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- Add the link by using Add a resource or activity → URL. This will not embed the video.
- Turn off automatic multimedia embedding for your course. This can be set under Administration block → Course administration Gear Icon (top right of page) → Filters → Multimedia plugins → Off. This setting will affect content in the entire course. If you don't want to affect the entire course, you can turn the multimedia filter off for a single page by editing the page, clicking on Page module administration Gear Icon (top right of page) → Filters , and setting Multimedia plugins to Off.
- Edit the YouTube link to prevent auto-embedding. For example, if the YouTube link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PfzLRs7YC0, adding a parameter to the middle will prevent auto-embedding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=0PfzLRs7YC0 (add the text in bold to the URL). Note for advanced users: Moodle is looking for a match for
watch?v=, so adding something to the middle disrupts the filter.
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