In order to be able to embed videos with Opencast in your Moodle course, you first need the Opencast videos block, which you add to your course as follows:

To embed videos in your Moodle course with Opencast, you first need the Opencast Video block, which you can add to your course as follows:

1. Switch to one of your courses in Moodle. Then click on activate editing in the upper right corner.
   
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2. In the left area - where your courses are listed - at the very bottom the button add block appears.
   
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   Warnung
   If you don't see this button right away, scroll all the way down! If you have many courses, the list on the left may be very long, the button always appears at the bottom. So don't forget to scroll.

   
   
   

3. Click on add block and select the Opencast Videos option in the dialog that opens to add this block to your page.
   
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4. The new block will now appear in the window at the top right.
   
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5. You are using the recording technology in one of the lecture halls and you would like these videos to be placed in your Moodle course? So that we can set this up for you, you have to set up a one-time connection to the Opencast servers with Moodle. This is done by creating a new series. In the Opencast block you go to overview ... and then to manage series. You can now create a new series.
   
   Alternatively, you can also record a short test sequence of a few seconds in your course via "Record video".
   
   Please provide the MMZ (mmz@uni-jena.de) with the course ID. This means that we have all the information we need about your course in the Opencast system and can link the videos from the lecture halls.
   
   

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In Moodle you have the option of uploading an existing video in order to make it available for your course. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click add video to open the video upload dialog.
   
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2. Enter a meaningful title in the Metadata area and add (optional) additional metadata. To do this, click on show more ...
   You can enter further information in the extended dialog.
   
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   In the Event Visibility section, set the initial visibility status of the video when uploading.
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3. There are two main sections under the upload file section - choose one option:

   (1)  Presenter video
   Use the presenter video if you have a video file with a recording of a speaker or a film.

   (2) Presentation video
   Use the presentation video if you have a video file with the recording of a slide presentation or a screencast.
   
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   Uploading two videos can be useful if an Opencast Studio upload has failed and you want to manually submit your saved videos.For this purpose, the corresponding dialog would then have to be used for your video image and the presentation.

   
   
   

4. After completing the upload process, click add video to complete the process. Opencast will now process the video in the background.
   
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5. On the following page you can see the overview of your videos. Here you can control further actions - e.g. add another video or record a new video.

   If you do not want to take any further actions here, click on your course on the left to return to it.
   
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6. Your video will now appear in the Opencast Videos block.

   Click on overview... to get to your video overview and to make changes if necessary - there are a few options available (e.g. visibility; delete).
   
   

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   Please note that processing may take some time at peak times.

   
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 In addition to the option of uploading an existing video, you can also record your own video directly via Moodle. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click record video to switch to the Opencast Studio user interface.
   
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2. The use of Opencast Studio is described in detail in the section Instructions for Using Opencast Studio.
   
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   The advantage of recording a video directly from Moodle is that the video is automatically assigned to your course in the background and stored there.

   
   

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   Please download the video file for your own backup before uploading it to Opencast Studio. This is the only way to add the video to your course afterwards with a manual upload (see upload video manually) in the event of a failed upload.

   
   
   

3. After a successful upload, the video will also be processed in the background and then made available to your course.

Option 1 To provide a video 

1. Click the provide button to add a single video to a topic or course section.
   
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2. In the following window you have the option of adapting the title of the video, adding a description or making further settings.

   As soon as you have finished entering your data, click on one of the two blue buttons:

   Add an activity and return to overview

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   Add an activity and return to course
   
   

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   Enter details about the video and, if necessary, set certain requirements. For example, you could not post a video solution to a task until the participants met a certain condition.

   
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3. The video will now appear as a link in your course. If you click on this, an external player will be opened to play the video.
   
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Option 2 Embed a video in the text field

1. If you want to link to a video within a text section or description, use the activity Text field or Text page.
   To do this, click Create activity or resource in the topic or course section, select the option Add text and media area or page.
   
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   If you would like to make videos available to your participants at a later point in time, please change the visibility. Videos that are noted with a crossed-out eye will not be shown to the participants in the series overview.

   
   
   

2. In the following window you can edit the text field. 
   With a click on the button Multimedia you have the possibility to insert media in the text field.
   
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3. Select a file and add it to the desired position in the text.
   
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4. The video is then embedded directly in the text and can be played.

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Option 3 The Opencast Video activity

1. Activate the editing mode of your course and click on Create activity or ressource in the content area. 

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2.  In the window of available activities and materials, select the option Opencast Video.

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3.  On the page that opens, you can now enter a title, add a description and specify which video you want to include in the Opencast Episode dialogue.
If necessary, make further settings on this page and save.

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4. The selected video will now appear as an Opencast video activity in your course room.

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Wenn Sie Videos aus einem anderen/vergangenen Kurs wiederverwenden wollen, stehen Ihnen folgende Möglichkeiten zur Verfügung:

If you want to reuse videos from another/past course, you have the following options:

Eine Kurssicherung erstellen und den gesicherten Kurs in einem anderen Kurs wiederherstellen

Ab sofort können Sie bei der Erstellung einer Kurssicherung die Opencast Videos eines Kurses einschließen. Folgen Sie diesen Schritten, wenn Sie einen Kurs inklusive Videos sichern wollen:

Eine Serie importieren

Videos aus einem anderen Kurs importieren

 Ganz unten in der Übersicht der Opencast Videos in Ihrem Kurs finden Sie den Abschnitt Videos aus einem anderen Kurs importieren. Diesen nutzen Sie wie folgt:

Create a course backup and restore the saved course in another course.

From now on you can include the Opencast videos of a course when creating a course backup. Follow these steps if you want to save a course including videos: 

Import a series 

Import videos from another course 

At the bottom of the overview of Opencast videos in your course you will find the section Import videos from another course. Use this section as follows: