How do I embed a YouTube video in my quiz?

You will learn how to embed a YouTube video in your quiz. Embedding a video in a quiz can be used to give video instructions or to provide a video within the question prompt for students to respond with a video or audio of their own or in some other way.

Embed a YouTube video in a Classic Quizzes quiz.

Follow these steps after you have already created your Classic Quizzes quiz instance and are ready to create a question with a video in it. 

1. Click on + New Question.

Note that we are on the Questions tab within our quiz.

+New Question button

2. In a new tab, navigate to your YouTube video you want to use in this question.

YouTube video on how long humans may have lived in North America.

3. Click on Share.

Share button

4. Click on Embed.

Embed button

5. Click on Enable privacy-enhanced mode.

Enable privacy-enhanced mode checkbox

6. Click on Copy.

Copy button

7. Returning to your quiz set up tab, click on the Embed icon.

Embed icon selected

8. Paste the embed code you copied from YouTube.

Embed Code field

9. Click on Submit.

Submit button

10. Finish your prompt and answer choices.

question answer choices completed

11. Click on Update Question.

Update Question button

12. The question with the YouTube video embedded is ready to go.

Quiz Preview showing the newly made question
Embed a YouTube video in a New Quizzes quiz.

Follow these steps to embed a YouTube video in a question in a New Quizzes quiz after you have created the quiz instance and are ready to create a new question.

1. Click on the Three dots menu.

Or, click on the title of the quiz.

Three dots menu

2. Select Build.

Build selected

3. Click on the + button.

+ button selected

4. Select the question type that you want to build.

Stimulus question type selected

5. In a new tab, navigate to your YouTube video you want to use in this question.

Youtube opened in a new tab (2)

6. Click on Share.

Share button selected (2)

7. Click on Embed.

Embed button (2)

8. Click on Enable privacy-enhanced mode.

Enable privacy-enhanced mode tickbox (2)

9. Click on Copy.

Copy button (2)

10. Returning to your quiz set up, click on the Insert/Edit Media icon.

Insert/Embed Media icon.

11. Click on the Embed tab.

Embed Tab selected

12. Paste the YouTube embed code.

embed code field (2)

13. Click on Ok.

Ok button

14. Click on Done.

Done button

15. Click on Attach a question and create the questions that go along with the video prompt.

Attach Question button

16. The Stimulus prompt and set of questions are now ready.

Stumulus prompt and questions ready to go

Article Summary

You have now learned how to embed a YouTube video into a Classic Quizzes quiz question and in a New Quizzes quiz question.