In the previous chapter, we saw how easy it is to add static content into your course. That's great for a start, but I've also got lots of multimedia content I want to include. For instance, I've got lots of audio and video files—many of them on file sharing websites such as YouTube.
Let's build on what we learned in Chapter 3 (Add Documents and Handouts) and get to grips with the best ways of importing sound and vision into our courses. In this chapter, you will:
Import audio and video into your course
Experience the different ways Moodle plays your multimedia files, and appreciate the pros and cons of each
Embed videos from other websites, such as YouTube and TeacherTube
Create a photo montage using Slide.com
Let's make a start by building on our work in Chapter 3. In that chapter, we uploaded our documents and handouts to our new Moodle course. We start this chapter by creating links from our course main page directly to external websites...