These instructions will help you add an H5P activity, and the “interactive video” type of content within that activity, to Moodle to contain your presentation video. Once you have your presentation recording ready, use these steps to get it into Moodle. Look at the example below to see how Sarah’s example presentation and lecture notes appear in a section.
Before you follow these steps, be sure you have your recording ready and know where the file is on your device. Then you can either upload this recording to Youtube as an unlisted video, OR you can directly upload to Moodle. A direct upload to Moodle should be possible even if you are a presenter who has returned to China or another internet-restricted country. It’s also the most easily viewable by audience members in those countries. It’s up to you to decide which method works best for you.
Log in to moodle.mtholyoke.edu and go to Senior Symposium Spring 2020.
Find the the section of the course site where you are listed as a presenter. (Don’t see yourself? email digitalpedagogy-g@mtholyoke.edu for help.)
Click the green button in the upper left of the Moodle screen to turn on editing.
Click on “Add an activity or resource” and in the popup, choose the activity that says “Interactive content” and has the H5P logo.
From there, follow the instructions on this tutorial: H5P.org | Tutorial: Interactive Video. Note that H5P activities can host MANY kinds of content and the “Interactive Video” type of content is the one you should use. You will have the option of either inserting link to your unlisted YouTube video, or uploading a video (of 100MB or smaller size) directly to moodle if YouTube is blocked where you are.
Do you have to include interactions in your video? Nope! You’re welcome to explore that if you like, but the “Interactive Video” kind of container is just a convenient way to make your recording available in Moodle.
