These instructions refer to Moodle 3.2 6 from September 2017 2019 onward
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Integrated within Moodle is a comprehensive media (audio and video) handling system. This Guide show you how to add captions, share media and edit thumbnails of videos in Moodle. |
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How to add video and audio in Moodle
To add captions:
- On your My Media page (found under Site home in moodle), click Edit for Edit (small grey pencil icon to the right) for the media you want to edit.
Image Added - The Edit Media page opens. Choose the Captions tab.
Image Added - Upload a caption file (SRT, DFXP formats are supported).
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We recommend using the SRT format. These files include the text of what was said in the video and time codes for when the text should display.
You can create an SRT file in the following ways:
- use YouTube’s speech recognition technology to automatically create the captions file. To do this you must have a YouTube account. Note that there is some delay after upload before the caption file is created. Since these are automatically generated, the quality of the captions may vary from video to video. As the owner of the video you can edit the captions to improve accuracy. Refer to the YouTube help for detailed instructions
- use an online service like Amara (http://amara.org) to create the caption file.
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How to Edit a Media thumbnail
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To add captions:
- On your My Media page (found under Site home in moodle), click Edit
next to - (small grey pencil icon to the right) for the media
item that - you
wish to change the thumbnail for- want to edit.
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- In the Edit Media window, you can:
Edit information about the media (metadata) and select a frame to use as the media thumbnail (useful when the media is included in a gallery).
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- The Edit Media page opens. Choose the Thumbnails tab.
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Options to select a thumbnail:
- Upload a thumbnail Thumbnail: Select an image from your desktop and use it as the default thumbnail.
- Capture: Use the player to select the frame you want to use as your default thumbnail and then click on the Capture button.
- Auto-Generate: Select one thumbnail from ten automatically generated thumbnails of the selected video and set it as the default thumbnail.
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Upload Thumbnail
- To upload a thumbnail from your desktop, select My Media and then click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
- In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
- Click Upload Thumbnail.
- Upload a file from your desktop and click Open.
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- Select My Media
- then click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
- In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
- Select the Thumbnails tab and click Play OR scroll through the video manually.
- Click Capture at the frame that you want to use as a thumbnail. The captured frame is saved automatically and used for the thumbnail.
- Select My Media
- Click Edit next to the entry you want to add a thumbnail to.
- In the Edit Media window select the Thumbnails tab.
- Click Automatically Generate and click on one of the 10 choices that appear in the selection window.
You can also download the selected thumbnail by clicking the download tab
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