Video Component

The Video Component gives you the option to add an embedded video and video title to a webpage.

This is an Admin-Only snippet. Digital Strategy determines where and when to add it to pages, and manages its design and content.

This snippet should only be used in the Main Content Region.


All embedded media must be approved by the Division of University Marketing and Communications and follow TU accessibility guidelines. To have a YouTube video embedded on your webpage using the Video Component, complete an  request and provide the YouTube video link as well as the page URL (and location on the page) where you need the video embedded.

All embedded videos added to the TU website must be captioned. While YouTube鈥檚 speech recognition technology provides the opportunity for automatic captioning, this does not mean that the captioning process is complete. In order to guarantee accuracy you must review the captions to be certain they reflect what is actually being communicated.

When adding embedded video to your webpage please add a header (usually the video title) and introductory text to provide a brief overview of the video content.

Example

Your Passion. Your Journey. Your Towson.

Watch this video to see how TU students are finding their academic passion.


Additional Video Guidance

Web publishers should include only professionally-produced video content on the TU website with a minimum resolution quality of 720p, or standard HD. You can add links to external videos, or you can embed YouTube videos from the channel. These videos have been captioned to comply with accessibility guidelines.

If you have questions about this process contact Digital Media Services,  

Adding Video to an In-Content Carousel Gallery

You can add a video to the first image in an In-Content Carousel Gallery. To do this you will need to fill out an  request. Please indicate the YouTube video link, indicate that you want the video added to an In-Content Carousel Gallery, and also indicate that you want it placed over the first image of the gallery. This image should be a representative 鈥渢humbnail鈥� photo of, or from, the video. 

Obtaining a Thumbnail Image for Your Video

If you DO NOT have a thumbnail image for your video, you will need to have an image extracted from the video and then have that photo cropped and have it added to Modern Campus CMS.

If you need help extracting a thumbnail from your video contact Digital Media Services,

Digital Media Services will extract and crop a thumbnail that you can attach to the OTS TechHelp request for adding your video to a given page.

Below is sample gallery with a video added to the first image:

Exterior of the Center for the Arts
 The College of Fine Arts and Communication.
Exterior of the lecture hall building
 The Towson University Lecture Hall.

Adding Video to an In-Content Carousel Block Callout

You can also add a video to an image in the In-Content Carousel Block Callout. To do this you will need to fill out an  form. 

You will need to indicate the YouTube video link and indicate that you want the video added to a specific image or thumbnail (see above, Obtaining a Thumbnail Image for Your Video) in the In-Content Carousel Block Callout.

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Video Links

You can link to an external video within the text of your Web page by introducing the video content with a header and/or introductory text and linking the video title. Here鈥檚 an example:

Additional Multimedia Resources

The following three-minute video from  provides an introduction to the benefits of a higher education content strategy: