Adding Video
When adding video to a webpage, it is best to embed a video that is hosted externally as opposed to uploading a video file directly to Slate or Clean Slate.
Since YouTube is the most popular choice for sharing video, we will cover the steps needed to embed a YouTube video into your website.
Steps for embedding a video
- Ensure your video has correct captioning
- Click on Share
- Click on Embed
- Select and copy embed code and paste it into desired content area within CleanSlate.
- Within the embed code HTML, add a descriptive title to the iframe and review the guidance on the Web Standards page to remove presentational attributes from the iframe.
Captioning Videos
Any videos with discernible audio must have captions. Please see WVU guidelines on captioning.
Note: YouTube usually provides auto-generated captions but creators are still required to check and correct their video’s captions (things like spelling, capitalizations, etc.).
There are several different options for captioning videos:
- Use a service like Rev (this is what UR usually recommends)
- Edit the captions yourself on YouTube
- Obtain captioning through WVU's Office of Accessibility Services (you can make a request and see what their availability is)