Google Sites YouTube

If you want to add a musical background for readers of your Google Sites webpage, the easiest way to do that is to embed a YouTube video that has the music you want your users to listen to. You can put the video at the bottom of the page, with a note up at the top of the page to let them know that they can find the musical accompaniment in the video - then your readers can just click to start the video (if they want) and then enjoy the background music while they read. 

For this tip, you will embed a YouTube video in a GoogleSites webpage, and then link to the page with the video from your blog. 

Find YouTube Video. Start by finding the video you want to use at YouTube, and have that video open in a browser tab of its own.

Insert Video. In another browser tab, go to the Google Sites page where you want to insert the video. Edit the page, and then position the cursor where you want to insert the video. Then go to the Insert menu, choose Video, and then select YouTube Video. You will see a dialogue box where you can paste in the address of the video (from the other browser tab) along with choosing a border (or not) and a title to display with the video. Paste in the URL of the video and then click Save.

To see the video on the page, you need to click Save to exit editing mode. (To remove a video you have inserted, go into Edit mode and then click the "X" on the right-hand corner of the inserted video.)

Test the Video. Make sure the video plays correctly in your page; not all videos can be embedded, depending on options set by the distributor of the video.

To finish up, publish a post where you include a link to your Google Site page that has the embedded video. Explain if this is for your Storybook, or if you are just doing a website for fun. Make sure to include the phrase "Tech Tip: Google Site Video" in your blog post title and also use "Tech Tip" as the label on the post; then you can do the Declaration!