Copy the url link to the YouTube or Vimeo video.

In your Moodle content, press enter to create a new paragraph and paste the URL.

Press enter to create a new paragraph and continue writing.

Your video will display within your written text.

If you want the video to display in a larger format, please see the embedding options below.

Hover over the video and click on the share button.

This will open the sharing options. Click on Embed.

In the embed options, you can:

Start at: at what point it starts playing,

Show player controls: always leave it selected.

Click Copy.

Go back to Moodle and the activity you were preparing. On the editor’s navigation bar, click on the HTML button.

This will display the HTML code of your text. Locate the paragraph that will precede the video and press enter to start a new line. You will recognise the end of the paragraph by the closing tag </p>.

In this new line, paste the copied embedded code.

In the editor’s navigation bar, click on the HTML button again and continue writing under the video.

When done, scroll down and click Save and return to course as normal.

Your video will display within your written text.

Hover over the video and click on the share icon shaped like a paper plane.

This will open the sharing options. Click on More options and make sure you select the following:

Size: responsive.

Special stuff: uncheck all options.

Click on the embed code to select it and copy it (press Ctrl and ‘C’).

Go back to Moodle and the activity you were preparing. On the editor’s navigation bar, click on the HTML button.

This will display the HTML code of your text. Locate the paragraph that will precede the video and press enter to start a new line. You will recognise the end of the paragraph by the closing tag </p>.

In this new line, paste the copied embedded code.

If you want to add more text after the video, copy and paste the following code in a new line: <p>Continue writing here.</p>

In the editor’s navigation bar, click on the HTML button again and continue writing under the video.

When done, scroll down and click Save and return to course as normal.

Your video will display within your written text.

Add the transcript to your course as a hidden file. See our guide on adding files.

In Common module settings, select ‘Hide on course page’.

Scroll down and click on Save and display.

Right-click on the link to the file and copy it; you will need this link later.

When you are adding the textual content to your activity, i f you have been writing, press enter to create a new line.

On the editor’s navigation bar, click on the Echo360 plugging button.

This will open your Echo360 library. Search for the video you want to include.

Click on the relevant video and click Next at the bottom right of the pop-up window.

Here you can select:

Size: the size of the video,

Start at: at what point it starts playing,

Autoplay: if you want it to start playing automatically. For accessibility best practice, don’t enable autoplay.

Automute: if you want the video to be muted by default.

Link: if you want to include a link to the video instead of displaying the video itself on Moodle.

Once you are happy with the settings, click Insert at the bottom-right corner of the pop-up window.

You will be taken back to the Insert Media pop-up window. Click on Insert media.

A link will appear on your text editor.

Press enter to create a new line of text and add a line with a link to the transcript.

Write your text. For example: “You can also access the transcript.”

Select the words you want to link and click on the Link button.

Paste the link to the transcript in the Enter a URL box and click on Create link.

Continue writing.  

When done, scroll down and click Save and return to course as normal.

Your video will display within your written text.

When you are ready to embed the video in your Moodle activity, open a new tab and log into Echo360.

Go to your Library using the navigation bar at the top-left of your screen.

Select the relevant video and scroll down to the settings area and select Sharing.

Once there, scroll down until you reach the Links area. Click on Add link.

You will now have a link you can set up for embedding. Here you can select:

Description: you can add a short description if you wish,

Start at: at what point it starts playing,

Public access: this will allow anyone with the link to view the video. Please leave it on so anyone accessing your course can view the video.

Once you are happy with the settings, click on Embed.

In the pop up window you can select:

Size: the size of the video.

Autoplay: if you want it to start playing automatically. For accessibility best practice, don’t enable autoplay.

Automute: if you want the video to be muted by default.

Once you are happy with the settings, click on Copy and Done.

Go back to Moodle and the activity you were preparing. On the editor’s navigation bar, click on the HTML button.

This will display the HTML code of your text. Locate the paragraph that will precede the video and press enter to start a new line. You will recognise the end of the paragraph by the closing tag </p>.

In this new line, paste the copied embedded code.

In the editor’s navigation bar, click on the HTML button again and continue writing under the video.

Press enter to create a new line of text and add a line with a link to the transcript.

Write your text. For example: “You can also access the transcript.”

Select the words you want to link and click on the Link button.

Paste the link to the transcript in the Enter a URL box and click on Create link.

Continue writing.

When done, scroll down and click Save and return to course as normal.

Your video will display within your written text.