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Upload a Video (Not a Panopto Video)

Learn how to upload a video into a Moodle Forum

Purpose

This article demonstrates how to upload a video from your computer to a forum.

Procedures

Click on the forum activity on your Moodle classroom page

If this is a Q and A forum, you’ll have to Reply to the instructor's post. Otherwise, you will click on the Start a new discussion button

If the toolbar is not available in the text box, click on the word, Advanced, and you will be taken to the text editor with all of the toolbar options

Screenshot of text box with Advanced located in the bottom right corner

Click on the icon, Record Video

Screenshot of the text editor tool bar with the insert media icon highlighted

Click on the Video tab

Click on the Browse repositories button on the Insert media window

Screenshot of the insert media popout screen with video tab and browse repositories highlighted

On the File picker window, click on the Upload a file button and then the Choose File button

Screenshot of file picker popup with Upload a file and Choose file options highlighted.

Your computer’s file chooser window should open. Find the desired file on your computer and attach your file. For example, if you are using a PC, locate the file and double-click on it, or click the Open button to attach it to the Moodle File picker window

Once the file is attached, click on the Upload this file button at the bottom of the Moodle File picker window

In the Insert media window, you can adjust the Display options and Advanced settings

Click on Insert media

Click on the Post to forum button

Play the video for a few moments to ensure that you attached it correctly

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