Edublogs now allows you to quickly embed videos from most popular video hosting websites using the video’s URL.

Video

Watch the video below to learn how to embed videos using the video’s URL

It’s a simple as:

1.  Copy the video’s URL from your web browser’s address bar while viewing the video.

2.   Paste the video’s URL on a line by itself in the Visual Editor of your post or page.

Troubleshooting

When you add the video URL you need to make sure it is not hyperlinked.  If the URL is blue, as shown in the example below, then it is hyperlinked.

To make it work you need to unlink the video URL by selecting the whole URL and clicking on the Unlink icon on your Visual Editor toolbar.

Here’s what it’ll look like:

This method works for the following video sharing web sites:

  1. YouTube (only public videos)
  2. Vimeo
  3. DailyMotion
  4. Blip.TV
  5. Flickr (both videos and images)
  6. Viddler
  7. Hulu
  8. Qik
  9. Revision3
  10. Google Video
  11. WordPress.tv (VideoPress-type videos)
  12. FunnyOrDie.com

And also works for embeds for the following services:

  1. Scribd
  2. Photobucket
  3. PollDaddy
  4. SmugMug

However, it won’t work for sites like SchoolTube or TeacherTube.

Here’s how to embed from sites like SchoolTube or TeacherTube

1.  Completely write your post including adding title, text, images, tags and categories.

2.  Click on Save Draft, previewed your post and make all necessary edits.

3.  Locate video you want to embed from SchoolTube or TeacherTube.

4.  Copy the embed code for the video

5.  Click on HTML Tab

6.  Paste the embed code for the video into your post where you want it to appear then click Update 

  • Do not change back to the Visual editing mode by clicking on the Visual tab once the embed code is added — this can break the embed code.
  • Close the post in HTML editing mode.  Change back to Visual Editing mode when you write your next post by clicking on the Visual tab.

7.  When you view your blog you should now see the video embedded in your blog post.