These instructions will walk you through the process of taking a video you have recorded on your Android phone and upload it to a D2L course’s Media Library. We will also walk through the process of how you can then attach or link it to an assessment like a Discussion or Assignment.

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These instructions will walk you through the process of taking a video you have recorded on your Android phone and upload it to a D2L course’s Media Library. We will also walk through the process of how you can then attach or link it to an assessment like a Discussion or Assignment.

Some background on the Media Library

The Media Library is a storage space in a D2L course where you can upload a video or audio file, which then can be linked to an assessment activity like an assignment or discussion that may be assigned by your instructor. Usually, the videos uploaded here will be smaller in size.

Instructions

For this set of instructions, we are going to use the following example. Your instructor has assigned you to do a discussion post, and part of the task is to include a video that you have recorded with your Android phone.
This will end up being a two-step process. The first step would be to upload your video to the Media Library with your phone. The second step will be to attach or link it to the discussion.
After the second step, an alternate second step will be described for using a computer instead of an android phone to link to a discussion.

Step 1

Assuming you have your video recorded, you will first want to open the Google Chrome Browser and navigate to the Normandale home page (Normandale.edu)
You will want to find and select the 3-line menu, which will be in the top right corner.

In the next window, select the "Login" menu which should be the 5th link in the list under search.

In the Login drop down menu select D2L. Then follow the prompts to log in to your course list.

When you are logged in, choose the course you want to add the video to.

Select the three-line menu icon in the top left to get access to the navigation menu.

From the list that opens, find Other Tools, which will be towards the bottom.

In the menu for Other Tools, find and select Media Library.

The Media Library window will open. You will see two stacked tabs. Select the "Add Assets" tab.

In the pop-up window, you will search for the text "Drop files or Click to Browse". The word "Click" is a link within the set of words that You will select to open you search window.

You should see a couple of search options pop up on the bottom. You want to select an icon that would be a folder location. It may be labeled “photos and video”.

Depending on how your phone is configured, you will want to search for video files. Most likely you will want to use the 3-line menu to get navigation access to areas of your phone.

Doing so should result in a left side "pop out" where you can get access to your videos. Then when the video folder is opened, you would select the camera sub folder.

You then will search and find the specific video and select it. This will initiate the download to the Media Library.

Once the file is uploaded, close the window and you will see your video in the list of assets, most likely on the top.

Step 2 – Attaching or linking the video

Ideally, you would want to use a computer to complete this process since it would be easier to navigate. But since we have just walked through the first part on a phone, we “could” also do this second step.

If you are still at the end of the process of uploading your video to the Media Library, you will first want to select the back page button on the bottom of your screen to get back to your course page.

Select the three-line menu in the top left corner. In the left side pop out, select discussions.

When you arrive at the discussion tool, select the topic to post in and then select “Start a New Thread”

Enter the title of the post and then use the down arrow at the bottom left of the screen to hide the keyboard.

In the HTML text box, select the Plus Icon to get access to more tools. In the menu that appears, choose “Insert Stuff”

In the next window that opens, find Media Library from the list. It may be the 8th item down.

A list of assets from your Media Library will appear. Choose the video that you want to attach and then select “Next” in the bottom left corner.

You will be presented with a preview screen where you can edit a couple settings. You can just leave the defaults in place. Select the “Insert” button to complete the process.

The video has been added to the HTML text box, but your post has not yet been completed (as seen in the left side of the image). To complete your posting, scroll down past the attachments box under the video and find the “Post” button. Select it and you have completed your post.

Alternate Step 2 - Attaching a video from Media Library with a computer

Now we will walk through the same process we just covered in Step 2, but with a computer now instead of an Android phone.

Go through the process of accessing the Normandale web site, logging in to D2L and choosing the course you need to complete the discussion post.
From the top horizontal Navigation Bar (Nav Bar), select the “Discussions” tool. When you arrive in the discussions area, look through your discussion list and find the topic you need to post to.

Next, Select the topic.

Once your topic is opened, enter in the subject title and then select the “Insert Stuff” tool in the HTML text entry box.

A pop-up box will open with a menu of items to choose from. Find and select “Media Library”

Select the video that you want to insert by clicking the radio button to the left of the thumbnail image. Then select "next" at the bottom left.

A preview window will open. There are a couple settings you can adjust but just leave it set with the defaults. Select the “Insert” button on the bottom left.

Your video has now been inserted into your post. Make sure to select the "POST" button under the attach files box, to complete your post.