Description

Authors can embed videos hosted on the Internet or upload videos from a computer. Video clips can be uploaded in MP4 (H.264/MPEG-4) and must be less than 100MB in size.

Adding Video player as a standalone Feature to Items

To add Video player to an Item:

• Create an Item as you normally would, and from the Features section of the Question Editor templates, select Video player.

• Upload video as follows

  Video Type	Description	Upload Video
  Youtube	Embedded YouTube video	Paste the link in the Source URL textbox
  Vimeo	Embedded Vimeo video
  Hosted Video	Default video type, which automatically detects if the provided Source URL is YouTube, Vimeo, or a normal video link.	Underneath Source URL, click on +Add. A modal will appear to upload or embed a video. You can upload a video in three ways: Drag your file to the Drag and drop files or click to add video box. Click the Drag and drop files or click to add video box, select a video from your computer, then click OK. Under More options, insert a video URL (e.g., Vimeo or YouTube) into the respective field, then click OK.

• Title - Heading of the Video player.
• Summary - Description of the video being played.

More Options

Here you will find additional settings to help you configure the Video player:

• Poster Image (only allowed for Hosted Video) - You can add an image to be displayed before the video starts.
• Width - Specify the video width. Default is set to 480px. Note: Responsive design with percentage height and width is not supported with Vimeo videos.
• Height - Specify the video height. Default is set to 270px. Note: Responsive design with percentage height and width is not supported with Vimeo videos.
• Hide Controls (only allowed for Hosted Video) - Allows students to have Play/Pause controls. The default setting is off.
• Caption URL (only allowed for Hosted Video) - Can upload a VTT file to use for captioning the video. 
• Transcript - A transcript for the video, you can input text directly into this field or include a URL or filename to be used instead. This will be configured on the assessment page by your development team and therefore it's not possible to preview this in the Question Editor or Item Edit/Preview pages.

Figure 1: Example of an Item containing a video feature on the left and a question on the right.

Adding Video player as a Simple Feature to Questions

Videos can be embedded inside a Question, either by using videos hosted on the Internet or by uploading videos from a computer. Video clips can be uploaded in MP4 (H.264/MPEG-4) and must be less than 100MB.

To insert a video inside a Question, click on the Simple Features button in the Rich Text Editor. Make sure you have selected 'Video' from the left menu, then you can select from either using a YouTube video URL, a Vimeo video URL, or a Hosted video (i.e. uploading a video from your computer or pasting in a URL of a video you have uploaded elsewhere that is not YouTube or Vimeo).

Figure 2: Simple Feature video player options.

You have the option to give the video a title (or a 'Heading') and you can configure the Width and Height of the video container.

If you have used the Hosted Video player type, you will have the additional option of uploading a poster image for the video. You will also be able to disable video controls for the student.

You can preview the video before clicking OK.

It is also possible to record a video, on-the-fly, inside Learnosity and embed that inside a Question.