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title: "Upload a Video to Stream"
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This article is for students, faculty, and staff who wish to upload a video to Stream.

Adding a video to your channel allows others to view, like, and comment on it. 

> ✅ Videos are often uploaded to a channel. For more instructions on how to create a channel, see [Creating a Channel](#).

1. Log into [s.uconn.edu/365](http://s.uconn.edu/365).
2. Click on the **grid, or “waffle”, icon **in the top left-hand corner.  
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3. Choose **Stream**. If needed, click on **All apps** to see the complete list of apps.    
You may bookmark this page for easy access in the future.
4. Click on **Upload** in the top banner.
5. In the popup window, find your file and click on **Open**.
6. A new popup will appear, asking you where you would like to save the video in your cloud storage. The default is OneDrive. Click on **Change location** if you would like to set the folder in which to save the file.
7. Once the video has finished uploading, you will see a new popup box in the lower-right corner of your window.
8. Click on **Open** to see the video and make changes to it.
9. You may change
  1. The Thumbnail: this is the image that appears before you press Play.
  2. The “About video” toggle shows/hides the video description below the video player.  
You may add a description to the video now.
  3. You may generate a Transcription or upload an existing one.
10. The video is now in your cloud location and can be shared like any other OneDrive/SharePoint file. Click on **Share** if you would like to share it.

> ✅ You must keep your browser open and on the Stream website until the video finishes uploading.

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