Editing u:stream video in Moodle

Uploading video

Go to the Moodle course linked to the u:stream series. Click on More and then on u:stream videos in the upper navigation.

On the u:stream videos overview page click the button Add video.

On the following page, under Enter metadata, select which series the video should be assigned to. You can choose from those series that have been linked to the respective Moodle course. You also need to enter a title for the video.

Under Upload File you now have the option to upload a presenter video and/or a presentation video.

• Use the upload for the presenter video if you want to upload a video file with a recording of a speaker. Films and similar videos can also be uploaded here.
• Use the upload for the presentation video if you want to upload the recording of a slide presentation or a screencast.
• If you have a combined recording of slides and presenter (e.g. split screen or picture-in-picture), the ZID recommends uploading as presentation video, as only there is slide recognition and automatic marking of the slide transitions.
• If you have recorded the presentation and the presenter separately in 2 videos (dual recording), you can upload both files at the same time. In this case, when playing the processed videos, the viewers can decide themselves at any time how to display the two videos (side by side, focus on presenter or on presentation).

To upload the video, drag the file into the designated area or click on Choose a file ... to select it on your device and accept it with Upload this file. You must then tick the terms of use.

Click on the Upload video button to start the transfer of the file to u:stream.

Editing videos in Moodle

Successfully uploaded videos are listed in the table under Videos available in this course and marked with a green tick under Status. You can edit (gear icon) or delete (recycle bin icon) these videos.

Editing video and metadata in the editor

To edit a video in the editor, click on the cogwheel symbol next to the video and select Edit video and metadata. The editor with the video to be edited opens. You can now choose from the following options in the left side menu: Trim, Metadata and Subtitle.

Trim

Here you can cut away the beginning, the end or a part in the middle of the recording.

Use the play button below the video to play the video and pause it at the appropriate point. The vertical marker in the audio track of the video (purple area) shows you where you are in the video. You can also move the marker directly to the appropriate position.

• If you want to remove the beginning or the end, place the marker at the desired point in the video before or after which you want to cut. Click Cut at the desired cut point. Then place the marker on the section to be deleted and click Delete. 
• If you want to cut within the video, you need 2 cut points that delimit the section to be cut out. You also set these two cut points with Cut. Then select the section and click on Delete. 

You can then watch the video with preview mode on and decide whether you want to save the change. If necessary, you can undo any cuts or deletions made with Merge Left or Merge Right or Restore.

You can now make further changes or click on Finish in the left menu of the editor. Then you can:

• Save changes: The edits made are saved, but the video is not reprocessed. This function is recommended, for example, to save the intermediate status of an edit that should not yet be visible to the users of the video.
• Start processing: The processing of the video is triggered, with which the cuts are transferred to the published video. 
• Discard changes: All edits are discarded and the video is not reprocessed.

Metadata

Under this item you can change the title of the recording. To do this, overwrite the old title and then click on Finish in the left menu and then on Save Change.

If only the title was changed, it is not necessary to start the processing again. It is sufficient to save the changes.

Deleting a video

To delete a video, click on the recycle bin icon next to the video. You will be informed that the file cannot be restored. If you actually want to delete, click on Delete video permanently.

Deleting not only removes the link in the Moodle course, but permanently and irrevocably deletes the video from u:stream. All publications of the video will be invalidated by the deletion. Therefore, remember to also remove any published links and/or activities to the video.

Making videos available to students in Moodle

Both individual videos and entire u:stream series can be directly integrated into a Moodle course as an activity via u:stream videos and thus made available to students.

In the section Videos available in this course, all u:stream series linked to the course and the associated individual videos are displayed.

To embed a single video, click on the arrow symbol next to the respective video in the column Include in course.

A form opens in which you can enter the desired information such as title, description or prerequisites for the activity. Under Choose target section you specify in which section of the Moodle course the video should be included.

Individual videos already embedded in the Moodle course are marked with the display icon in the overview of u:stream videos. Click on it to go directly to the activity and play the video.

You can also include a complete u:stream series in the course. This will offer all videos that are currently in this series and will be added in the future to students in the form of a playlist.

To embed the series, use the arrow icon right next to the series title.