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Watching videos can be lots of fun! Go peruse the internet and / or YouTube. Find a cool, fun, or ridiculous (maybe even enlightening!) video. SHARE IT on the WdC NEWSFEED Just go to YOUR Portfolio's NOTEBOOK, and make a post. TRY IT! LESSON #1 WAIT! You don't know how to link a YouTube Video? No worries! We'll just do a quick little lesson Option A: Linking a YouTube Video (1). In YouTube, tap or click on the TOP RIGHT of the video, until you see an ARROW: Click It. Choose COPY LINK. (2). COPY the URL of the VIDEO. This video is: https://youtu.be/9-gTCXXh0cg (3). While typing, put squiggly brackets around the link. How easy is that! It should look like this: {https://youtu.be/9-gTCXXh0cg} (4). To watch the video, just click on the link. Option B: Embedding a YouTube Video Only Step #4 Has Changed from Option A (1). In YouTube, tap or click on the TOP RIGHT of the video, until you see an ARROW: Click It. Choose COPY LINK. (2). COPY the URL of the VIDEO. This video is: https://youtu.be/9-gTCXXh0cg (3). While typing, put squiggly brackets around the link. How easy is that! It should look like this: {https://youtu.be/9-gTCXXh0cg} (4). Add the word 'embed' with a colon after it to the URL. Like this: {embed:https://youtu.be/9-gTCXXh0cg} This will produce the video: LESSON #2: Don't know how to link a NEWSFEED Note? Easy! At the TOP RIGHT corner of each Post in Newsfeed, there is a dropdown ARROW: CLICK IT. You'll see the NUMBER (it'll look like this {note:443770}) you'll need to LINK to your NOTE: COPY It. Whoot! Invalid Photo #1044898 Now whata? Earn GP's! Go to "WhataLand" Post a message titled >> YouTube-ing lesson. Write the Mastery Goal into the message. Then demonstrate your mastery in the post. Wait for feedback. |