Playing Videos in Admit Decision Letters
- 09 Mar 2026
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Playing Videos in Admit Decision Letters
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Slate supports the full richness of HTML in its online decision letters, allowing institutions to create more engaging and dynamic communications with applicants. Beyond standard formatting and images, HTML also makes it possible to incorporate multimedia elements directly into the message.
For example, if you would like to add a bit of additional flair to your decision letter, you can embed code that automatically plays videos when the letter loads. Simply insert the code snippet shown below into your decision letter to enable the video to autoplay when the page is opened.
Don’t forget to replace the URL in the code below with the link to the video you want to play in your decision letter.
<html>
<body>
<p>
Dear {{preferred}},
</p>
<p>
Congratulations!
</p>
<div id="video_popup" style="background:black;display:none;position:fixed;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:999;">
<div style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:50px;right:0;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="100%" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kR_oI-IwoO8?si=tkqBzTuRbM-bOnYV&autoplay=1&rel=0" width="100%"></iframe>
</div>
<div style="position:absolute;bottom:15px;left:0;right:0;text-align:center;">
<button class="default" onclick="$('#video_popup iframe').attr('src',''); $(document.body).css('overflow',''); $('#video_popup').remove();" type="button">Skip / Close</button>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">$(document.body).css('overflow','hidden');
$('#video_popup').show();</script>
</body>
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