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Creating content on The Rapidian: Embedding a video

Sharing your content on The Rapidian can include more than just words. Watch this quick video to learn how to include a video in your next article.
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This article is part of a series of videos and other instructional pieces geared to help the readers and reporters on The Rapidian be able to use our site more easily.

Other articles in the series will continue to build and include:

Adding an article

Adding a calendar event

Pitching a story

Hyperlinks

In past "Tricks of the Trade" episodes, you've learned about adding an articleadding a calendar eventpitching a story and including hyperlinks in your Rapidian articles. 

Sometimes, though, you've got more to share than words. You want to make your story extra special. Along with photos and audio content, you can easily share a video directly in your article.

All you need is an embed code from a hosting site likeYouTubeArchive or Vimeo.

What's an embed code, you say? And how do you put it into use in your article, you ask?

Watch this short video and learn all about it.

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