YuJa | How to add multiple YuJa videos as a playlist to Brightspace

There are two ways of adding a multiple YuJa video to your Brightspace course. This article explains how to add YuJa videos as a playlist in your content within a (sub)module and within files. You can include up to 12 videos in one single playlist.

This article will show you:

How to add multiple YuJa videos to a (sub)module

To add multiple videos as a playlist to your course, in the green navigation bar:

  1. Click on Content
  2. Select the (sub)module where the videos need to be added 
  3. Click on Existing Activities

A drop-down menu will appear, scroll all the way down

  1. Click on YuJa Media Chooser 
YuJa Media Chooser

You will be redirected to the Media Chooser pop-up window, where you can choose the videos you want to add.

You can use the Search bar to look for the video. In the article How to search videos in the YuJa Media Chooser you will learn about searching videos in YuJa.

  1. (Optional) Click on the More filter icon to get a more specific search if you get multiple results when you search for a video
  2. Select your videos  

You can select a video, then search for a new video, and the previously selected video will stay selected and added to the playlist. The order in which you select the videos in the Media Chooser, will decide the order in the playlist.

  1. Click Insert Content
Media chooser

The videos will be placed together in the (sub)module as a playlist.

You can now adjust the title of the new YuJa playlist.

  1. Click on the downward arrow close to the title
  2. Click on Edit Properties in Place
Edit Properties in Place

The view will change. You are now in the Edit Properties in Place mode.

  1. Click on the title
  2. Write your new title
Write title

To exit the Edit properties in Place mode reload the Brightspace page. 

When you add a video to your Brightspace course, this video will be automatically added to the YuJa channel of the course.

You now know how to add multiple YuJa videos as a playlist to your Brightspace course! 

How to add multiple YuJa videos to a file

The videos can be added in two ways to a file:  

Embedded as a thumbnail

Go to the module in your content where you want to add the file with an embedded video.

  1. Click on Upload/Create
  2. Click on Create a File
Create a File
  1. (Optional) Select a template
  2. Click on Insert Stuff

Selecting a template will greatly improve the layout of your Brightspace page.

Select template
  1. Select YuJa Media Chooser
Insert Stuff

You will be redirected to the Media Chooser pop-up window, where you can choose the video you want to embed.

You can use the Search bar to look for the video. In the article How to search videos in the YuJa Media Chooser you will learn about searching videos in YuJa.

  1. (Optional) Click on the More filter icon for a more specific search if you get multiple results when you search for a video
  2. Click on the videos you would like to add

You can select a video, then search for a new video, and the previously selected video will stay selected and added to the playlist. The order in which you select the videos in the Media Chooser, will decide the order in the playlist.

  1. Click Insert Content
Media chooser
  1. Click Insert again
Insert stuff
  1. Click Save and Close

The videos will be embedded in the file as a playlist.

Embed video

Now you know how to embed a video as a thumbnail in a file!

  1. Click on Insert Quicklink
Editor
  1. Scroll all the way down
  2. Click on YuJa Media Chooser
Scroll

You will be redirected to the Media Chooser pop-up window, where you can choose the video you want to link.

You can use the Search bar to look for the video. In the article How to search videos in the YuJa Media Chooser you will learn about searching videos in YuJa.

  1. (Optional) Click on the More filter icon for a more specific search if you get multiple results when you search for a video
  2. Click on the videos you want to add

You can select a video, then search for a new video, and the previously selected video will stay selected and added to the playlist. The order in which you select the videos in the Media Chooser, will decide the order in the playlist.

  1. Click Insert Content
Media chooser

The videos are added as a quicklink.

  1. Click Save and Close
Save the quicklink

When you add a video to your Brightspace course, this video will be automatically added to the YuJa channel of the course.

You now know how to add videos as a quicklink in a file!