How to add Chapters to a Video

Adding in chapters to your video can help you viewers navigate the video easily. This may be useful in cases when you have a long video, and want viewers to be able to find the sections that are most important to them!

Video Tutorial:

Steps:

  1. Open your “My Media” section:  Access your “My Media” section in Canvas or in Capture Space.
  2. Open the editing options:  To do this, click the pencil icon to the right of the video you want to edit. Alternatively, click the title of the video, then on the new page that loads, click “Actions” and then “Edit” in the dropdown menu. 
  3. Click “Timeline” under the video player
  4. Locate & Click the “Create a new chapter” button:  Click the top of the two buttons on the far left side.
  5. Enter a title for the chapter and optionally upload a thumbnail image for the chapter.
  6. Click Save. A little blue chapter icon should appear on the timeline showing the new chapter you created.
  7. Click on a new desired point of the video for your next chapter.
  8. Locate & Click the “Create a new chapter” button:  Click the top of the two buttons on the far left side.
  9. Enter a title for the chapter and optionally upload a thumbnail image for the chapter.
  10. Repeat these steps for as many chapters as needed.
  11. Check your chapters by clicking the “Details” tab under the video player, scroll down on that page and click “Go to media”
  12. Click the new menu icon in the upper left corner of the video player now to see and click on the chapters.

 

Other Video Editing Options

To learn how to add in PowerPoint slides to your video, please click here.

To make more complex edits to a video, you will need video editing software. The UD Library has a guide on other video editing applications that you can use that include free to commercial software.

Editing video can be extremely time consuming so make sure the edits you want to make will have the educational impact you desire.