Moodle media centre

January 2012

Outline

• Using the Media Server• Uploading Clips• Embedding into Moodle• YouTube

Accessing the media server

• media.leggott.ac.uk• From Moodle• From home

– JLCNET\username– Password

• Staff only

The media centre

Uploading video clips

• Upload tab• Must give it a meaningful title

and description• “Tag” your clip to departments• Your video clip must be one of the

following file types: avi, mpg, mpeg, mov, mp4, m4v, mod, flv, mkv, wmv or vob.

Copyright

• ERA+ Licence– The recording of all terrestrial, Freeview, radio and

television broadcasts. – Recordings to be placed in Moodle and played to a class. – Recordings to be accessed by students and teachers

online from outside the premises. – Recordings from home that are ‘tagged’ correctly.

• DVDs cannot be added to Moodle without permission from the copyright holder.

The media server is monitored regularly and any video clip uploaded that breaches the above will

be removed and destroyed.

Demo

Searching and Playing clips

• Search box along top• Browse by department• Click to play• Add to your favourites

Demo

TV Recordings

• Freeview TV recorder • Future recordings only• Set TV shows to record that you ‘might’

use just in case

TV Guide

• Change date & time• Search the guide• 2 clicks to record• Available around an hour after showing

Demo

Putting Clips on Moodle

• Similar to YouTube• Copy code from media server• Paste into Moodle as HTML

Demo

YouTube

• Copy code & Paste as HTML

Demo

Questions?

• PowerPoint file • Video online by next week• Help sheets from this session• Other sessions still available to book• Evaluation form (anonymous)

moodle.leggott.ac.uk/help