Adding a video to Task List
- 24 Mar 2022
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Adding a video to Task List
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Whatfix enables you to embed videos in the Task List irrespective of whether they are created by Whatfix using a Flow or they are generated using third-party applications.
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Whatfix videos: Videos created by Whatfix using Flows when the Video Channel is configured in your account.
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Non-Whatfix videos: Videos created using a video editor tool and stored in your Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, Vimeo, etc., account.
When your end-users click a video content in Task List, a Pop-up opens and the video is played inside the Pop-up as shown below.
Use the following steps to embed Whatfix Videos,
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Navigate to the Whatfix Dashboard.
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Open the Flow using which the video you want to add is created.
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Click the Embed option.
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Click Video from the drop-down.
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Click the Copy iFrame button.
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Paste the copied iFrame code in a text editor.
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Delete everything except the video URL as shown below.
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Add https: before the edited URL.
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Navigate to the left panel on the Dashboard and click Widgets.
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Click Task List.
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Select the desired Segment.
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Under Create drop down menu, select Video Link.
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Enter the name of the video and the URL from Step 8 and then click Save.
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If you have enabled Smart Context, all content created on your application is auto-tagged. To add more tags, see Adding Tags to content
If the tag doesn't work on your account, contact [email protected]
- Click Save again to save the segment.
Use the following steps to embed Non-Whatfix Videos,
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Navigate to the Whatfix Dashboard.
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In the left panel, click Widgets.
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Click Task List.
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Select the desired Segment.
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Under Create drop down menu, select Video Link.
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Enter the name of the video and the URL and then click Save. If the videos are from Youtube or Vimeo, the URL can be used directly. But if the videos are from Sharepoint, OneDrive or Google Drive, then use the information below to see how the URL can be retrieved for each platform.
Note
The URL that is entered in the Video Link is a little different depending on where your video is sourced from. Click one of the links below to continue.
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The URL that is entered in the Video Link is a little different depending on where your video is sourced from. Click one of the links below to continue.
SharePoint
SharePoint has two ways to upload videos. Using Microsoft Stream or using the local upload feature. SharePoint does not enable you to share videos that have been locally uploaded, outside SharePoint. Only those videos that are uploaded to Microsoft Stream can be inserted as video content on Whatfix.
To get the URL for the Microsoft Stream video on SharePoint,
1. Navigate to the Stream video and then click the Play in Stream icon.
2. Click the Embed tab and then copy and use only the highlighted part of the URL shown below.
Note
Microsoft is migrating Office 365 videos to Microsoft Stream. For more information, see Migration to Microsoft Stream.
OneDrive
To get the URL of a video that is on OneDrive,
1. Navigate to the OneDrive video and select the video.
2. On the OneDrive menu bar, click the Embed tab.
3. Copy and use only the highlighted part of the URL as shown below.
Note: OneDrive videos open in the entire tab by default. Click the browser back button to go back to the page that you were on.
Google Drive
To get the URL of a video that's on Google Drive,
1. Navigate to the video on Google Drive and open it.
2. On the top right, click the vertical ellipsis and then click Open in a new window.
3. On the new window, on the top right, click the vertical ellipsis and then click Embed item.
4. Copy and use only the highlighted part of the URL as shown below.
- Click Select and add the video you just created and then click Save.
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