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Adding a YouTube Video

To add a YouTube video to your survey, will need to obtain the Embed code from the YouTube website, and copy it into the survey Editor.

Copying the Embed Code from YouTube

To obtain the embed code for the video:

  1. Open the YouTube page where the video is located
  2. Underneath the video, click the Share icon
    An image showing the Share button below a YouTube video
  3. In the menu that opens, click Embed. If you would like a the video you're embedding to start at a specific point, move to that position before clicking share and you should see a checkbox marked Start at
  4. Highlight the code provided and press CTRL+C to copy. On a Mac, press Command+C

Your video embed code will look something like this: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d- T6rpHuuoJcw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Embedding the Video Code in a Survey

To embed the video in your survey with default options:

  1. On your survey, click + Add Question to add the video to a new question, or click Edit Question to add it to an existing question
  2. Click the Insert/edit media button above the Question Text field
    An image showing the Insert or edit media button within the question editor
  3. From the popup box, select Embed from the left hand side
    An image showing the Embed tab of the Insert or edit media popup window.
  4. Paste the code you copied into the Paste Embed Code Here box
  5. If you're happy with the default size of the video, click the blue Save button to embed your video
  6. You can adjust the size of the video in the General tab, by default the size should be pre-populated. (You may have to save and then click inside the question text the video is being embedded into, then clickt the Insert/edit media button once more to have this appear.) 
    An image showing the General tab in the insert or edit media popup, specifically the width and height boxes for the video
    You will see a Padlock icon to the right of the size boxes, this lets you either keep the default aspect ratio locked, and allow you to scale the video size up or down in both width and height at the same time, keeping the original proportions, or unlock it to change just one axis of the video's size
  7. Before, you would have to edit advanced settings to have the video scale up or down with the size of the window, or have suggested videos appear at the end. This is all done automatically now, and behaves very similarly to how YouTube does

 

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