Embed Video

Barriers of ILIAS

Overlay images cannot be opened using the keyboard and are therefore not accessible to people with visual or motor impairments.

Barriers
  • There are no controls for switching audio descriptions on and off.
  • If a video is embedded as a URL (e.g. from YouTube), existing captions are not displayed. They cannot be added later either.
  • Users cannot adjust the font size or color of captions.

Insert video

  1. Click on the plus sign and select "Insert image/audio/video"
  2. Select your video file or enter the URL of your video to embed it.
  3. Select your video.
  4. Go to "Advanced settings".
  5. If you want to change the size of your video, select "Customized" under Size and enter the desired video size.
  6. For Caption, select "Customized" and enter a title for the video. Click on "Save" and then on "Page" in the menu bar to return to the content page.

Insert video from Videocampus Sachsen

Step-by-step instructions: Using videos from the Videocampus in OPAL

Insert video from YouTube

  1. Open your video in YouTube. Then click on 'Share' below the video.
  2. Select 'Embed' in the 'Share' category.
  3. Copy the displayed code.
  4. Open the page editor in OPAL. Select 'Insert' from the menu bar and then 'Media'.
  5. Go to the category 'Embed'.
  6. Paste the copied code into the text field. You can do this, for example, by right-clicking and pasting. Finally, click on 'Save'.

Here you will find instructions on how to insert videos into PowerPoint according to the operating system.

  1. Menu bar: Insert > Media > Video > "This Device" or "Online Videos"
  2. For online videos, please provide the link.
  1. Menu bar: Insert > Media > Video > "Video from File" or "Online Film"
  2. For online videos, please provide the link.
HTML tags: for own video files: <video>; for videos from external sites: <iframe>

Insert video from file

                  
                      <video controls>
                        <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
                        Your browser does not support the video element.
                      </video>

Insert video via link

                
                    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azvk18PLV9E&ab_channel=BPSBildungsportalSachsenGmbH">
                    Your browser does not support the video element.
                    </iframe>