# YouTube

# How to Allow an Entire YouTube Channel

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">**If you want every YouTube video from a particular channel to be whitelisted, follow these steps (FYI this does not apply to playlists):**</span>

1. With the YouTube video URL copied, paste it into the browser bar and press Enter. This will redirect to the YouTube video page with the full URL.  
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2. Click on the channel name below the video. This will redirect to the channel page for this YouTube channel.
3. Copy the URL at the top, which is the channel URL (it will have the channel in the URL):  
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4. Add the YouTube channel URL to the [Whitelisted Websites for MS Chromebooks](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NiKFzP97YExoZYlFvW6AfheHjpO5SIbA8mJHA9CDamg/edit#gid=0).

# How to Find a YouTube URL from an Embedded Video

**If a YouTube video is embedded in another site, follow these steps to find the URL of the specific video:**

1. Navigate to the site URL where the embedded video is getting blocked (i.e. Nearpod, Edpuzzle, Khan Academy)
2. Click play on the video (if the initial play button is not the red YouTube play button). Then click to pause the video.
3. Right-click anywhere in the video
4. Select "Copy video URL"  
      
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5. With the YouTube video URL copied, paste it into the browser bar and press Enter. This will redirect to the YouTube video page with the full URL:  
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6. Add the full YouTube video URL to the [Whitelisted Websites for MS Chromebooks](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NiKFzP97YExoZYlFvW6AfheHjpO5SIbA8mJHA9CDamg/edit#gid=0).