When building interactive videos in WeVideo, users can import videos from YouTube and Vimeo, add interactions, and assign the created interactive videos to learners through WeVideo Classes or WeVideo LTI integration. Please see this article for more information on creating interactive videos in WeVideo with YouTube and Vimeo.
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Launch the interactive video editor
The interactive video editor can be launched from both the Multimedia Creation and Interactivity spaces.
From the Multimedia Creation space, go to the Interactive Videos page and click Create Interactive Video.
From the Interactivity space, go to the Interactive Videos page and click Create New Interactive Video.
Import Video
Search for YouTube or Vimeo videos in the editor
Select the YouTube or Vimeo option from the video source list.
Search for videos by entering keywords, locate the video you want to use, and click it to preview.
Click the Play button on the video player to preview the video, and you can also use the closed captions button to view the YouTube or Vimeo captions attached to the video. The captions will be imported with the video automatically.
If the video meets your needs, click Done to import it. You can also click the Customize button to adjust the accessibility settings and trim the video. Please see the section below for more information on editing the imported video.
Import with the URL
If you have the direct link to the YouTube or Vimeo video you want to use, you can also paste the URL into the interactive video editor to import it.
Select the Input URL option from the video source page.
Paste the video URL into the input URL section.
Click the Play button on the video player to preview the video, and you can also use the closed captions button to view the YouTube or Vimeo captions attached to the video. The captions will be imported with the video automatically.
If the video meets your needs, click Done to import it. You can also click the Customize button to adjust the accessibility settings and trim the video. Please see the section below for more information on editing the imported video.
Edit the imported YouTube/Vimeo videos
Switch to the Video Segments tab in the interactive video editor, click the pen icon on the video segments you want to edit, then select the Edit Video Segment option.
Select the Current Video option to edit the video segments. If you want to swap this video for another, select the video host options below to import a new video to replace the current one.
Adjust the accessibility settings
On the Accessibility tab, you can view and upload captions for the video segment. The captions from YouTube or Vimeo will appear in the YouTube/Vimeo captions section, and you can use the upload section above to upload a caption file if needed.
Switch to the Audio Descriptions to upload an audio description file to this video segment.
Trim and crop the video
Switch to the Trim & Crop tab and use the green and red flags to trim the video.
If you would like to add internal crops to the video, move the white dot on the timeline to the timestamp you want to crop to, click Advanced, then click the Add Internal Crop button.
Adjust the start time and end time for the internal crop, or use the flags on the timeline to adjust the crop. You can repeat these steps to add more internal crops if needed.
Add interactions to the videos
After adding videos to the interactive video editor, users can switch to the Interactions tab to add interactions, apply templates, or generate them with AI in WeVideo.
Adjust interactive video settings and preview the interactive video
Select Review to edit the title, add learning objectives, or upload a new thumbnail.
Expand the Tags section to add tags, target audience, and subjects for better organization, and expand the Playback options to adjust playback settings. Users can also expand the Privacy section to adjust privacy settings. This doesn’t affect whether learners can access the video, but it does affect whether other instructors can find it in the Premade Content library. Click Save Changes to save the edits.
Assign interactive videos to learners
Find the created interactive video, click the triple-dot actions button or its thumbnail, then select the Assign option.
Adjust the Assign Preferences and set start and end dates for the assignment. Assignments are not available to learners until the start date and are locked after the end date. Select classes and click Assign.
FAQs for creating interactive videos with YouTube and Vimeo
Why are the YouTube/Vimeo captions not visible when editing video segments?
If the YouTube/Vimeo video has captions but they are not visible in the interactive video editor, please play the imported video for a few seconds to initialize the video. After that, the captions will appear in the interactive video editor.
Why can’t my video’s URL be imported into WeVideo?
In order for the videos to be imported into the interactive video editor, they must meet the following requirements:
- YouTube videos:
- Public or Unlisted
- No age restrictions
- Embeddable
- Viewable in the learners' internet environment
- Vimeo videos:
- Public
- Unlisted
- Hide from Vimeo
- For Unlisted videos, please use the Unlisted Vimeo Link in order to get the video to play in WeVideo Interactivity.
- Change the Vimeo embedding settings to “Embeddable anywhere.”
My district/organization blocks access to YouTube; can I still use YouTube as a video source for the interactive video?
Yes! WeVideo is in partnership with YouTube Education, and this partnership is now live in our product! With this partnership, YouTube videos in interactive videos are now streamed from youtubeeducation.com instead of youtube.com. You can learn more about the YouTube player for Education in this article.
This change unlocks access to YouTube Education, providing high-quality, ad-free, and distraction-free content tailored to learning.
Please work with your school’s IT department to unlock “youtubeeducation.com” and keep “youtube.com” blocked so the learners can watch the interactive video while remaining restricted from accessing YouTube.
Please see this article for more information on adjusting the allowlist to let learners take interactive videos built with YouTube videos.
Assignment plan and permission requirements
Assigned video access depends on the following user account permissions.
- Assign to learners: For users with student or teacher accounts.
- Assign to professional learning: This option is deprecated. For professional learning, please select the "Assign to learners" option and enroll the participants in the class as learners.
- Assign to people outside the organization: Anyone can take this assignment with a link. Users must enter their first and last names before starting the video. This is available for users with a district plan.
- Assign to anonymous participants: Anyone can access it with a link. No user information is required. This is available for users with a district plan.
Note: Users cannot log in through the embedded player for security reasons. The embed code option is only available for assignments assigned through the Assign to people outside the organization or Assign to anonymous participants options.
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