You can add an video to your course from your PC, the course Media library, embed from YouTube or Vimeo, or record a video directly in Easygenerator by following the steps below.
How to add a video to your course
Create a content page
Open the Media options from the Content blocks sidebar, drag one of the available layouts and drop it in your course page.
You can also select the Video option from the toolbar at the button of the page.-
Click "Add video" and choose one of the available options.
Additionally, you can use the Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V option, as well as drag and drop the video file directly to the video content block.
EasyVideo:
If you have access to EasyVideo, you can start a new EasyVideo project directly from this section.
EasyVideo is an add-on feature that allows you to create engaging video content. Learn more about what you can do with EasyVideo here:
Click on the tabs below for more information.
Supported video formats
Supported video formats
.vob
.webm
.mpeg
.mpg
.mp4
.flv
.wmv
.m4v
.mov
.mkv
.mts'
.avi'
Maximum file size: 2 GB
Recommended aspect ratio: 16:9
Check out the Video Upload Guidelines for more details
Video Layout options
Video Layout options
You can change the video block layout at any step of creating the content.
To change the layout, hover over the video and select the layout options icon on the left of it:
Trim the video
Trim the video
You can trim videos that are hosted on the Easygenerator platform, this includes the videos uploaded either to a course or media library and the ones you recorded in Easygenerator directly.
To trim the video, click the video block and select the trim option.
Set the start and end time of the part of the video you would like to keep so that the beginning and/or ending will be cut off.
Trim up to the millisecond level: the time format followed while trimming is MM:SS.MS (i.e., minutes, seconds, and milliseconds)
The trimmed video will overwrite the original video and will be saved in the course library.
Recommended browsers: Chrome or Edge, the latest version.
Additionally, in the editing window, you can change the title of the video if needed.
Edit the video thumbnail
Edit the video thumbnail
To change the video thumbnail, follow these steps:
Go to the course media library from the three dots at the top right corner of the course
Find the video in the video section
Click the three dots icon on it and select the Change thumbnail option
Adding subtitles to a video
You can also add subtitles to your videos by uploading them in VTT or STR format in our tool. You can find the step-by-step guide here.