How to add captions, share media and edit thumbnails of videos in Moodle

These instructions refer to Moodle 2.7 from July 2015 onwards.

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How to add captions, share media and edit thumbnails of videos 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 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

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.

For more detailed instructions including screenshots, refer to the following Step by Step instructions

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

Tick the Moderate content check box next to Options

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

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

Select the module gallery or shared repository and click Save.

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

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.

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).

Options to select a thumbnail:

- Upload a thumbnail from your desktop and use it as the default thumbnail.
- Use the player to select the frame you want to use as your default thumbnail and then click on the Capture button.
- Select one thumbnail from ten automatically generated thumbnails of the selected video and set it as the default thumbnail.

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

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.
Click Capture at the frame that you want to use as a thumbnail. The captured frame is saved automatically and used for the thumbnail.

To select an automatically generated 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.

You can also download the selected thumbnail by clicking the download tab

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