Add Videos to FlexLessons

How to add videos (internally from Pathful Explore or externally such as YouTube) to a FlexLesson.

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Add Videos to FlexLessons

You can add videos from our platform (such as our Job Shadowing Videos, Life Skills Videos, Cluster Overview Videos, and Q&A Videos from Career Central) to your FlexLessons, from YouTube/Vimeo, or any external website link.

To add Pathful Explore videos to a FlexLesson:

  1. From the FlexCurriculum drop-down menu, select FlexLessons.
  2. Select New Lesson or sort lessons by Draft > Draft. Click the vertical ellipses on the desired Lesson card and select Edit.
  3. Select Add Activity to see all of your options.
  4. Select Videos and follow the steps below to assign any of the Job Shadowing, Cluster Overviews, Life Skills, and Q&A videos.
    1. Step 1:  Name the Activity. A default title is provided.
    2. Step 2:  Add a Message for your users (optional).NOTE:  Users will already have instructions.
    3. Step 3:  Select one or more videos to add to your playlist.
      1. Use the tabs and search box to easily locate the desired videos:  Job Shadowing, Cluster Overviews, Life Skills, and Q&A Videos.
    4. Step 4:  Add the desired video(s) to your playlist.
      1. Optionally, check the box to Require users to watch ALL Videos.NOTE: When requiring users to watch all videos, they cannot fast forward.
    5.  Step 5:  Save & Preview. This allows you to see the video from the user's perspective.
    6. Step 6:  Save & Close

To add external videos to a FlexLesson:

  1. Follow steps 1-3 listed above.
  2. Click Add Activity and see the options under Other Activities.
  3. Select External Link or YouTube/Vimeo Video to add the link to the video you want to assign.