You can customize your LMS by embedding a Vimeo video into your Login page and Home page. You'll either embed a URL or embed code—it depends on which page you want to customize.
To embed a Vimeo video into your Login page
- Log in to your Vimeo account, select the video you want to add from your video library, and then select Advanced
Note: You must have a Pro Vimeo account to access Vimeo links and URLs from private video libraries. - On the Settings screen that appears, in the menu on the left, select Distribution, and then scroll down the page until you see the Video file links section
- Select Copy link next to either Standard Def (mp4, 960x540) or the High Def 1080p (mp4, 1280x720)
Note: The dropdown should indicate Play the video - Open the LMS Administrative Dashboard
- From the Site tab, select Personalization in the sidebar menu
- On the Add New page that appears, select Edit Site Options next to the site you want to customize
- On the Images tab that appears, scroll down to Login Page: Primary Image/Video, and select Use Video and Thumbnail
- In the Shareable URL for the video to display text box, paste the URL that you copied in step 3 above
- Be sure and select Save to save your edits
Note: After saving your changes, go to the Login page to review the video. Press Ctrl-F5 on your keyboard to refresh the page, if necessary.
To embed a Vimeo video into your Home page
- Log in to your Vimeo account, select the video you want to embed into your Home page, such as the public video shown below. Then, select the Share icon.
- On the Share this video modal that appears, in the Embed text box, copy only the part of the embed code within the first set of quotation marks, as shown below:
- You can also select a video from your video library and then select Embed code
Note: You must have a Pro Vimeo account to access Vimeo links and URLs from private video libraries. - On the Embed code modal that appears, copy only the first part of the embed code, as shown below:
- After copying the embed code, open the LMS Administrative Dashboard
- From the Site tab, select Personalization in the sidebar menu
- On the Add New page that appears, select Edit Site Options next to the site you want to customize
- On the Images tab that appears, scroll down to Home Page: Image/Video, and select Use Video and Thumbnail
- In the Shareable URL for the video to display text box, paste the embed code that you copied in step 2 or step 4 above
- Be sure and select Save to save your edits
Note: After saving your changes, go to the Home page to review the video. Press Ctrl-F5 on your keyboard to refresh the page, if necessary.