Video

Videos may be used in a variety of places:

• as the trailer video that acts as a course introduction

• within a unit, as detailed on this page

• within an activity, as detailed in Videos in activities.

• uploaded by students in response to activities or assignments

Sources of videos

Videos are typically embedded using their URL, and sourced from YouTube or Vimeo (where our video team hosts our in-house videos).

Videos may also be uploaded or even recorded directly in iQualify using your webcam.

YouTube URLs

YouTube videos can just use the URL directly from the browser. YouTube videos can be clipped and recommended videos somewhat controlled. See details later on this page.

Vimeo URLs (in-house videos)

Our talented video team can bring your vision to life. Have a look at their Video showcase for inspiration.

Our in-house videos on Vimeo have two URLs:

• One for reviewing the video directly – these all start with 'https://vimeo.com/openpolytechnic/review/..'.

• An embed code, which is used for inserting the video into iQualify. These are recorded on the Vimeo Embed Codes spreadsheet.

For Unit Videos

Depending on how the embed code has been provided, the link may need to be extracted from the embed code.

• If the link provided starts with 'https://player.vimeo.com/video/...', no further action is required – just use this link.

• If the link provided starts with '<iframe data-number...', the actual URL will need to be extracted. The bit we need is everything between the quote marks after src="copy this bit for iQualify", as highlighted in the example below.

<iframe data-number="iQual00139" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/116926294?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

For Activities the whole embed code is used. See Videos in activities for more details.

Videos in a unit/page

Select the Video element in a unit/page.

This will bring up the following dialog box.

Here we can choose to:

• add video by recording or uploading

• embed a video from YouTube or Vimeo or ClickView.

Embed video

The following walk-through demonstrates embedding videos using the URL, and options available on YouTube and Vimeo.

Enter the URL from YouTube or the Vimeo link supplied by the video team. A preview of the video will be shown and you’ll be given the option of adding a copyright attribution.

Note: For YouTube videos it is recommended that you leave the copyright attribution blank.

Controlling YouTube suggestions

YouTube’s default behavior is to present video suggestions based on the user’s browsing habits. Consequently we have no control over what may be suggested to the student – there’s a danger that suggestions made according to the uploader’s browsing history may reflect badly on Open Polytechnic.

Suggestions can no longer be removed. However, they can be limited to the YouTube channel of the video selected.

Adding &rel=0 to the end of the URL will attempt to limit the suggestions to the YouTube channel of the selected video

For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9BllT7ovg&rel=0

Note: This is automatically added using the YouTube clipper mk1 below.

Clipping YouTube videos

YouTube videos can have a start and end time added to play part of a video. This can be very useful if only part of the video is relevant to the topic.

To make this easy, use the YouTube Clipper mk1 below.

Clipping Vimeo videos

Note: This option is currently not being accepted as a valid URL by the iQualify system. A ticket was raised on 22 November 2018.

Vimeo videos can have a start time set, but there is no provision for an end time. The start time is added with #t=0m20s and this should be added just before the question mark ‘?’.

Original embed code:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/129512526?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

With start time added:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/129512526#t=0m20s?title=0&byline=0&p

Video lead-in and referencing

Most video content should have a lead-in in the preceding text to inform students what they are about to watch and why. This is also a good place to add the citation, duration and APA reference.

• Use the title of the video rather than ‘watch this’.

• The video title should be linked to the YouTube video and in title case and italics.

• Add a citation after the video title (author surname or uploader name, year).

• Add the length of the clip next (mm:ss).

• Then add the reference in APA style in a footnote.

Uploading video

Videos can be uploaded in a wide variety of formats.

AVI, MOV, DIVX, FLV, 3GP, MP4, MPEG, WMV, VOB, DCM and MKV

Recording videos

Videos can be recorded directly into iQualify.

1. Select Record video.

2. You will be asked for permission to enable your webcam.

3. Select Allow.

4. When you’re ready, select Start recording. Select Finish recording to stop.

5. If you’re happy with your video, select Submit video. Or you can choose to Record again.

6. Save.

7. If you want to download your video (for example, to make edits), select the three vertical dots and then Download.

Poster image

Videos added through uploading or recording can have an optional poster image added.

This image will be displayed until the learner hits the play button. This can be useful if you want to choose a specific image rather than have the image default to the start of your video.

Transcripts

Video transcripts are important for accessibility.

YouTube videos may have an existing transcript. Check that it is of an acceptable quality. The auto generated captions can be bit rough.

In-house developed videos will probably have a transcript from the development script.

To add a transcript, select Transcript at the top of the video settings. A simplified version of the text edit box will appear.

When saved, the option to show or hide the transcript is shown at the bottom left of the video.