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Adding Video to Blackboard This recipe sheet looks at how moving images (videos) can be used online to deliver different types of information and how we can use this medium to support learning & teaching. It takes a look at how you can source relevant video content online, and shows how you can include this, and content you have created yourself, in your Blackboard module. It will also help you gain an awareness of resources available at Teesside.

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There are hundreds of interesting video clips uploaded by users around the world to YouTube or Google Video. You can use any of these in your modules.

formation on: Embedding videos Uploading videos File sizes Online Galleries: YouTube http://www.youtube.com Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com

In YouTube, YouTube look for the box labelled Embed to the right hand side of the video you want. Click in this box, select all of the text contained in it and copy it. In Blackboard, Blackboard in your desired content area, click the Create Item button. Give your item (video) a name. name In the Visual Editor, click the < > button to change to HTML source mode. Paste in the text that you copied from YouTube.

MSN Video http://video.msn.com AOL Video http://video.aol.com Services/Resources @ Teesside (all available from L&IS) Factsheet 107

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Moving Images Factsheet 78 Video & Audio Recordings: A Guide for University Staff

Last Reviewed: October 2009

Choose any other options as normal, and click Submit. Submit The YouTube video will now be embedded in your module. You can do this with video from other sources on the Internet that provide embed code.

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Adding video files to Blackboard You can add other videos in Blackboard by creating an External Link (Click Build > Create External Link) Link to a website that has video (on an HEA Subject Centre site, for example, or online resources such as the BUFVC or EDiNA) or you can upload your own video to Blackboard. Click Create Item, Item give the item a name and in the Visual Editor, click the Add MPEG/AVI Content button and browse for your video clip. Although the button says MPEG/AVI, you can also add .wmv files, created in Windows Movie Maker. If you have a video in Quicktime format, click the Add Quicktime Content button next to it instead, the same for Flash/Shockwave video If you have a URL, paste it into the Specify Source URL box, (if your School has a video streaming server you can use, then you will have a URL for the file) otherwise click Browse to locate your movie file on your hard drive or network account. You can choose to change the options if you wish, but the default ones will probably be fine. Autostart will begin playing the video when you open the page, and Loop will start playing again when the video gets to the end. Choose whether you want to provide mini, mini full or no video controls. As with using still images, it is good practice to add Alternate Text for a screen reader to read. Once you’re done click Submit. Alt Submit

Beware of file sizes— sizes—how big is too big? With advances in broadband Internet connections it is easy to get carried away and create bigger and bigger files to be put online. Home broadband speeds of up to 50Mb/sec are now available but you should always plan for users with slower connections, the UK average is currently around 5Mb/s but there are still areas of the country that only have access to dial-up at 56Kb/s. Video where possible should always be streamed. As you can see from the table below, downloading content can take an incredibly long time. Size of file

56Kb/s Dial-up

5Mb/s Broadband

10Mb/s Broadband

500KB

~1 minute 15 seconds