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== To add videos to your wiki page, you'll need to: ==
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== To add videos to your wiki page, you'll need 3 steps: ==
 
# Upload the video to WPI's streaming server
 
# Upload the video to WPI's streaming server
 
# Obtain the embed code for your video
 
# Obtain the embed code for your video
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=== Uploading to the media server ===
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=== 1) Uploading to the media server ===
[[File:Add_media.png|thumb|left|alt=Adding Media|Adding Media]]
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[[File:Publishing_video.png|thumb|Right|alt=Publishing|3) Publishing]]
[[File:Uploading_video.png|thumb|Right|alt=Uploading|Uploading]]
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[[File:Add_media.png|thumb|left|alt=Adding Media|1) Adding Media]]
[[File:Publishing_video.png|thumb|Right|alt=Publishing|Publishing]]
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[[File:Uploading_video.png|thumb|left|alt=Uploading|2) Uploading]]
* Head on over to https://video.wpi.edu/app/SingleSignOn/default.aspx and log in. (If you go to video.wpi.edu, be sure to click on the "Login from Your Institution" link)
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* Head on over to https://video.wpi.edu/app/SingleSignOn/default.aspx and log in. (If you go to video.wpi.edu, be sure to click on the "Login from Your Institution" link). If the login brings you to a blank page, then it is possible that this class list has not yet been added to the Ensemble server! Please ask your professor to request the addition.
 
* Click the +add button to upload your video to the appropriate library
 
* Click the +add button to upload your video to the appropriate library
 
* Fill in metadata fields (Title, description, etc) and press Continue
 
* Fill in metadata fields (Title, description, etc) and press Continue
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=== Obtaining Embed Code ===
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=== 2) Obtaining Embed Code ===
[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Embed Option|Embed Option]]
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[[File:Share_video.png|thumb|left|alt=Embed Option|Embed Option]]
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[[File:Embed_code.png|thumb|left|alt=Embed Code|Embed Code]]
 
* Navigate to the Media Library where your video is stored
 
* Navigate to the Media Library where your video is stored
 
* Locate the sharing options beneath the preview image thumbnail. See image for the Embed Code option
 
* Locate the sharing options beneath the preview image thumbnail. See image for the Embed Code option
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=== Make a change to your embed code ===
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=== 3) Make a change to your embed code ===
 
Go ahead and past your code into the intended wiki page. Notice how the code starts with '''<iframe id=''' and ends with '''</iframe>'''. Those are iframe "tags"--a kind of markup used for web pages, but not for wikis. Make the following 2 changes:
 
Go ahead and past your code into the intended wiki page. Notice how the code starts with '''<iframe id=''' and ends with '''</iframe>'''. Those are iframe "tags"--a kind of markup used for web pages, but not for wikis. Make the following 2 changes:
 
# Replace '''<iframe id=''' with '''&lt;htmltag tagname="iframe" id='''
 
# Replace '''<iframe id=''' with '''&lt;htmltag tagname="iframe" id='''

Latest revision as of 15:58, 20 January 2016

To add videos to your wiki page, you'll need 3 steps:

  1. Upload the video to WPI's streaming server
  2. Obtain the embed code for your video
  3. Make a small change to the embed code and add to your page

1) Uploading to the media server

Publishing
3) Publishing
Adding Media
1) Adding Media
Uploading
2) Uploading
  • Head on over to https://video.wpi.edu/app/SingleSignOn/default.aspx and log in. (If you go to video.wpi.edu, be sure to click on the "Login from Your Institution" link). If the login brings you to a blank page, then it is possible that this class list has not yet been added to the Ensemble server! Please ask your professor to request the addition.
  • Click the +add button to upload your video to the appropriate library
  • Fill in metadata fields (Title, description, etc) and press Continue
  • Upload your file(s) and click Continue to go to the Publish section
  • Choose any playlists, if applicable, and click Save and Publish

2) Obtaining Embed Code

Embed Option
Embed Option
Embed Code
Embed Code
  • Navigate to the Media Library where your video is stored
  • Locate the sharing options beneath the preview image thumbnail. See image for the Embed Code option
  • Copy the iframe code provided

3) Make a change to your embed code

Go ahead and past your code into the intended wiki page. Notice how the code starts with <iframe id= and ends with </iframe>. Those are iframe "tags"--a kind of markup used for web pages, but not for wikis. Make the following 2 changes:

  1. Replace <iframe id= with <htmltag tagname="iframe" id=
  2. Replace </iframe> with </htmltag>

And you're done!