How do I link to a YouTube video in a content page?
In this tutorial you will learn how to link to a YouTube video in a Canvas content page.
Find your content page
Open the Canvas page where you would like to add your link and click 'Edit' in the top right corner.
Decide how you want your link to appear
The text for your link can be the link itself or any text you'd like.
Option #1 (Link text)
Paste your link
Paste the link into the text area following your description.
- For Windows users: right-click in the text area and select paste or use keyboard shortcut <ctrl>+v
- For Mac users: right-click (<ctrl>-click) the text area and select paste or use keyboard shortcut <cmd>+v
Edit hyperlink options
Highlight the link text and click on the chain symbol to edit the hyperlink options.
Paste the link again into the textbox then click the checkbox to 'Disable inline previews for this link'.
Finally, click 'Insert Link'.
Option #2 (Alternate text)
Enter your alternate text
Type the text that you would like to make a link and highlight it.
Edit hyperlink options
Click on the chain symbol to edit the hyperlink options.
Paste the link into the textbox then click the checkbox to 'Disable inline previews for this link'.
- For Windows users: right-click in the textbox and select paste or use keyboard shortcut <ctrl>+v
- For Mac users: right-click (<ctrl>-click) the textbox and select paste or use keyboard shortcut <cmd>+v
Finally, click 'Insert Link'.
