Embedding Media in the VLEbitesize session

Dr Helen WebsterAcademic Developer

Anglia Learning and Teaching

What does it mean to ‘embed media’?

• How does ‘embedding it’ differ from– ‘linking to it’ or– ‘uploading it’?

• What other implications are there when embedding media?– Server space– Copyright

Media Options

1: What media can I embed?

Media you have created yourself:

• Through Lecture Capture or Personal Capture (Echo360) and uploaded to My Capture

• Created and edited using your own or university equipment and software, and uploaded to MyPlayer (or external platforms such as Youtube)

• (make sure you haven’t included any copyrighted material, and that you’ve got any necessary consent)

1/ What media can I embed?Media others have created:

• You must not infringe copyright!• See the Library’s guide to copyright within its staff

Libguide http://anglia.libguides.com/content.php?pid=354693&sid=2901165

• Further guidance at JISCLegal http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/

• Search for Creative Commons licensed materials (see options under ‘Advanced Search’)

• Use Box of Broadcasts for TV clips

Copyright and Creative Commons

• Searching for Creative Commons Licensed materials on Google (Advanced Search Filters)

• Open Education Resource banks (JISC) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/content/resources

• Creative Commons licensed materials http://search.creativecommons.org/

Step 1

• Log into your VLE site, and navigate to the Content wiki page in which you want to insert the media

• Click on the 'page' tab to edit the page

Step 2

• When the 'Editing tools' tab appears, click on 'Insert'

• Put the cursor where you want the media to go on the page, and click on the 'Embed Media' button. A box will appear, asking you to paste your chosen embed code into it.

Step 3

• In another window or tab, find the media you want to insert (on MyPlayer, MyCapture, Box of Broadcasts, Youtube, Slideshare etc)

• Find the embed code for the media (click on 'share', 'embed' or other likely looking options if it isn't presented next to the video)

• (You may have options about what size the window should be on your webpage)

About Step 3…

• What is embedding code? And how do I recognise it?– iframes, object or embed markup

• How do I find it?– Myplayer– Youtube– Slideshare– etc

Step 4

• Copy and paste it into the box on the VLE page you are editing, and click 'Ok'

• Remember to save and close the VLE page you are editing!

Resources

• Short video on embedding media in the VLE produced by Anglia Learning and Teaching: https://myplayer.anglia.ac.uk/Play/1631

• Available (linked to, not embedded!) on their website at: http://www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/resources.php/LTA-Resources-Links-How-to-guides-3/

• Using the VLE support guides: http://vle.anglia.ac.uk/sites/support/vle

Sources for Media:platforms to upload/search

Questions and Practice