Add Media to Your Moodle Course

If your administrator has setup the Moodle LMS integration, you can add media to your course without logging in to TechSmith Knowmia. Follow the tutorial below to learn how it's done.

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Add TechSmith Knowmia Media to a Moodle Course

When the Moodle Administrator completes the TechSmith Knowmia LTI integration, the option to add content from your Knowmia library course is now within Moodle.

Choose The Moodle Course Synced Up to Knowmia Integration

  1. Log into Moodle.
  2. Choose the course to add Knowmia media to. 
  3. If editing is not already turned on, click Turn editing on to make editing options available.

    Turn on editing button
  4. Click Add an activity or resource.

    Add an activity or resource option
  5. Choose Activities list > External tool > Add.

    Select external tool in the activities list
  6. Enter a new Activity name.
  7. Choose External tool type > Knowmia.

Note: The Knowmia name is determined by the Moodle administrator. Contact your administrator to find out your Knowmia name.

Choose Knowmia as the external tool type

  1. To enter Knowmia quiz results into the Moodle gradebook, set those options in the Grade section, including setting the number of points possible.

    Grade type and maximum grade dialogue

Note: Once a student completes a quiz, allow up to one hour for quiz scores to be synchronized between Knowmia and the Moodle gradebook.

  1. Click Save and display to continue.

    Save and display button in dialogue
  2. Your Knowmia library will open, displaying all available media.

*If a course containing Knowmia videos added via the External Tool option is copied, the Knowmia media in the fresh copy of the course will need to be re-linked. To re-link media, simply open the Activity and re-select the desired video or folder (in other words, repeat Step 8 shown above).

Knowmia Quiz Report Details

A single piece of Knowmia content can report a quiz score in two different ways:

  1. If the Knowmia media content contains a quiz with questions, the quiz results can be sent back to the Moodle gradebook. Points are awarded based on the percentage of correct answers.
  2. If the Knowmia media content has no quiz questions, enable this option to have points assigned to it according to the percentage of the video watched.

Example: A student watches 80% of the Knowmia video. Knowmia reports a score of 8/10 to the Moodle gradebook.

Tips

  • If an entire folder of media is selected, no quiz score is reported.
  • Knowmia reported scores can be manually overwritten in the Moodle gradebook.
  • Once a student completes a quiz, allow up to one hour for quiz scores to be synchronized between Knowmia and the Moodle gradebook. Any score automatically reported by Knowmia can later be manually overwritten in the course gradebook.

Any score automatically reported by Knowmia can later be manually overwritten in the course gradebook.

Add Knowmia Media To The Moodle Course

There are four ways to add Knowmia Media to the Moodle Course:

  1. Record a New Video with Knowmia Recorder
  2. Choose an Existing Media File
  3. Add Media as a Conversation 
  4. Add an Entire Folder of Content

1. Record a New Video with TechSmith Capture

Quickly record anything on your screen or webcam with TechSmith Capture. Highlights include:

  • Videos are ready for viewing immediately after upload.
  • The ability to record specific regions of your screen, as well as full-frame webcam videos.
  • Switch between the screen and webcam while recording.
  • Lightweight installation on any machine.
  • Launch a new recording directly from your LMS.

To record with Knowmia Recorder, click Launch Recorder. For more information, see Record Your First Video.

2. Choose an Existing Media File

To add an existing media file, click the Add Media button.

Add media button in the library

3. Add Media as a Conversation

The Conversations feature allows content creators to collaborate, review, and discuss a video with others. The Conversations feature aligns written comments and drawn annotations with specific points in the video, making reviews quick and easy.

  • Enhance student engagement with course content.
  • Improve student-to-student interactions.
  • Increase an instructor’s social presence.
  • Streamline the content review process.

Add Video as a Conversation

To add media as a conversation, enable the Add Conversation option. 

Add conversation check box

Click Add Media. Choose desired video. 

For more information, see Add a Conversation to a Video.

4.  Add an Entire Folder of Content

To add an entire folder of media, including any subfolders, click the Add Folder button.

Add folder button in the library

Note: No quiz scoring is reported to the Moodle gradebook if an entire media folder is selected.