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Step-by-Step Guide for How to Embed a MediaSpace Video
This guide explains how to embed MediaSpace videos on a Mines Wordpress website by enabling the necessary web embed feature and generating the appropriate video URL code.
Open a Web Project Request with Mines Communications and Marketing
- Contact your Marketing and Communications (Marcom) department to request that the MediaSpace web embed feature be turned on for your website. This feature must be enabled before proceeding to embed videos on your site.
- Request URL: https://brand.mines.edu/requests/
Access MediaSpace
- Log in to MediaSpace:
- Open your web browser and log into my.mines.edu with your Mines credentials.
- Navigate to the MediaSpace tile within my.mines.edu or use the url, mediaspace.mines.edu.
Navigate to the Sharing Options for Your Video
- Locate the video you wish to embed.
- Click “Share” just below the video player and title.
Select the Share Tab and Embed Option
- In the “Share” window, you will see multiple sharing methods.
- Click on the “Embed” tab to generate an embed code.
- Copy the entire embed code provided.
- This external tool should assist in automatically converting the amp; tag into "&": https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/html_decode.html
Extract the URL from the Embed Code
- Within the embed code, locate the src attribute.
- You will find a URL between the quotes. Copy only the URL.
Example: https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/5735552/embedPlaykitJs/uiconf_id/54115372?iframeembed=true&entry_id=1_y00cxg8f&config%5Bprovider%5D=%7B%22widgetId%22%3A%221_n8qvlnxw%22%7D&config%5Bplayback%5D=%7B%22startTime%22%3A0%7D