One of the ways to create engaging discussion forums is to embed video right into the discussion. A embedded video assignment requires students to interact by watching it and then responding to it. Luckily, embedding video is not too difficult! In Moodle, you can do this with just the quick copying and pasting of an HTML tag. I would suggest creating the video assignment as an activity in your instructor toolbox, copying the activity and then moving the copy of the activity up to the desired module.
Before embedding video into a discussion forum in Moodle, you will need to either create a video or find an existing one. Once you’ve found a video to use for your discussion forum, follow the step-by-step tutorial PDF I’ve created entitled, “Embedding video into your Moodle discussions”. The basic steps of it are:
1. Create a Moodle discussion forum.
2. Find the video you want to use.
3. Create a brief introduction and questions for the video assignment.
4. Copy the HTML with the video’s link to your computer’s clipboard.
5. Open the HTML version of the Moodle discussion window.
6. Paste the HTML code for the video into the discussion window.
7. Save and continue editing the Moodle discussion.
8. Choose other options for the discussion forum.
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