How Do I Embed Resources into Kiddom?
When you create or personalize an assignment in Kiddom, you have the option to embed resources into any text box. By embedding resources, your students won't need to leave Kiddom in order to access the resource (such as videos or applets).
Many interactive resources that you may already use offer embed codes. Embed codes allow teachers to insert resources directly into a Kiddom text box in an assignment. Embedding resources helps students stay within the Kiddom experience, and it ensures students do not get sent directly to an outside website where they can get distracted.
This article will walk you through how to embed resources in Kiddom using a few specific resources.
Kiddom Tip: Need help finding the embed code? Google "[the resource] + embed code" (e.g., "Loom embed code").
What Does an Embedded Resource Look Like in Kiddom?
When viewing embedded resources in your teacher account, you will be able to interact directly with those resources. You can play videos and toggle between presentation slides. You can even embed interactive activities from resource providers like NearPod or PhET.
The student experience is similar. Students can play videos directly in Kiddom and interact with embedded activities.
How Do I Embed a Resource into Kiddom?
- The first step is to find the embed code. Let's use embedding a YouTube video as an example, but the steps for embedding into Kiddom will be the same for any resource once you have the embed code from the source. In YouTube, under each video is a "Share" button. Click the share button and then select the "Embed" option and copy the code.
- Navigate back to Kiddom and add a student-facing component to an activity. This could be a new question, question set, or separate text box.
- Within the text box, click the three dots on the right and click the insert media button (it looks like a play button).
- Select the Embed option on the left, paste the Embed code into the box, and click "Save".
You can click the Preview button (eyeball icon) to see the assignment's student view to ensure it looks exactly how you want it to look before assigning to students. You can even interact with the resource while in preview mode.
