How to submit a media file via a Moodle Assignment

Applies to Moodle 3.10 from September 2021

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

How to submit a media file 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.

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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 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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Preparing your media files

Acceptable file formats

How to submit a media file through a Moodle assignment dropbox

To upload a media file you have created:

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

Uploading Media Files to a Moodle Assignment - Guidance Video

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