theBox - Share your content with your course participants

In any topic, activity or resource in your Moodle course where you can access the text editor you can display a gallery or media item from theBox.

Link to video or audio

1. Navigate to your course and turn editing on
    
2. Navigate to the topic, activity or resource you wish to link to a video or audio file in and click the cog to go into editing mode. 
3. In the text editor click the Insert Moodle media button.
4. From the File picker choose theBox from the list on the left hand side of the window. 
    
5. Use the Search field to locate the item you wish to link to.  You will be able to search for your own video and audio files as well as images other users have made available to staff.
   • If you do not have a pre-uploaded resource, you can upload a video/audio into theBox and then share it.
      
6. Click on the video or audio file to select it.
    
7. Choose Link to the file directly on the resulting dialogue window and click Select this file.
    
8. Click and drag the slider left or right to adjust the display size of the blue preview image, which matches the final embedded video size
   • Note: A shrunk video can still be expanded to full-screen with the expand button.
     
     
9. Click Insert.
    
10. Click Save Changes.

Display an image

1. Navigate to your course and turn editing on
    
2. Navigate to the topic, activity or resource you wish to link to an image in and click the cog to go into editing mode. 
3. In the text editor click the Insert/edit image button 
    
4. In the dialogue box click Find or upload an image...
5. From the File picker choose theBox from the list on the left hand side of the window. 
    
6. Use the Search field to locate the item you wish to link to.  You will be able to search for your own images as well as images other users have made available to staff.
    
7. Click on the image to select it.
    
8. Choose Link to the file directly on the resulting dialogue window and click Select this file.
   
   
    
9. Enter an image description and click Insert.
    
10. Save changes.

Display a gallery

1. Navigate to your course and turn editing on
    
2. Navigate to the topic, activity or resource you wish to display a media gallery in and click the cog to go into editing mode. 
3. In the text editor click the Media Gallery icon 
    
4. Select the gallery you wish to share and click insert.
   
   
    
5. Save changes to the activity.
    

Note: This method of sharing only allows you to choose a gallery from that appears in the current course.

The gallery will now be available in the activity/section.

You can use a media collection to:

• link to and share a collection already created in theBox
• link to and share a gallery already created in theBox
• link to and share existing media items already created in theBox

When creating a Media Collection activity, you have the option of linking to collections, galleries or media items that exist in theBox.

You can search for and link to:

• Collections, galleries and items you have created.
• Collections, galleries and items you have been made an Agent of.
• Items that have been made Public.

Link to Collections

To link to a media collection existing in theBox:

1. On the course home page, click Turn editing on 
2. In the appropriate section, click Add an activity or resource, then, in the resulting pop-up, scroll down, select Media collection.
3. Click the here button at the top of the page.
4. On the resulting page in the Search field enter the search terms and click the Search button.
5. In the Search results portion of the window choose the collection you wish to link to and click the Link To button.
6. The collection and all existing galleries/media items will now be added to your course.
7. If you wish to make modifications to other settings return to the course home page and click the Edit icon .
    

Link to Galleries

To Link To a gallery:

1. On the collection's home page, if you wish to create galleries within this collection, click Add a gallery.
2. On the Add a gallery page in the Link To section click the here button.
3. On the resulting page in the Search field enter the search terms and click the Search button.
4. In the Search results portion of the window choose the gallery you wish to link to and click the Link To button.
5. The gallery and all media items will now be added to your course.
6. If you wish to make modifications to other settings return to the course home page and click the media collection activity and then click on the Edit icon  for the gallery.
7. Click the Edit gallery settings link.

Link to Media Items

To link to existing media items in theBox:

1. On the course home page, click the media collection's link.
2. In the collection page, click the Edit icon  for the gallery you want to begin adding items to.
3. On the gallery's home page, click Add File/s.
4. Drag and drop a Content file, or click Select a file and browse for a file.

You can embed a video in your Moodle course by pasting an embed code in the editor.

1. Log in to theBox using your zID and zPass.
2. Navigate to the video you want to share.
3. Select "Edit Video"
   
   
    
4. Scroll down to the Restrict access to dropdown and select Just Me. 
   
   
5. Click on "Advanced"
   
   
    
6. Scroll down to the External access title, and click Enable. Click Save.
   
   
    
7. Select the "Embed" tab on the bottom right of the page, and adjust settings as desired.
   
   
    
8. Click the embed code again and copy it.
9. Navigate to your course and click Turn editing on.  
10. Navigate to the topic, activity or resource you wish to embed the video in and select Edit settings from the Edit dropdown menu.
    
    
     
11. In the text editor click the Edit HTML source icon. 
12. Paste the embed code where you wish to display the video.   
13. Click Save Changes.