Are my answers visible to my students?
If you submitted answers in the Think section of your own lesson page, you’ll notice that they are visible to you each time you return to the page. Don’t worry - your answers are only visible to you because you are signed in with the account that submitted them.
When students view your lesson page for the first time, whether logged in to ed.ted.com or not, they will see a blank copy of the lesson.
How can I clear my answers from my lesson page?
Once you've submitted answers on a TED-Ed lesson page, only you (not your students) will see those answers whenever you access the page. We currently don't have a way to clear your answers from a TED-Ed lesson page, but if you’re trying to show the same lesson page to multiple groups of students, we suggest creating a separate copy of your own lesson for each class period with our "Customize This Lesson" tool. To do this:
- Go to your lesson activity page and find the lesson you want to duplicate
- Use the "Edit" button to access the lesson editor
- Open the "More" menu and click "Adjust settings"
- Set your lesson to be "Customizable" and save the settings
- Click through to your lesson page. You should see a red "Customize This Lesson" button at the bottom right of the page
- Click the "Customize This Lesson" button to create a new duplicate of your lesson. You'll have the option to edit any of the content, or you can keep it exactly the same.
With this method, you can create as many copies as you need for your classes.
If you’d like to use a lesson from our public lesson library with multiple groups of students, you can use a similar method:
- Go to the lesson page that you want to duplicate. You should see a red "Customize This Lesson" button at the bottom right of the page.
- Click the "Customize This Lesson" button to create a new duplicate of your lesson. You'll have the option to edit any of the content, or you can keep it exactly the same.
How can I use a lesson page with multiple groups of students?
If you’re trying to use your lesson with a new group of students, or if you’d like to be able to separate different sections of the same class, you will need to create a separate copy of your own lesson for each group with our "Customize This Lesson" tool. To do this:
- Go to your lesson activity page and find the lesson you want to duplicate
- Use the "Edit" button to access the lesson editor
- Open the "More" menu and click "Adjust settings"
- Set your lesson to be "Customizable" and save the settings
- Click through to your lesson page. You should see a red "Customize This Lesson" button at the bottom right of the page
- Click the "Customize This Lesson" button to create a new duplicate of your lesson. You'll have the option to edit any of the content, or you can keep it exactly the same.
With this method, you can create as many copies as you need for your different classes.
A video on a TED-Ed lesson page is lost or broken - what should I do?
Generally, videos do not display correctly on TED-Ed lesson pages for one of two reasons:
First, all videos on ed.ted.com are currently embedded from YouTube, so if you are accessing ed.ted.com from a network where YouTube is blocked, you’ll see a blank white space where the video should be.
If this happens, we suggest that you reach out to whoever administers your school's IT systems to see if you can whitelist videos that are embedded on ed.ted.com
Second, if a video that a TED-Ed lesson is based on has either been removed from YouTube, been marked as private by its uploader, or had embedding disabled, then we are no longer able to display that video on ed.ted.com. In any of these cases, you’ll see an error message in the YouTube video player indicating why the video is not available.
If this happens, you might try reaching out to whoever created that lesson to notify them that the video is missing. If you created a lesson in which the video is no longer available, read on:
How can I switch the video used in my TED-Ed lesson?
If a video that your TED-Ed lesson is based on has either been removed from YouTube, been marked as private by its uploader, or had embedding disabled, then we are no longer able to display that video on ed.ted.com. In any of these cases, you’ll see an error message in the YouTube video player indicating why the video is not available.
If this happens to one of your lessons, or if you just want to switch the video, you can add a new video to your lesson! Find the lesson you want to edit on your lesson activity page and click into the editor. In the editor, click the "Change video" link under the video thumbnail to update your video. You'll need to paste in the URL for your new video, so copy and paste the URL from YouTube!
Why doesn't my lesson appear in the search results on ed.ted.com?
Currently, only content produced or vetted by TED-Ed itself currently appears in search results on ed.ted.com. Only the people with whom you have shared the unique URL to your lesson can view it, similar to an 'unlisted' video on YouTube.
Can TED-Ed be used with video sources other than YouTube?
All videos on ed.ted.com are currently embedded from YouTube, so access to the YouTube player is essential for using TED-Ed lesson pages.
If your district blocks YouTube, we suggest that you reach out to whoever administers your school's IT systems to see if you can whitelist videos that are embedded on ed.ted.com