Problem –

Do you know how to embed a flash video into a moodle webpage? I don’t want to link to it or embed via an external player – I just want it to appear on the page. I read something about making sure that your admin has enabled the multimedia filter for .flv files in Site_Administration>Modules>Filters>Multi_Media_Plugins>Settings.

I actually want it to appear in a label, not a webpage but I guess that’s the same thing, right…sort of? I’ve tried all I know to do (html code, creating a separate webpage and then linking to that) but nothing is working for me.

Solution – Enable Multimedia Plugins

To display FLV and other video formats easily–although SWF appears to come up without problem–just enable your Multimedia Plugins. Simply go to the screen shown above:

Site_Administration>Modules>Filters>Multi_Media_Plugins

And click on the eye that will enable. Then, click on SETTINGS for the Multimedia Plug-in…it will sort of look like what is shown below (click in all the checkboxes):

Enable .mp3 filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_mp3

Default: Yes

Enable .swf filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_swf

Default: No

As a default security measure, normal users should not be allowed to embed swf flash files.

Enable .mov filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_mov

Default: Yes

Enable .wmv filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_wmv

Default: Yes

Enable .mpg filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_mpg

Default: Yes

Enable .avi filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_avi

Default: Yes

Enable .flv filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_flv

Default: Yes

Enable .ram filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_ram

Default: Yes

Enable .rpm filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_rpm

Default: Yes

Enable .rm filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_rm

Default: Yes

Once this is enabled in Moodle, you’ll be set to go! In a web page, just follow the instructions in this video tutorial generously posted in the Moodle.org forums by Matt Campbell.

And, be sure to read the following Moodle articles…

1. Moodle Tips Roundup – a list of tips I’ve picked up in my Moodle journey.
2. Doing the Moodle Mambo
3. Moodle Habitudes: Constructing Online Learning Environments
   
4. Book Review – Moodle 1.9: E-Learning Course Development by William Rice
5. Why Moodle? A few reasons culled from around the Web using Google
6. Moodle-izing Education (due for publication in Education World…find it here in mid-March, 2009)

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