How to Upload a Google Drive Video to Moodle

At that place are a diverseness of ways to add videos to a Moodle course

Feature Films and Telly Shows

To stream films and goggle box shows, please contact the Digital Initiatives Librarian in McCabe or the Director of the Language Resource Lab (for Modern Languages). They can secure rights to screen characteristic films (if required) and set the video for streaming via Moodle.

Adding a YouTube or Vimeo video

At that place are several methods to add a YouTube or Vimeo video to your Moodle course

The easiest manner to add a YouTube video is to add a link to the video, by adding a URL resource. Re-create the URL of the YouTube video and paste it into the address of the URL resource.
If y'all create link to the YouTube video in a label or Moodle folio (using the chain icon in the text editor), Moodle will replace the link with the embedded video.
You can too embed a video from YouTube into your course using the following steps

- Add a new Page in Moodle (under resources)
- Go to the HTML source view by clicking on the filmstrip button in the content box. A popular up will appear.
- Go to YouTube or Vimeo and re-create the video embed code. This is under the "Share" link.
- Head back to Moodle. In the pop upward window, paste the video URL in the field labeled "Enter URL".
- In the next field, give your video a friendly name.
- Click the "Insert" button.

Adding a Video from Google Drive

Y'all can upload many common video files to Google Drive and view the videos right from within Google Bulldoze. This is handy if you want to control the permissions via Google Bulldoze or want to avoid the ads in the YouTube interface. Upload the video to Google Drive just as you would any other file. When you lot click on the video it volition display inside the Google Bulldoze interface (it may take a few minutes to process after yous accept uploaded the video). To add together the video to Moodle, copy the URL to video (or a folder with several videos) and add together it to Moodle every bit a url link. Brand sure to gear up the permissions of the video accordingly. Most instructors volition allow anyone at Swarthmore or any users with the link to view the video.

Google Drive will shrink and reduce the quality of the video a bit. For most purposes this is fine, merely if you crave the highest quality video, yous will likely prefer ane of the other methods.

Uploading a video to Moodle

If you take your own video you want to add together to Moodle, yous tin can upload it merely like whatever other file or embed it in a Moodle folio using the Moodle Media button. If it is a large file (over 100MB) or a longer video, it is best to contact ITS to upload your file to our streaming video server. Electronic mail back up@swarthmore.edu with your request.

Panopto video streaming server

If y'all take an business relationship on Panopto, our video streaming service, y'all tin embed videos in Moodle. More data is available on the Moodle Video Streaming and Lecture Capture page.

Embed a video file on a Moodle page

Moodle has a built-in media thespian that tin can play videos. The player tin can be inserted into whatever text editing box. Typically, most users create a new page in Moodle and then click on the "Insert Moodle Media" push (looks like a filmstrip) in the page editor. From here yous tin can upload your video and Moodle will embed the video within a role player on the page. You will not see the video player while editing the folio, just it will evidence up when the folio is saved.

Preventing Auto-Embedding of Videos

If you create a link to a YouTube video in a label, folio, or other clarification field, Moodle will automatically embed the YouTube video instead of just linking to the video. Similarly, if you insert a link to a video or audio file in a text editor, Moodle will convert the link to an embedded media player.

If you just want a uncomplicated link, you can practice i of the following things:

Add the link by using Add a resources or activity →URL. This volition not embed the video.
Plough off automatic multimedia embedding for your course. This can exist fix underGear Icon (top correct of page) →Filters→Multimedia plugins→Off. This setting volition bear on content in the unabridged course. If you don't want to affect the entire class, yous can turn the multimedia filter off for a unmarried page by editing the page, clicking onGear Icon (elevation right of page)→Filters , and setting Multimedia plugins to Off.
Edit the YouTube link to preclude car-embedding. For example, if the YouTube link is http://www.youtube.com/lookout?v=0PfzLRs7YC0, calculation a parameter to the center will forestall auto-embedding: http://world wide web.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=0PfzLRs7YC0 (add together the text in assuming to the URL). Note for advanced users: Moodle is looking for a match forspotter?5=, so adding something to the middle disrupts the filter.

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