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These instructions refer This refers to Moodle 24.7 3 from July 2015 August 2024 onwards.
 

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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

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audio and video in Moodle

You can easily upload and share media files in Moodle and your students will be able to play the content back on any device.
You can also create webcam recordings.
You can also ask your students to submit media assignments. If you want to do this, please refer to the alternative documentation How to add a Media Video or Audio Assignment Activity.
If you want to upload media files outside of Moodle, please refer to the alternative documentation How to use MediaSpace.


To use this Guide you should be familiar with the addition of video and audio to Moodle through Mediaspace.

How to add video and audio in Moodle

 


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Adding Captions to video in Moodle 

To add captions:

  • On your My Media page (found under Site home in moodle), click Edit for the media you want to edit.
  • The Edit Media page opens.
  • Choose the Captions tab
  • Upload a caption file (SRT, DFXP formats are supported).

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:

    1. 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
    2. use an online service like Amara (http://amara.org) to create the caption file.

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Automatically creating captions for a media file in Moodle

To request captions:

  1. In Moodle, click on the 'More' tab from the main menu at the top of the screen and select the 'My Media' option from the drop-down menu

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  2. Click on the checkbox to the left of the video thumbnail for the video you want to add caption to

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       3. On the Actions drop-down menu at the top of the screen, select Caption & Enrich

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4. Complete the form and press on the 'Submit' button:

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5. You will see a confirmation message:

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6. The status will initially be Pending:

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7. This status will then update to Processing:

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8. When ready, the status will change to Completed:

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9. Click on the 'Pencil' if you need to edit the captions to correct any errors in the automated processing.

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Editing captions in Moodle

  1. Click the 'More' tab at the top of the Moodle page and select 'My media'. 
  2. Click on the pencil icon to the right of the video that you wish to edit.

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  3. Underneath the video select 'Captions'and then'edit captions'
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  4. Segments of caption text appear in a table, click a cell to edit and correct any errors.

    Click Save (top right) periodically to save your changes.

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Uploading an existing captions file


If you already have a captions file for your media, you can add this.

  1. In Moodle, click on the 'More' tab from the main menu at the top of the screen and select the 'My Media' option from the drop-down menu

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  2. Click on the tick box to the right of the video thumbnail for the video you want to add caption to

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       3. Click on the pencil icon to edit the video

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4. The 'My Media' page opens. Choose the Captions tab.

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5. Select 'Upload captions file' and find your captions 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.

Video demonstration

This video will demonstrate how to add and edit captions to a video

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How to Edit a Media thumbnail

  1. In Moodle, click on the 'More' tab from the main menu at the top of the screen and select the 'My Media' option from the drop-down menu

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  2. Click on the pencil icon to edit the video

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      3. The 'My Media' page opens. Choose the Thumbnails tab.

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4. You then have three options of how to edit your Thumbnail. You can: 

    1. Upload Thumbnail: Select an image

How to share media

Each module has its own Media Gallery, accessible from the navigation block.

If you want others (teachers or students) who are enrolled on a module to be able to search and reuse any or all of your media items, you can share the item in the Media Gallery.

Publishing Media to a Media Gallery

You can publish existing media or upload new content by first navigating to the Media Gallery.

To publish existing media to a Media Gallery

1.Select the + Add Media button.

2. Check the box(es) next to the media you want to add to the Media Gallery. (You can use the search box to filter the results)

3.Click Publish

The content will be added to the Media Gallery

To upload new media to a Media Gallery

1.Click the + Add Media button.

2.Click Add New.

3.Select the media to add

The new media item/s are automatically published to the Media Gallery

Moderating contributions to a Media Gallery

 Editing teachers on a module can choose whether to moderate contributions to their module’s media gallery.

  • To turn moderation on, click on the Media Gallery link in the Moodle navigation and choose Edit

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  • Tick the Moderate content check box next to Options

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  • You can view any pending submissions to your module gallery in My Media

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Shared Repository

If you publish an item to the Shared Repository, it can be viewed and reused by all Moodle users with access to the repository, and published to any module Media Gallery in Moodle.

 

Publishing

  • To publish to the Media Gallery or Shared Repository, in My Media tick the checkbox(es) next to the media item(s) you want to publish, then Choose Actions->Publish

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  • Select the module gallery or shared repository and click Save.

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You will be returned to the same page and see the message "Media successfully published".

  • Click on the "Back" button to return to your My Media page

How to Edit a Media thumbnail

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  • On your My Media page (found under Site home in moodle), click Edit next to the media item that you wish to change the thumbnail for.

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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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Options to select a thumbnail:

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    1. from your desktop and use it as the default thumbnail.
    2. Capture: Use the player to select the frame you want to use as your default thumbnail and then click on the Capture button.
    3. Auto-Generate: Select one thumbnail from ten automatically generated

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To upload a thumbnail from your desktop

  • 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.

To grab a frame from the content as a thumbnail

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    1. choices.

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Upload Thumbnail

  1. From the Thumbnail tab, select 'Upload thumbnail'.
  2. This will open a file explorer window, find the thumbnail you want to use and select 'Open'.

Capture

  1. From the Thumbnail tab, find the frame in your video

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  1. you want to use as a thumbnail.
  2. Once you have found it, click on the 'Capture' button. The captured frame is saved automatically and used for the thumbnail.

To select an automatically generated thumbnail

Auto-generate thumbnail

  • From the Thumbnails tab, click on 'Auto-Generate'.
  • This will open a window with ten choices for a thumbnail, click on thumbnail you want to use
  • 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.

You can also download the selected thumbnail by clicking the download

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