6. Third-party videos

There might already be videos out there that provide the information you want to give to students in an engaging and interesting way.

Some sources for this include: 

Restrictions

Please bear in mind that, due to copyright restrictions, we are unable to download and host external content (e.g. from YouTube) on the platform. Some sites will produce content that is only accessible in the UK (e.g. the BBC) and therefore cannot be used at all. It is also important to bear in mind the source of a video uploaded on YouTube, as sometimes videos are uploaded by someone who does not own the copyright – your academic editor will check this and advise you if you cannot use the video. 

Two more things to bear in mind: 

  • Access: Not all students can access externally hosted videos for various reasons (e.g. personal accessibility reasons or because the website is banned in their country)
  • Link reliability: Videos are sometimes removed from their host platform after a site update and so the link stops working. 

Because of this, we ask that any external videos are accompanied by either: 

  • a summary of the video (this must allow students to gain the same level of knowledge as they would have when watching the video)
  • a written alternative for the video (e.g. an article, blog post, book chapter that explores the same concepts). 

Please note that, for copyright reasons, we cannot host transcripts of videos on the platform.