1. Embedding Media in the VLE
bitesize session
Dr Helen Webster
Academic Developer
Anglia Learning and Teaching
2. What does it mean to âembed mediaâ?
⢠How does âembedding itâ differ from
â âlinking to itâ or
â âuploading itâ?
⢠What other implications are there when
embedding media?
â Server space
â Copyright
4. 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 havenât included any copyrighted
material, and that youâve got any necessary
consent)
5. 1/ What media can I embed?
Media others have created:
⢠You must not infringe copyright!
⢠See the Libraryâs guide to copyright within its staff
Libguide
http://anglia.libguides.com/content.php?pid=354
693&sid=2901165
⢠Further guidance at JISCLegal
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/
⢠Search for Creative Commons licensed materials
(see options under âAdvanced Searchâ)
⢠Use Box of Broadcasts for TV clips
6. 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/
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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)
10. About Step 3âŚ
⢠What is embedding code? And how do I
recognise it?
â iframes, object or embed markup
⢠How do I find it?
â Myplayer
â Youtube
â Slideshare
â etc
11. 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!
12. 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