Prerequisites for using the EchoVideo Embed button:
1) A Moodle Administrator must have installed and enabled the EchoVideo Embed button for your Moodle instance.
2) For Students to embed media, the Student Library MAY need to be turned on for your institution. OR Students can embed media from any Collection where they have the Post permission.
If your Moodle administrator has enabled it for your institution, EchoVideo provides a media embed button (also called an "easy embed button") that appears in the toolbar of Moodle content windows. One is identified in the figure below. This button opens the EchoVideo Embed media dialog box.
The EchoVideo Embed Media dialog box provides the ability to:
- Embed media from EchoVideo directly into your Moodle course as described on this page
- Upload a media file then embed it as a single process
- Create new media with Universal Capture then embed it in a single process
- Post a link to the media (instead of embedding it) into Moodle
- Create a playlist and embed it directly into Moodle
You can access the Embed media dialog box from any content window where Moodle provides the EchoVideo embed button (e.g., adding Pages, Discussions, Assignments, etc).
LMS-Embedded media provide view data such as view counts and heatmap data, along with individual user viewing information, all of which is displayed in the Analytics tab of the media details page.
The steps below are for selecting media already resident in EchoVideo. The Embed Media dialog box lists all EchoVideo media you own as well as any audio, video, or interactive media in any Collection where you have the Post permission. If you need to upload or create the media first and need instructions, use the links above for more information.
To embed existing EchoVideo media into a content window
- Log in to Moodle.
- Navigate to the Moodle Course you want to post the video to.
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Enable Edit Mode from the upper right corner.
- Click Add an activity or resource.
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Select the LTI 1.3 tool that has been configured for EchoVideo.
This will open the Adding a new External Tool modal.
- Add an Activity Name.
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Click Select content.
A dialog box appears with a content selection screen, presenting the options available to you. Click the Launch Media Picker option to choose from your existing content and see the EchoVideo audio, video, or interactive media you own, as well as media in any Collection where you have the Post permission. If you need to upload media to embed, click the Upload Content option, and refer to the instructions in the link if necessary.
- If necessary, use the Search text box and / or Filters options to find the media you want to embed into the window.
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Select the media you want to embed and click Next.
The dialog box changes to show the selected media as well as playback configuration options, all of which are described below the figure.
If you want to post a link to the media instead of embedding it directly into the page, enable the Link toggle and if necessary see Posting a Link to EchoVideo Media in your LMS / VLE Course.
If you want to embed multiple items together as a Playlist, see EchoVideo: Creating Playlists in your LMS / VLE Course. -
From the Player Style drop-down list, select the style you want to be applied to the player.
The Player Style drop-down only appears if your institution has created custom player styles to choose from. If you have selection options, pick the one for your department or organization (or the default) that you want applied to the playback of this media.
Selecting a style may automatically select Size, Autoplay, and Automute options for you; these can still be changed. - From the Select size drop-down list, select the size for the media playback. It is 640x420 by default.
- If appropriate, enable the option to Autoplay the video (it will play as soon as a user opens the page you are embedding it into).
- If you enable Autoplay, Automute is automatically enabled, to accommodate browsers that no longer allow autoplay with sound. You CAN enable Automute separately without Autoplay.
- If appropriate, set a Start At time. If set, the video will begin playing at that timestamp, although viewers can rewind / fast-forward the player to view any segment of the embedded video.
This option is NOT available for interactive media. - If desired, disable the Discussion option to prevent EchoVideo Q&A functionality for your embedded content.
- Click Embed when finished.
- Complete whatever remaining fields are on the item being added, then click Save and return to course or Save and Display as appropriate.
Once the item is published, users can access the item and view the embedded video. If you selected Autoplay or Start At configurations for the video, those are enacted for the viewer.