Adding Resources
Resource types enable almost any kind of web content to be inserted into the course.
- Book is a multi-page resource in a book-like format, with chapters and subchapters, useful for displaying lengthy information.
- File provide a downloadable Word document, a PDF, an Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint slides as a course resource.
- Heading enables text and optional icons to be inserted among activities on the course page.
- Label enables text and multimedia to be inserted into the course page between links to other resources and activities.
- Page can display text, images, sound, video, web links and embedded code, such as Google maps.
- Subpage no longer available to add. Existing subpages are still visible in courses on the site.
- URL The URL module enables a teacher to provide a web link as a course resource.
1. Add a book
1.5. Embed a video in a Moodle book page
For storage reasons, videos should be embedded from a host site (e.g. a YouTube or Vimeo channel) rather than directly uploaded to the Moodle site. With this in mind, please link to videos to embed them in a book page rather than upload them to OpenLearn Create.
To embed a video in a book page:
You will need to copy the embed code from the video where it is hosted on a video channel.
In a book page, switch on the html editor in the Atto editor, then paste the embed code for the video into the appropriate place in the html view of the page.
If there is any text to go with the video, please remember to put the text in the html editor with the <p> and </p> tags.
When you switch back from html mode in the Atto editor for the page, you should be able to see the video embedded in the page.
It is good accessibility practice to add a transcript of the video just below the embedded video in your book page.