Hi,
I am new to moodle and really have a small clue about what I am doing.
I am trying to make moodle a training course for an employee to go on and learn about a topic. Now, I have presentations made in PowerPoint and I can add them on the site, that is fine, but I need animation made in Flash to be in the slide show as well. So to save money my company was just going to purchase Flash, so we can create the slide show in Flash and have the animation right in it. I understand that moodle can handle the "PPT 2 Flash" .swf's , but would it be the same as Flash's .swf's?
Please Help!
Hi Jen,
I'm not exactly sure about what you want to do. You want to create slide-shows to deploy on Moodle course pages and you want to either include existing Flash animation or create your own Flash animation files, right?
Just purchasing the Flash IDE (Flash Professional CS3) may not be the best solution for you. It's designed for experienced developers and designers and requires a lot of training just to do some of the basics.
There are numerous third party programs that can create slide-shows and tutorials for you in the Flash SWF format. One of the most popular and flexible is Adobe Captivate which is aimed more at educators and trainers than designers and developers. It's expensive and there are also a lot of cheaper or free alternatives.
Of course, if all you want is to show a sequence of images, text and Flash animation files, all you need is a 'template' swf that you can feed the media into through an XML file.
I think it would be a good idea to objectify exactly what you want to do now and what you might want to do in the future and go from there. If you can give us more details, I'm sure you'll get a lot of good advice from the Moodlers on this forum.
All the best,
Matt
I'm not exactly sure about what you want to do. You want to create slide-shows to deploy on Moodle course pages and you want to either include existing Flash animation or create your own Flash animation files, right?
Just purchasing the Flash IDE (Flash Professional CS3) may not be the best solution for you. It's designed for experienced developers and designers and requires a lot of training just to do some of the basics.
There are numerous third party programs that can create slide-shows and tutorials for you in the Flash SWF format. One of the most popular and flexible is Adobe Captivate which is aimed more at educators and trainers than designers and developers. It's expensive and there are also a lot of cheaper or free alternatives.
Of course, if all you want is to show a sequence of images, text and Flash animation files, all you need is a 'template' swf that you can feed the media into through an XML file.
I think it would be a good idea to objectify exactly what you want to do now and what you might want to do in the future and go from there. If you can give us more details, I'm sure you'll get a lot of good advice from the Moodlers on this forum.
All the best,
Matt
Thanks Matt for trying to help Jen. I'd like to leverage on your willingness to help and don't intent to hi-jack Jen's needs.
Like her, I'm wanting a slideshow. I'm a Mac user and have a ton of old PowerPoints. Now these can be converted rather easily to flash files which take a "swf" suffix.
In Moodle, I'm using 1.8-something. When I follow your tip to link to the resource (I used the built-in file-upload since I wouldn't know where to address an ftp file
some built-in module which precludes most all of the old advice about what needs to be done from search. The problem is that what I get is a movie which runs -- flipping through the slides too fast with no pause or stop buttons.
What I don't have is some sort of player controls for users. Is that because I've missed a module, or some trick in the process of getting files tagged? It doesn't seem right that I need to worry about the complexities of altering php files etc.. which comes us in some of the discussion about using flash files.
Any pointers or tips would be much appreciated.
Like her, I'm wanting a slideshow. I'm a Mac user and have a ton of old PowerPoints. Now these can be converted rather easily to flash files which take a "swf" suffix.
In Moodle, I'm using 1.8-something. When I follow your tip to link to the resource (I used the built-in file-upload since I wouldn't know where to address an ftp file
What I don't have is some sort of player controls for users. Is that because I've missed a module, or some trick in the process of getting files tagged? It doesn't seem right that I need to worry about the complexities of altering php files etc.. which comes us in some of the discussion about using flash files.
Any pointers or tips would be much appreciated.
Hi Steve,
Basically, there are a lot of problems with trying to incorporate what Moodle does with what Flash Player does. There are a lot of security restrictions that are very necessary to protect your users computers and your Moodle database. If I understand what you've posted here correctly, what you want would mean creating a new Module or customising Moodle somewhere along the line.
I'm pushing as much as I can for some kind of module that makes it easy to deploy any kind of Flash package in Moodle, whether it's a single, self-contained SWF file or something which is closer to e-learning best practices which uses XML files and external resources to create a learning interaction. Progress is slow, so I wouldn't hold my breath.
I'd recommend sticking, as far as possible, with what Moodle does 'out of the box' or what you can use from the extensions (modules) library at Moodle.org. I believe that Moodle supports PowerPoint so there's an easy way to include any ppt files you want to use.
Good luck!
Basically, there are a lot of problems with trying to incorporate what Moodle does with what Flash Player does. There are a lot of security restrictions that are very necessary to protect your users computers and your Moodle database. If I understand what you've posted here correctly, what you want would mean creating a new Module or customising Moodle somewhere along the line.
I'm pushing as much as I can for some kind of module that makes it easy to deploy any kind of Flash package in Moodle, whether it's a single, self-contained SWF file or something which is closer to e-learning best practices which uses XML files and external resources to create a learning interaction. Progress is slow, so I wouldn't hold my breath.
I'd recommend sticking, as far as possible, with what Moodle does 'out of the box' or what you can use from the extensions (modules) library at Moodle.org. I believe that Moodle supports PowerPoint so there's an easy way to include any ppt files you want to use.
Good luck!
Thanks Matt. I wasn't intending to ask for something out of the box. I'm rather a newbie, and was trying to find out what Moodle does "out of the box". Here's what I've found so far:
On a Mac, I can easily convert powerpoint to video files, and using an inexpensive tool, produce a flash video with suffix swf. This runs the powerpoints as a video though, without controllers for stopping or working through the presentation as one would want in a slideshow. I can upload this file and incorporate it into an html page with appropriate tags, but the running isn't what I want.
I think I should probably use an flv file -- with or without audio annotations of slides. I can quickly produced those from my PowerPoint files, and embed them in an html page using Dreamweaver locally. I don't know where to upload these 'bundled' products, and perhaps what I have is something I need to zip and locate. I wouldn't know how to reference these files with paths or links from html or through calling for a new resource.
I can't fine any support for PowerPoint in Moodle by searching for powerpoint at the modules directory, so aside from uploading a file and allowing students to download it, or aside from going to an outside service which would allow me to embed into pages, I don't know where to go on this.
Perhaps what you're saying is that Moodle doesn't support flv or swf, though I do see an flv player as a 'filter'? in the installation that I can peak around through ftp directory stepping. The help files there provide no instructions on how to use or address the file. If I attempt to link to an flv file as resource through file upload, I find that's not what I'm supposed to do
Care.
On a Mac, I can easily convert powerpoint to video files, and using an inexpensive tool, produce a flash video with suffix swf. This runs the powerpoints as a video though, without controllers for stopping or working through the presentation as one would want in a slideshow. I can upload this file and incorporate it into an html page with appropriate tags, but the running isn't what I want.
I think I should probably use an flv file -- with or without audio annotations of slides. I can quickly produced those from my PowerPoint files, and embed them in an html page using Dreamweaver locally. I don't know where to upload these 'bundled' products, and perhaps what I have is something I need to zip and locate. I wouldn't know how to reference these files with paths or links from html or through calling for a new resource.
I can't fine any support for PowerPoint in Moodle by searching for powerpoint at the modules directory, so aside from uploading a file and allowing students to download it, or aside from going to an outside service which would allow me to embed into pages, I don't know where to go on this.
Perhaps what you're saying is that Moodle doesn't support flv or swf, though I do see an flv player as a 'filter'? in the installation that I can peak around through ftp directory stepping. The help files there provide no instructions on how to use or address the file. If I attempt to link to an flv file as resource through file upload, I find that's not what I'm supposed to do
Care.
Hi,
I use Flash all the time in my Moodle. Some of my instrctors send me PowerPoint preseatations with animations etc. I use a program called Flair by Wildform. (www.wildform.com) It converts .ppt's into Flash and I can even edit the animations. I love it and can do so much more with it also. I am not a programmer. You can download a demo for 30 days at no charge.
I also build marketing programs with Flair and use them as Flash. I can import videos and lots of different file extensions. Well worth looking at. I can use the final versions in Moodle easily.
Lee
Hi,
Ok, let me try to explain this a little better.
I am new to moodle, but I am not new with Flash, I have used it a lot in the past (not very much in about 2 years). I am creating a site for my company so that our employees can log on, go through an online training session to get their WHMIS or to do the theory part of Forklift Training and so on.
I have the presentations as PowerPoint but my boss would like to add some animation with flash of a mascot to help employees out and to point them in the right direction.
I am just wondering what would be the easiest way to load it on to moodle is if I had the presentations as Flash and the animation guy (which means going and transferring everything over to Flash), or if just creating a flash animation and adding it to the PowerPoint presentation, then use PPT2Flash to make it a smaller size.
Ok, let me try to explain this a little better.
I am new to moodle, but I am not new with Flash, I have used it a lot in the past (not very much in about 2 years). I am creating a site for my company so that our employees can log on, go through an online training session to get their WHMIS or to do the theory part of Forklift Training and so on.
I have the presentations as PowerPoint but my boss would like to add some animation with flash of a mascot to help employees out and to point them in the right direction.
I am just wondering what would be the easiest way to load it on to moodle is if I had the presentations as Flash and the animation guy (which means going and transferring everything over to Flash), or if just creating a flash animation and adding it to the PowerPoint presentation, then use PPT2Flash to make it a smaller size.
Hi Jen,
I quickly whipped up a tutorial about this because a lot of people have been asking about how to deploy Captivate tutorials in Moodle. The basic principle is the same for any Flash based resource:
http://matbury.com/wiki/index.php?title=Captivate_and_Moodle_Tutorial
P.S. The buttons and drop-down lists are real, de-activated HTML so you can see how it works more clearly.
I quickly whipped up a tutorial about this because a lot of people have been asking about how to deploy Captivate tutorials in Moodle. The basic principle is the same for any Flash based resource:
http://matbury.com/wiki/index.php?title=Captivate_and_Moodle_Tutorial
P.S. The buttons and drop-down lists are real, de-activated HTML so you can see how it works more clearly.
Hi Lee,
Thanks for the tip on Flair. I have been looking seriously at Camtasia Studio and also something call Engage from Articulate. If you have aminute I have a couple of questions:
Do you think Fail could do the types of things Engage can do? http://www.articulate.com/products/engage-demos.php
I especially like the circles and pyramid elements that you press. I also like taking an image and letting the user press on and explore it.
Looks like Flair can do the type of screen recordings and other things Camtasia Studio does.
When you put the things you make in Moodle, are they always ftp'd up to a folder and then you link to them form your moodle class? Or do you have a way to embed them so they play right from the particular moodle class?
Thanks,
Jamie
Thanks for the tip on Flair. I have been looking seriously at Camtasia Studio and also something call Engage from Articulate. If you have aminute I have a couple of questions:
Do you think Fail could do the types of things Engage can do? http://www.articulate.com/products/engage-demos.php
I especially like the circles and pyramid elements that you press. I also like taking an image and letting the user press on and explore it.
Looks like Flair can do the type of screen recordings and other things Camtasia Studio does.
When you put the things you make in Moodle, are they always ftp'd up to a folder and then you link to them form your moodle class? Or do you have a way to embed them so they play right from the particular moodle class?
Thanks,
Jamie
Hi, Jamie,
I use Flair, Camtasia Studio and Articulate Engage. (I have recently begun using Raptivity, too. You might want to check it out. It does a nice job and everything goes into a single SWF file.) I like them all. I just use the one that seems to fit the job.
To delpoy the movie in a course, I usually zip everything up and upload it to the files area of my course where I unzip it. Then I link to the SWF file in a web page, a forum, etc., and Moodle creates a player for it. There are often other ways to go, though. It's just what I do when I can.
Hope that helps a little bit.
-- Art
I use Flair, Camtasia Studio and Articulate Engage. (I have recently begun using Raptivity, too. You might want to check it out. It does a nice job and everything goes into a single SWF file.) I like them all. I just use the one that seems to fit the job.
To delpoy the movie in a course, I usually zip everything up and upload it to the files area of my course where I unzip it. Then I link to the SWF file in a web page, a forum, etc., and Moodle creates a player for it. There are often other ways to go, though. It's just what I do when I can.
Hope that helps a little bit.
-- Art
Art: The specificity of your posts is really appreciated, for it helped me learn and begin to question why exactly the same doesn't work for me. I have tried, once getting the file uploaded, to link to the resource... but I get the swf file with no controller. If I were to create a web page, I'm not sure how I'd path the URL to the files area. I'm wondering if the problem is that I don't have one or another module that I'm supposed to have installed in 1.8.3. When I look in the mods directory I don't see anything along the lines of a multimedia module, though I do see a filter which seems to be a flash player. Any suggestions for troubleshooting would be appreciated.
Thanks Art!
That Raptivity is very impressive. Every time I think I have decided on what I want to purchase, I seem to find another one even better I notice they support moodle as the learning environment too.
Also, your description of how to make the SWF files part of a classroom are very helpful.
Thanks again,
Jamie
That Raptivity is very impressive. Every time I think I have decided on what I want to purchase, I seem to find another one even better
Also, your description of how to make the SWF files part of a classroom are very helpful.
Thanks again,
Jamie
Hi Art and Steve,
I've tried doing things the way you describe, Art, but though linking to the SWF file is a much faster upload than linking to the HTML file, the player Moodle creates doesn't have have any controls. That means the user can't stop the video and go back to earlier parts. Am I missing something?
I don't find it necessary to upload via FTP as Matt suggests in his otherwise very useful tutorial.
Steve, see below an example screenshot of what can be seen in my Moodle Files directory. In this example, I link to the HTML file in the way Matt describes in his tutorial. If it's still not clear, could you ask again in this thread?
I'm finding it a little confusing that there are 2 threads going on simultaneously on the same subject.
Cheers,
Glenys
I've tried doing things the way you describe, Art, but though linking to the SWF file is a much faster upload than linking to the HTML file, the player Moodle creates doesn't have have any controls. That means the user can't stop the video and go back to earlier parts. Am I missing something?
I don't find it necessary to upload via FTP as Matt suggests in his otherwise very useful tutorial.
Steve, see below an example screenshot of what can be seen in my Moodle Files directory. In this example, I link to the HTML file in the way Matt describes in his tutorial. If it's still not clear, could you ask again in this thread?
I'm finding it a little confusing that there are 2 threads going on simultaneously on the same subject.
Cheers,
Glenys
Hi again,
I've been doing some experimenting and I've found that for me SWF and FLV files behave differently on Moodle 1.9.2
Supposing they have been uploaded to the Files section of a Moodle course.
On the Moodle course page you have several possibilities for displaying a video file.
Here are two:
My FLV files have been converted from other formats (.mov, Quicktime ...) to work on all platforms.
But this seems different from what Art does???
Does this help you, Steve?
Please ask your questions here and not privately.
I've learnt loads reading answers to other people's questions on these forums.
Cheers,
Glenys
I've been doing some experimenting and I've found that for me SWF and FLV files behave differently on Moodle 1.9.2
Supposing they have been uploaded to the Files section of a Moodle course.
On the Moodle course page you have several possibilities for displaying a video file.
Here are two:
- You can link directly to the SWF or FLE file using:
Add a resource > Link to a file or web site > navigate to the Files section and click on Choose.
SWF will play without controllers and FLE with controllers. - Or you can:
Add a resource >Insert a label or Compose a web page
And from the label or page navigate to the Files section and directly select the SWF or FLV file.
There will be link to the SWF, on the label or in the page, and it will play without controllers.
The FLV will display the video immediately, on the label or in the page, with controllers.
My FLV files have been converted from other formats (.mov, Quicktime ...) to work on all platforms.
But this seems different from what Art does???
Does this help you, Steve?
Please ask your questions here and not privately.
I've learnt loads reading answers to other people's questions on these forums.
Cheers,
Glenys
Yes. I've been slow here and busy upgrading to 1.92. Lots of issues with beautiful themes and trying to get a number of modules working.. but I tried some flvs and swfs in a rush, and almost everything I tried worked! I can't wait to get some time to produce the files! Thanks so much..
Thanks for the summary on Slideshows in 1.92, Glenys. My findings are the same. First, I made sure that in system preferences for Moodle I allowed embedding of code. There is a setting where such embedding can be restricted. Were that not set at the server level, there'd be problems. Then in filters, I made sure that I had installed the multimedia plugins and that they were enabled.
When I upload flv and swf files to the course, I have not figured out how to put them into a page since the html editor says they're images and doesn't at least on Mac allow on to 'embed'. You seem to have found a way of getting them to play as links. Our difference may arise from browsers or the html editor. When selected as a graphic, the editor won't load the file. I suppose though that one could have a scrap of embed code around and know how to path to the files (paths are displayed when the editor will accept linkage to a file from the wysiwyg editor. I've not tried that. Similarly, if one were to address an html file which was produced as companion to the flv or swf (as Glenys explained before), I bet things would work well.
We can, however, link directly to the files as resources. In this case, the flv file, which is much smaller in size, one is given a conroller which seems adequate if not elegant. The Swf file output by Mac's Keynote doesn't come with a controller, and one isn't added, as you note. I've found on the Mac a very inexpensive utility which trims those files dramatically in size to flvs, and that seems to be the way to go. (Because on a Mac the production of sound is actually easier using PowerPoint 08 or earlier, exporting to mov files and converting to flv seems the best path.
I also installed multimovie, for which there is a newer version (though I think the info file included was older which I picked up at a link in a forum post. This allows me to easily use (apparently anywhere), videos from YouTube, Google, or TeacherTube. I can now type [[mm:youtube:Fh7fzPNoi0Q|title]] into a label, web page, or text page, and get a video with prefacing or following remarks either inline on the course page, or as a click-to link. By the way, TeacherTube looks like a great place for teachers to store files since quality seems higher than allowed at Google or YouTube. There aren't too many files there to search and use, the feeling of the space is definitely K-12, though I'm sure teachers at all levels would be welcome. More of us could take those PowerPoints, add sound animations, and output them for direct upload.. and serve them back through Moodle without hassles.
When I upload flv and swf files to the course, I have not figured out how to put them into a page since the html editor says they're images and doesn't at least on Mac allow on to 'embed'. You seem to have found a way of getting them to play as links. Our difference may arise from browsers or the html editor. When selected as a graphic, the editor won't load the file. I suppose though that one could have a scrap of embed code around and know how to path to the files (paths are displayed when the editor will accept linkage to a file from the wysiwyg editor. I've not tried that. Similarly, if one were to address an html file which was produced as companion to the flv or swf (as Glenys explained before), I bet things would work well.
We can, however, link directly to the files as resources. In this case, the flv file, which is much smaller in size, one is given a conroller which seems adequate if not elegant. The Swf file output by Mac's Keynote doesn't come with a controller, and one isn't added, as you note. I've found on the Mac a very inexpensive utility which trims those files dramatically in size to flvs, and that seems to be the way to go. (Because on a Mac the production of sound is actually easier using PowerPoint 08 or earlier, exporting to mov files and converting to flv seems the best path.
I also installed multimovie, for which there is a newer version (though I think the info file included was older
Flash Journey: I've got a unix moodle 1.8+ and have been exploring low cost options to get flash video of lecture notes with audio included in my course. It's been hard to figure out Moodle and Flash, and difficult to get software bridges from what I have -- lots of PowerPoints on a Mac! I've staged podcasts in the past and found that many students didn't have Quicktime. Therefore, though I may be wrong, it's seemed that moving toward flash video was smart since nearly everybody has the right plugins installed in their browsers. Flash files tend to be quite small too. The short lecturette that I've been experimenting with, for instance, weighs in at 17 megabites with just 2 slides out of 18 done The flash swf outputs I've played with got down to 12.5, but the FLV file with nice controls weighs in at only 3.5 m. To summarize my journey:
From PowerPoint to Flash Video:
I've explored Open Office, PowerPoint, and Apple Keynote.
* Oo3Beta imports PowerPoints and exports Flash, though not with audio.
* PowerPoint on Mac (2008) does a nice job of allowing one to narrate individual slides with sound notes. You can drop sound from a slide and redo it if you want, though I've not tested sufficiently to know of sound synch problems. Ppt does not, however, output to Flash, though one can produce a mov file which can be converted to FLA by VisualHub. In some ways this seems the best solution.
* Keynote 08 reads Powerpoints -- even ones with sound annotations and editing in PowerPoint, and outputs Flash, though in a swf format where there are no video player type controls to stop/start the slideshow. Again, to get to that, it seems that a route is to output mov files, and convert them via VisualHub to FLA. In Keynote so far it seems like you can do a slide run-through with your annotation, but you can't easily go back and edit comments on a particular slide. You can proceed through and do slides in order, but clearning the sound file from any slide deletes all narrations in the show. Some have explored producing aiff sound files for each slide, attaching them, and then exporting the product. A problem here at the moment is that the duration of the recording for separate slides isn't accounted for in slide transitions. Some wind up adding narrations or editing in imovie, but now we're getting to a burdensome process. I'd say that Keynote works is you can go through your slides in one shot (and it provides nicer previews as you record than does Powerpoint, including previews of the next page, notes, etc.) If like me you're awkward when there's not a crowd and need to do edits, Keynote doesn't seem very direct for now.
*ScreenPlay Recording Option. Rather than expecting the presentation program to do your recording, another option is to use something which records screens. Camtasia is one such product, though on the Mac, other programs do perhaps similar things in less expensive ways. In this scenario, you use Ppt or Keynote to record narrations, then play the show and capture the full audio and visual output freshly in the screen recorder. SnapZpro has one reasonably priced product, and ScreenFlow has another. With the latter, you can even have a cam capture of yourself narrating your powerpoint slides so that the talking head is bobbing while the slides are being worked through. Again, with this approach, you're generally producing mov files for conversion to fla with VisualHub or Sorenson Squeeze.
* I don't know how to embed the FLA files by hand, but in Dreamweaver, one can easily embed into a piece of html the FLA files. As one dones so, you're asked to choose from among optional player designs. What's important to remember at the point of using Dreamweaver to embed in the html is that you will want to have a full path type URl to wherever your flash files for the project will be stored. Matt has suggested that one create a directory for storing them on the server outside of the moodle installation, and that one stock that directory with your projects using ftp software. What's important is having the full path to the html file where the Fla and related files will be stored before you embed the flash file into the html!
* The next step in my process follows along the common advice. Just go to your course, turn on editing, go to where you want a link to the video to appear and ask to "add resource/link". Put there the full URL for direct access to the html document near your flash content. I've asked for separate window, though I suppose there are choices to explore. Voila in my Moodle. Now I need to set appropriate screen sizes so that I can reduce the scale of the files. I also need to learn how I can get the lectures staged within Moodle so that I can track whether or not students spend time with it.. and questions or interactions that I can build on in order to reinforce the material. It's looking good!
From PowerPoint to Flash Video:
I've explored Open Office, PowerPoint, and Apple Keynote.
* Oo3Beta imports PowerPoints and exports Flash, though not with audio.
* PowerPoint on Mac (2008) does a nice job of allowing one to narrate individual slides with sound notes. You can drop sound from a slide and redo it if you want, though I've not tested sufficiently to know of sound synch problems. Ppt does not, however, output to Flash, though one can produce a mov file which can be converted to FLA by VisualHub. In some ways this seems the best solution.
* Keynote 08 reads Powerpoints -- even ones with sound annotations and editing in PowerPoint, and outputs Flash, though in a swf format where there are no video player type controls to stop/start the slideshow. Again, to get to that, it seems that a route is to output mov files, and convert them via VisualHub to FLA. In Keynote so far it seems like you can do a slide run-through with your annotation, but you can't easily go back and edit comments on a particular slide. You can proceed through and do slides in order, but clearning the sound file from any slide deletes all narrations in the show. Some have explored producing aiff sound files for each slide, attaching them, and then exporting the product. A problem here at the moment is that the duration of the recording for separate slides isn't accounted for in slide transitions. Some wind up adding narrations or editing in imovie, but now we're getting to a burdensome process. I'd say that Keynote works is you can go through your slides in one shot (and it provides nicer previews as you record than does Powerpoint, including previews of the next page, notes, etc.) If like me you're awkward when there's not a crowd and need to do edits, Keynote doesn't seem very direct for now.
*ScreenPlay Recording Option. Rather than expecting the presentation program to do your recording, another option is to use something which records screens. Camtasia is one such product, though on the Mac, other programs do perhaps similar things in less expensive ways. In this scenario, you use Ppt or Keynote to record narrations, then play the show and capture the full audio and visual output freshly in the screen recorder. SnapZpro has one reasonably priced product, and ScreenFlow has another. With the latter, you can even have a cam capture of yourself narrating your powerpoint slides so that the talking head is bobbing while the slides are being worked through. Again, with this approach, you're generally producing mov files for conversion to fla with VisualHub or Sorenson Squeeze.
* I don't know how to embed the FLA files by hand, but in Dreamweaver, one can easily embed into a piece of html the FLA files. As one dones so, you're asked to choose from among optional player designs. What's important to remember at the point of using Dreamweaver to embed in the html is that you will want to have a full path type URl to wherever your flash files for the project will be stored. Matt has suggested that one create a directory for storing them on the server outside of the moodle installation, and that one stock that directory with your projects using ftp software. What's important is having the full path to the html file where the Fla and related files will be stored before you embed the flash file into the html!
* The next step in my process follows along the common advice. Just go to your course, turn on editing, go to where you want a link to the video to appear and ask to "add resource/link". Put there the full URL for direct access to the html document near your flash content. I've asked for separate window, though I suppose there are choices to explore. Voila in my Moodle. Now I need to set appropriate screen sizes so that I can reduce the scale of the files. I also need to learn how I can get the lectures staged within Moodle so that I can track whether or not students spend time with it.. and questions or interactions that I can build on in order to reinforce the material. It's looking good!
Hi again Steve,
Something you might be interested in: Have you seen a free screen recorder called Camstudio? http://camstudio.org/
The SWF files it produces are very efficiently compressed making text clear and easy to read. You can also save the output video file and convert that to FLV (Flash video) if you wish.
Something you might be interested in: Have you seen a free screen recorder called Camstudio? http://camstudio.org/
The SWF files it produces are very efficiently compressed making text clear and easy to read. You can also save the output video file and convert that to FLV (Flash video) if you wish.