How to add Video content to Continu — upload from your computer or link from an external host, with transcoding, captioning, and publishing.
Video is one of Continu's most-engaged content types. Learners are more likely to start a Video than a long Article, and completion rates are typically higher for the same material delivered as Video versus text. The trade-off: Videos take longer to author, require transcoding before publishing, and depend on accessible captioning if you have any compliance or international audience considerations.
Continu supports uploading directly (.AVI and .MP4 files up to 500MB) or linking from a video hosting platform (Vimeo, YouTube, Wistia, etc.). For Videos you control end-to-end, upload. For content hosted elsewhere with its own analytics or DRM, link.
For the strategic frame on which content type fits which use case, see Content Strategy: Designing Learning Assets That Scale. For the full content-authoring journey, see Content Authoring: From Blank Page to Published Asset.
How to Add a Video
1. Open the Content area. From the left-hand navigation, click Create > Content.
2. Click Add Content.
3. Choose the Video icon.
4. Upload or link. Click Upload Video to drag-and-drop or browse from your computer. Click URL Link to embed from a video hosting service (Vimeo, YouTube, Wistia, etc.) by pasting the video's URL.
5. Fill in details. Title, Author Name, Description. These are what learners see on Explore and on the Video's overview page.
6. Add Banner and Cover images. The cover image shows on Explore and is the first visual learners see. See Banner and Cover Images: Photo Editor and Best Practices. Click Next.
7. Set Audience. Configure who can see this Video. See Segmentation For Content for the full breakdown. Click Next.
8. Configure Content Settings. Set ratings, certificates, completion rules, and any other content-level settings. See Editing Content Settings. Click Next.
Settings highlight: Closed Captioning. After your Video has transcoded, you can add Closed Captioning either by uploading your own .VTT file or by clicking Download next to the preferred language and re-uploading the auto-generated version via the Upload File button. Captioning lifts completion rates for sound-off contexts and is essential for accessibility compliance.
9. Review and Publish. Step through one more time, then click Publish.
If transcoding isn't complete, you'll see a Save option instead of Publish. Save the Video and return once transcoding finishes — the option to publish appears as soon as the Video is ready.
Considerations
Lead with the outcome in the first 30 seconds. Learners decide whether to keep watching almost immediately. State what they'll be able to do, then go into the how.
Keep most Videos under 5 minutes. Long Videos can work for deep technical content, but completion rates drop steeply after the 5-minute mark. If the content needs more time, consider breaking it into a sequence (or putting it in a Learning Track with multiple Videos).
Add captions, every time. The auto-generated VTT is a starting point — review and clean up the captions for accuracy, especially for product names, jargon, and proper nouns. Clean captions help SEO inside Continu's search and support sound-off viewing.
Choose Upload over URL Link when you control the source. Uploaded Videos give you control over availability, analytics, and access. Linked Videos depend on the host platform staying available and permissions staying intact.
Configuration Pitfalls
Uploading Above the 500MB Limit. Continu rejects uploads over 500MB. For Videos that are larger, compress them (handbrake or similar) before upload, or host externally and use URL Link.
Trying to Publish Before Transcoding Completes. The Publish button is replaced by a Save option while transcoding runs. Save the Video, take a break, and return once transcoding finishes. Some longer Videos take 30+ minutes to transcode.
Forgetting Closed Captioning. Captioning is optional in the platform but essential for accessibility compliance and for learners watching with sound off (a significant portion of mobile viewing). Skipping captions limits the Video's reach without you realizing it.
URL-Linked Video Breaks When Host Settings Change. A URL-linked Video stops playing the moment the source platform changes permissions, removes the Video, or changes its URL. For long-lived content, upload rather than link.
Forgetting to Set Audience Segmentation. Without segmentation, the Video is visible to anyone with content access. For Videos meant for a specific audience (sales-only, manager-only, region-specific), set segmentation before publishing.
Where This Fits
You're here because you're adding a Video. The content-level settings that shape behavior after publishing live in Editing Content Settings. The companion path — uploading a Video via Google Drive instead of direct upload — lives in Upload a Video with Google Drive.
See Also
- Content Strategy: Designing Learning Assets That Scale — the strategic anchor.
- Content Authoring: From Blank Page to Published Asset — the end-to-end authoring journey.
- Upload a Video with Google Drive — alternate upload path.
- Banner and Cover Images: Photo Editor and Best Practices — Video cover images.
- Segmentation For Content — controlling Video visibility.
- Editing Content Settings — the content settings reference.
Upload .MP4 or .AVI up to 500MB, or URL Link from a host. Wait for transcoding before publishing. Always add captions.