Best practice guidance: library skills videos

If you wish to include video in Moodle, there are two options.

1. Upload the video as a media resource within Moodle
2. Embed the video in a Moodle page

If you upload the video as a media resource, the page will display a link which will open the video resource in a new window. This might be helpful if it fits better with the flow of the page. The image below from the 2019 eXperience eXchange Moodle course illustrates this:

If you embed the video, it will be displayed on the page itself.

If uploading a video to a Moodle lesson, embedding the video on the page is the preferred method.

How to upload as a media resource in Moodle

How to embed within a page

Embedding videos is the preferred method for Moodle lessons in the LibrarySkills@UCL Moodle course.

Videos should be uploaded to Media Central.

• Go to Media Central and copy the embed code of the video.
• Ensure editing is turned on in Moodle.
• In the editor for the page where you wish to display the video, click on the html code icon </>
• Paste the embed code into the box and save.

You should now see the video appear on the page itself.