Allowing Learners to Record & Upload Videos

There are a few areas within the learner view of a course where you can allow your learners to record and upload video comments. This option appears in discussion board threads and comments, as well as individual assignment submissions. 

Where do I find this?

Within discussions: 

Content > Actions > Settings > Design & Display

Within assignments:

Content > Actions > Edit

How do I do this?

Once enabled, learners will be able to record and upload video comments directly to the learning site. This is a helpful feature when you want to encourage course-wide communications between learners.

1. From your dashboard, select Content.
2. Click the Actions drop-down next to the course you want to alter and select Settings.
3. From the left menu, select Design & Display.
4. Scroll down the page to the Sidebar & Tools section and toggle "Discussions Enabled?" to "Yes".
5. Click Save.

Along with the ability to record/upload video on discussion threads, there is an option to allow your learners to record a video within assignments. 

1. From your dashboard, select Content.
2. Click the Actions drop-down next to the course you want to alter and select Edit.
3. Within the course outline, go to the lesson where you'd like to add an assignment page. Click Add New Page.
4. Choose the assignment page type, give it a title, and then click Save.
5. Next, you'll be asked to add your Assignment Info. Within the Assignment Options section, be sure to toggle "Allow learners to record a video for this assignment?" to "Yes".
6. Click Save Assignment.

What else do I need to know?

• For more information on discussions, see our Creating a Discussion Board Page article.
• For more information on assignments, see our Creating an Assignment Page article.
• Users will be able to preview their videos, add text and submit video comments.

What does this look like?

Learner View (Discussion Board):

Learner View (Assignment):

Admin View (Within Discussions):

Admin View (Within an Assignment):