Inserting audio / video into questions

To embed an audio / video from an external source

At this time, embedding audio / video from external sources can only be done by LimeSurvey administrators. If you would like to embed audio / video from external sources, please send a request via email and provide LimeSurvey administrators as much information as possible.

Ensure audio / video files are accessible. Resources suggested by the McMaster Accessibility Hub:

To embed an audio / video from an internal source

  1. Navigate to Edit question.
  1. In the Question field, click on Insert HTML5 Video

insert audio video.jpg

  1. In the HTML5 Video dialog box, click on Browse Server.

browse server av.jpg

If you've already uploaded your file to this survey, it should be listed. Proceed to step 6.

If you have not uploaded your file to this survey:

Note that there is a max file size limit of 32MB.
  1. In the File Resource dialog box, click on Upload. 

upload file server.jpg

  1. In the File Upload box, navigate to the file location, select the file and click Open.
  2. The file should now be listed in the KCFinder box. Double click on the file.

video kcfinder.jpg

  1. The file is now listed. Click OK to insert the video into the Question field.

html5 video box.jpg

  1. The video is now listed in the Question field.

question field internal video embed.jpg

by admin — published 2021/01/27 16:37:00 GMT-4, last modified 2021-10-29T13:43:14-04:00