Brightspace: Using Mediasite in Brightspace

Overview

Mediasite allows you to record, upload, and share videos with Villanova faculty/students/staff. You can then insert a video link or embed a video directly into your course.
Mediasite also allows you to insert quizzes within videos, and the student's video quiz score is passed back to the Brightspace gradebook.

Learn more about what Mediasite can do for you (lecture capture in Classrooms, desktop recording, uploading/sharing videos).

Adding Mediasite Video on Brightspace Page (Video Link or Video Embed)

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1. Go to a Page in your Brightspace course.

2. Click on the Insert Stuff icon on the text editor toolbar.

Insert Stuff icon

3. Click on "Mediasite Content."

Mediasite Content link

4. Find the video on the page. You can also use the "Search" box on the top of page. You can either insert a video weblink or embed the video on the page. To insert a weblink, click on "Link Video." To embed a video, click on "Embed Video." Then, click on "Insert."

link video and embed video button

Insert button

5. The video is now placed into your course. See picture below for examples of what it looks like if you linked the video or embedded the video.

Video Embed Option Video Embed Example
Video Link Option Video Link Example

7. If you embedded the video, and you want to adjust the embed video size, click on the Source Code symbol within the text editor. Then, find where it says "height="600" width="800"" and adjust those numbers for your desired video size. Then, click "Save".

source code symbol

adjusting height and width values in source code

Adding Mediasite Video on Brightspace Module (Video Link Only)

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1. Go to a Unit/Lesson/Folder in your Brightspace course.

2. Click "Add Existing," click "More," and then "Mediasite Content."

animated gif showing mouse click on add existing, more link, and then mediasite content link in brightspace

3. Find the video on the page. You can also use the "Search" box on the top of page. Click "Link Video."

picture of red arrow pointing to link video link for mediasite video in brightspace

4. The video is now placed within the module.

picture of wildlife mediasite video added within brightspace unit

Adding Mediasite Video Quiz in Brightspace (Video Link Only)

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1. Go to a Unit/Lesson/Folder in your Brightspace course.

2. Click "Add Existing," click "More," then select "Mediasite Video Quiz."

animated gif showing mouse clicking on add existing, more, and mediasite video quiz

3. Find the video on the page. You can also use the "Search" box on the top of page. Click "Link Video."

picture of red arrow pointing to link video link for mediasite video in brightspace

4. The video quiz is now placed within the module and an associated gradebook column will be created within your Brightspace course.

picture of wildlife mediasite video added within brightspace unit

video quiz gradebook column

Note: If you want to add a video quiz on a Page, you can do so. However, the gradebook column will not be automatically created when you insert the video quiz on the page. Instead, the gradebook column will appear once one of your students takes the quiz.

Upload Video to Mediasite from within Brightspace

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1. Go to a Page in your Brightspace course.

2. Click on the Insert Stuff icon on the text editor toolbar.

Insert Stuff icon

3. Click on "Mediasite Content."

Mediasite Content link

4. Click "Add New." Select "Choose File." Upload the video from your computer. The recording will start uploading and processing. Once the recording finishes uploading, click on the pencil to change the name.

animated gif showing how to upload mediasite video within brightspace

5. You can either insert a video weblink or embed the video on the page. To insert a weblink, click on "Link Video." To embed a video, click on "Embed Video." Then, click on "Insert."

link video and embed video button

Insert button

6. The video is now placed into your course. See picture below for examples of what it looks like if you linked the video or embedded the video.

Video Embed Option Video Embed Example
Video Link Option Video Link Example

7. If you embedded the video, and you want to adjust the embed video size, click on the Source Code symbol within the text editor. Then, find where it says "height="600" width="800" and adjust those numbers for your desired video size. Then, click "Save."

source code symbol

adjusting height and width values in source code

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