What's the best way to share videos in Schoology (either from Google Drive, YouTube, or another source)?

When sharing a video that's saved in Google Drive, don't use Add File/Link/External Tool. Instead, use Add Page and embed the video.

Follow these instructions to share videos from online sources such as Google Drive, YouTube and others with your students in the smoothest way way possible on Schoology.

Special thanks to Sandy Smith for helping us identify and address this issue!

Adding a video from Google Drive - video walkthrough

The issue - What not to do

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When sharing a video, the intuitive, but incorrect, way to share the video is to Add File/Link/External Tool. Don't do this!

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If you add the video this way, the video will not play in Schoology.

The Better Way - Adding a Page and Embedding the Video

Instead, go to Add Page.

Click the add content icon, then Image/Media

Click Media

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Switch tabs to your video in Google Drive.

Click the three dots in the top right, then Embed item..

Be sure your video is shared as "Anyone with the link can view" to avoid issues!

Select and copy all the embed code. Be sure to select it all!

Paste the embed code into the Link/Embed field.

Give your page a title. Optionally, add any other text or media to your page, then click Create.

Example Video | Schoology - Google Chrome

Congrats! You now have given your students the easiest way possible to watch your video on Google Drive!

Adding Video from Youtube or another source to Schoology - Video Walkthrough

Adding Video from other sources

For any source, the preferred method will be to find the embed code if at all possible, and add that to a page, rather than simply adding the link.