed their video.  Once you find a video to embed, look towards the top of the page, where there is a link/embed link.  You only need to click on the button that says "copy the embed code." Open Canvas, navigate to where you want to embed the video, and click on Add a File, then Create a File. In the text box, paste in your embed code. 

Keep in mind that if you embed a video in Powerpoint, you must also have a copy of the embedded file in the same folder as the powerpoint file or you'll get an error when you try to play the video.

The easiest way to share videos you've recorded yourself is to upload them on YouTube.   Otherwise, you need to be aware of the file format your video uses, and then to make sure your audience or class knows to have the software to play that video. Examples of video playing software are Flash, Media Player, or Realplayer.  The beauty of YouTube is those videos play for everyone's computer.