The “Video Lesson” is a powerful tool designed to enhance the learning experience by integrating multimedia content into your course. It allows educators to create engaging video-based lessons that can effectively convey complex information. This activity supports self-paced learning by allowing students to watch and rewatch the videos as needed. Below, you will find detailed instructions on how to create and manage Video lessons to maximize their educational impact.

Adding a Video Lesson #

To add a Video Lesson:

1. Navigate to the Courses page.
2. Click on “Edit” under Actions for the desired course.
3. This takes to Course Builder page. Ensure that the Edit mode is activated on the Course Builder page.
   
4. Navigate to the Course Section, click the ‘Add an element’ button, which opens a pop up window, add Video Lesson.
   

Video Lesson Settings #

This section explores the settings for the Video Lesson once you have added it to your course.

General

• Name – This is a mandatory field, put in the name as you desire.
• Description – Any details about the lesson could be put in here. If “Display description on course page” is enabled, it will display the description on the course page below the title.

Video

• Choose video source – Select the video source from the dropdown menu.
  • Upload video – Allows you to upload a video from your local folder.
  • Video Library – Enables you to choose a video already uploaded to the Video Library.
  • External link – Allows you to paste the URL of a video hosted on an external website.
• Add custom video thumbnail – Enable this option to add a custom thumbnail for the video.
  
• Disable video seek – Disabling the video seek bar prevents students from skipping ahead in a Video Lesson, ensuring they watch the entire content.
  

Common module settings

• Availability – If the availability is set to ‘Show on course page’, the activity or resource is available to students (subject to any access restrictions which may be set). If the availability is set to ‘Hide from students’, the activity or resource is only available to users with permission to view hidden activities (by default, users with the role of teacher or non-editing teacher).
• ID number – Setting an ID number provides a way of identifying the activity or resource for purposes such as grade calculation or custom reporting. Otherwise the field may be left blank. For gradable activities, the ID number can also be set in the gradebook, though it can only be edited on the activity settings page.
• Group mode – The group mode defined at course level is the default mode for all activities within the course. Each activity that supports groups can also define its own group mode, though if the group mode is forced at course level, the group mode setting for each activity is ignored. This setting has 3 options:
  • No groups
  • Separate groups – Each group member can only see their own group, others are invisible
  • Visible groups – Each group member works in their own group, but can also see other groups

Restrict access

The restrict access feature enables teachers to restrict the availability of any activity according to certain conditions such as dates, grade obtained, group, user profile field, time spent on a different activity, or activity completion. A complex logic can be used with nested restrictions. To know more, explore our detailed guide on access restriction.

Alternatively, an activity can be hidden from students until they are ready to be used.

Activity Completion

Activity completion allows you to set completion criteria which basically decides when to consider the activity is completed. The following options are available:

• Students can manually mark the activity completed, here you allow students to make this decision.
• Activity is considered complete when certain conditions are fulfilled, where one or more conditions can be added.
  • Student must watch certain percentage of the video, default to 85%. 
  • A date of expected completion of the activity

Competencies

Allows you to link competency to the activity. To know more, explore our guide on Competencies.

How the ‘Upload Video’ Option Works #

Once the video is uploaded and Video Lesson activity is saved. The video enters a processing queue. Processing time varies based on the video’s length and file size. This process ensures the video is properly formatted and optimized for playback.

Once processing is finished, the video is automatically available to both the Course Creator and the students. You can find the processed video in the course materials, ready for use in your lessons.

How the ‘Video Library’ Option Works #

The ‘Video Library’ option allows you to select videos from the library. This method reduces wait time because the videos have already been uploaded and processed in advance, ensuring that the Video Lesson is immediately available for use.

How the ‘External link’ Option Works #

The ‘External Link’ option allows you to use a link to a video hosted on an external site. With this method, the Video Lesson is immediately available for use, as it streams directly from the external source.

Bulk Upload in Video Library #

To bulk upload videos in the video library, follow these steps:

1. Search for “Video Library” using the header search bar.
2. Click on the “Video Library” page from the search results.
3. On the Video Library page, click the “Upload Videos” button.
4. You will be taken to the Bulk Upload page.
5. Upload up to 10 video files at a time.
6. After the upload is complete, the files will be queued for processing. This process may take some time, depending on the size and resolution of your uploaded video files.
7. Once the video files are processed and ready, you can use them in any video activity as explained earlier on this page.