Moodle Plugins directory: UbiCast MediaServer old Moodle activity plugin: Versions: 2.1 (Build: 2019021400) | Moodle.org

UbiCast MediaServer old Moodle activity plugin
UbiCast MediaServer old Moodle activity plugin 2.1 (Build: 2019021400)
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Easycast MediaServer Moodle activity plugin
Copyright: UbiCast (https://www.ubicast.eu) License: https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
https://github.com/UbiCastTeam/moodle-mod_easycastms
Description:
This Moodle activity module allows users to add media from an EasyCast MediaServer in their courses.
Dependencies:
This plugin requires Moodle >= 3.0 and MediaServer >= 7.9.
Installation:
Follow the standard moodle procedure to install the module. You can install it from the official Moodle plugins repository or using this git repository.
To use the repository, clone it in your mod dir:
cd "moodle/mod"
git clone "https://github.com/UbiCastTeam/moodle-mod_easycastms" easycastms
Once installed, go to the plugin settings in Moodle (usually, Plugins > Activity modules > EasyCast MediaServer plugin):
Set the MediaServer URL, LTI key and LTI secret to use in the plugin settings:
You can find these in the Mediaserver LTI settings (in the authentication settings section):
Usage:
Once configured, a new activity type is now available in Moodle:
This allows the user to import media he has access to in MediaServer:
When clicking on "Select a media" the user gets to choose easily from the media he has access to:
That's it, content is now integrated in the Moodle course:
- Professor view
- Student view
About rights management
The permissions on embedded media are customizable in MediaServer in the LTI settings page. By default, the student
role has the permission to access media and the teacher
role has the permission to access and edit media.
The media selection shows media for which the user is set as the speaker.
Development environment
Clone the following repositories in a folder:
- https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-docker
- https://github.com/UbiCastTeam/moodle-mod_easycastms
- Get latest version of the moodle source code at: https://download.moodle.org/ or clone https://github.com/moodle/moodle
Then follow the steps given into moodle-docker
's readme.
After that, follow the steps above for installation.
In moodle, the plugin will be copied to mod/easycastms
, so to work on it, you can do it right away in there.
How does the LTI Video integration work?
This is highly inspired from the way moodle
does it in the external tool.
We integrate an iframe
in our course, which points to the launch.php
file of the plugin.
That page is returning a "self submitting" form
(transforming therefore a GET
request into a POST
) towards the MediaServer LTI url of the Media (ex: https://yourname.ubicast.tv/lti/v125acedf1dfedeojhk0/
) with all the needed parameters (oauth
, roles
, etc...).
This allows MediaServer to know the identity of the moodle user, and give the corresponding access on the media (student
, teacher
, etc...).
Version information
- Version build number
- 2019021400
- Version release name
- 2.1 (Build: 2019021400)
- Maturity
- Stable version
- MD5 Sum
- 1c77a752f6cb6e80fb8f27befe66154a
- Supported software
- Moodle 3.0, Moodle 3.1, Moodle 3.2, Moodle 3.3, Moodle 3.4, Moodle 3.5, Moodle 3.6
- Latest release for Moodle 3.0
- Latest release for Moodle 3.1
- Latest release for Moodle 3.2
- Latest release for Moodle 3.3
- Latest release for Moodle 3.4
- Latest release for Moodle 3.5
- Latest release for Moodle 3.6
Version control information
- Version control system (VCS)
- GIT
- VCS repository URL
Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Activities
- Make sure you have all the required versions.
- Download and unpack the module.
- Place the folder (eg "assignment") in the "mod" subdirectory.
- Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation