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Applies to Moodle 3.11 from August 2022 onwards

Preparing your media files

Recording media for submission

Reducing video file sizes

Reducing video file

Acceptable file formats

MediaSpace accepts a wide variety of video formats.

We recommend where possible, MP3 (for audio) or MP4 (for video)

For other accepted formats see this list

Submitting videos and other files

Note: In some cases you may also be expected to submit other types of file, for example, a Word or PDF document or a copy of the Powerpoint presentation. These should be submitted as normal through the Files area in the dropbox. 

How to submit a media file (e.g., video or podcast/audio) through a Moodle assignment dropbox

• Navigate to the relevant module, click into the Assignment, then select Add submission.

To upload a media file you have created:

• 936pxAfter clicking Add submission, 
• In the upload screen for online text, select the bent arrow at the end of the formatting bar to open the full formatting icon suite

• Click the Mediaspace button (marked below).

• A new window will open.

Your browser must be set to accept ALL cookies (If at this point you see a message indicating that your browser is blocking third party cookies, see https://www.wikihow.com/Enable-Cookies-in-Your-Internet-Web-Browser for how to resolve this issue).

• In the new window (Mediaspace), towards the top-right of the page, click Add New  then select Media Upload.
  

• Read the copyright statement and tick the checkbox, if you agree to it.
  
• The Upload Media dialog box will open. Drag and Drop a file OR Click +Choose a file to upload and navigate to the file you wish to submit.
  
  
  
• N.B. for Mac users: Videos created on a Mac sometimes upload without audio and may need to be re-encoded using a free program such as Handbrake)

• When the file has uploaded (this may take some time, depending on the size), complete the name and description and click Save.
  
  

• This will save your changes ONLY ...
  
  
  
• ... To complete the upload, click Save and Embed, then click Embed on the following Preview page.
  
  
          

• The file will appear in the Online Text box as a hyperlink.
  (You can submit multiple videos by creating a new line and repeating the process with the next video)
• Click Save Changes to submit and view your media.

• Your submission is now complete and the Submission Status should show as 'Submitted for grading' (in green).
• If your submission was late, Time Remaining will be highlighted red and it will show how late the submission was.

• If you happy with your submission you can navigate away from the submission page and continue with your other tasks. 
• If you wish to resubmit, click Edit Submission begin the process again.
  
  

      To embed a link to a media file from an external source (e.g., a YouTube video):

• After clicking Add submission, in the upload screen for online text click the Link button.
  

• Paste the URL for your media source into the Create Link dialog box and click Open in New Window > Create Link.
  

• The file will appear in the Online Text box as a hyperlink. Your description should be written underneath the link.
  
  
  
  
• Click Save Changes to submit and view your file.
• Your submission is now complete and the Submission Status should show as 'Submitted for grading' (in green).
• If your submission was late, Time Remaining will be highlighted red and it will show how late the submission was.
  
  
• If you are happy with your submission you can navigate away from the submission page and continue with your other tasks. 
• If you wish to resubmit, click Edit Submission begin the process again.

Uploading Media Files to a Moodle Assignment - Guidance Video 

Note that the appearance of the icon bar in this video is a previous version. The MediaSpace icon does look the same though in a different place on the formatting bar. See instructions above.

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