Getting Started with Blackboard 9.1

Add YouTube Mashup

About Mashups

Now that you have added a lesson folder and an item inside of that folder. You will add a YouTube mashup. A mashup involves integrating two or more tools together. In this case, you will "mash" YouTube with Blackboard.

To learn how to add a mashup, view the short movie below:

Adding a Mashup to Your Course (movie, 3:15)

After completing the activities below, move to the next item for your selected training.

Activity to Complete

Add a YouTube mashup to your New Lesson folder.

  1. Open your New Lesson folder
  2. Click Build Content
  3. Under the Mashups section, select YouTube Video
  4. Search for a video with the search feature
    • Type in search words
    • Click the Go button
  5. You will see a results page with videos that matched the search criteria
  6. Preview videos by selecting the Preview button under the video thumbnail images
  7. Select a video by clicking the Select button under the thumbnail
  8. Optional: make selections from the optional settings
  9. Click the Submit button

You will see your selected video thumbnail and a description at the bottom of your New Lesson folder. You can use the four-headed arrows to the left of the item to drag and drop to a new location in the list of items.

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