Recording a Video Post in a Forum

Moodle offers the functionality to post a video or audio recording as part of an Forum. As faculty, it is recommended that you post the directions and possibly your own video post in the Description area of the Forum for students to view. It is also a good idea to link to our student video discussion forum help guide so students have some support for this process.  

The directions below will walk you through the process of creating an actual video post in a forum. This same process can be repeated with Labels, Pages, and the Description of any activity or resource. Anywhere you see an HTML text box, faculty have the ability to create a 2 minute video to share with students directly through Moodle.

Note: Videos posted to the forum in Moodle cannot be viewed from an Apple mobile operating system (iOS), meaning from an iPhone or iPad.  Videos can be viewed on any browser (we recommend Chrome or Firefox) on a Mac laptop/computer, PC laptop/computer, or an Android mobile device like a smart phone or tablet.  

Step 4: In window that appears, click Start Recording.

Step 5: A pop-up will appear requesting access to your computer camera and microphone, click Allow.   Note: the pop-up appearance will vary depending on your browser.

Step 6: The system will begin recording, click Stop Recording when finished.

Step 7:  Click the play button to preview the video and then click Attach Recording  to add it to the field.  (Click Record again to re-record the video, if needed)

Note:  Be patient, there may be up to a 10 second delay while the video is being added to the Message field!