Playing Videos in IS VŠTE

The video player in IS VŠTE allows users to play videos online, i.e. directly in the browser page without the need to download the video to a local disk.

Videos can be embedded into Interactive Syllabi, ROPOTs, or custom study materials. It is possible to choose whether the video should be encrypted (to prevent students from downloading it) or whether downloading the video should be allowed.

Drag the video file into the File Manager (or upload it using the “Add” option):

In the File Manager, click on the row containing the video file and select the “Create an HTML5 video player” option from the displayed menu.

The settings for adding the video to the conversion queue will be displayed. Currently, there is an option to encrypt the video (and prevent downloading). An option to allow video downloading directly from the player will be added later.

A video player will be created, the original video file will be hidden, its read permissions will be removed, and the conversion and encryption process will start. An icon next to the file name indicates that the conversion is in progress. You can already use the player (e.g. embed it into a syllabus or discussion forum), but the video itself will only be playable after the conversion and encryption are completed (depending on the length and number of videos, this may take several tens of minutes).

After clicking on the video player row in the File Manager, links for playing or sharing the video will be displayed.

The available controls of the video player are described in the following image.

In the File Manager, the video player offers a “Share” option with detailed sharing settings.

Address in IS

A direct link to the page where the video will be played. If this link is inserted into a question in ROPOT or into a discussion forum, the video will be played directly when the question is displayed (see How do I insert a video into a ROPOT?).

Link shortener

You can shorten the link using the link shortener, making it easier to dictate or include in an e-mail.

Publish to the public

Quickly change file access so that the video is publicly available on the internet.

Publish within IS

Quickly change file access so that the video is available to all users within IS VŠTE.

The system works with all files that are recognised by IS VŠTE as video files. These include all common formats (MP4, MKV, AVI, MPG, OGV, WebM, WMV, ASF, MOV, GT, 3GP, VOB, FLV and others). IS VŠTE ensures conversion into a suitable format for online playback.

Access rights are set in the same way as for any other file in the File Manager. The read permissions determine who is allowed to play the video. Whether users who can play the video will also be able to download it depends on the settings selected when creating the player. If you chose to secure the video against downloading during player creation, IS MU will automatically monitor the file to prevent any unintended enabling of download access.

You can insert a video into any question and at any place within the ROPOT. At the position where the video should be displayed, insert the address of the video player wrapped in the <video> tag, i.e. in the form <video>https://is.muni.cz/auth/.../video-name.video5</video>. This code can also be copied directly using the “Share” operation in the File Manager.

You can insert a video into the Interactive Syllabus in two ways. The easiest method is to drag the video from your computer disk directly to the selected place in the Interactive Syllabus. For videos that are already stored in the Information System, use the “Video” icon (you can find it in the editing toolbar under the three-dots menu), then select the IS VŠTE icon and, in the displayed File Manager window, locate and choose the required video.

You can insert a video at any place within your post in the discussion forum. At the position where the video should be displayed, insert the address of the player (https://is.muni.cz/.../video-name.video5). To ensure that the inserted address is replaced by the video itself, you must either switch to the “Fewer options” mode, or — in the “More options” mode — insert the video link as non-clickable text.

You can generally insert a video anywhere that allows embedding HTML code. Use the option “Video embed code” available in the video sharing section.

Do not forget to correctly set access rights and choose the appropriate embed code (authenticated or non-authenticated).