Add a MediaSpace recording to a Brightspace course
About this article
This article provides general instructions for adding MediaSpace recordings to your Brightspace courses and includes links to more specific examples. It is intended for all WSU students and employees.
MediaSpace-Brightspace integration
Rather than uploading video and audio files to your Brightspace courses directly or attempting to share them through YouTube, OneDrive, or some other service, just upload them to your MediaSpace account and then add them to your Brightspace courses. You can do this in one of two ways:
Sharing a link
If you publish your MediaSpace files as Unlisted, you can provide anyone, even someone without a MediaSpace account on our system, with a link to the file. This URL can be used and shared as you would any other link, inside or outside Brightspace. To copy the link to your file:
- Log into MediaSpace at https://mediaspace.mnscu.edu with your StarID username and password. This will take you to your My Media page.
- Select the recording you want to share. This will take you to that recording's media page.
- Select the Share button and then select Link to Media Page
- Copy the URL listed (Fig 1)
Inserting stuff
There are a number of places in Brightspace where you have access to the built-in HTML editor. As a student, you use this editor when you submit posts to Discussion topics and papers to Assignment folders. Instructors use the editor for other purposes, such as adding a topic to a module in the course's Content tool. Anywhere you have access to that editor, you have access to the Insert Stuff button. It is the first button in the horizontal row of buttons at the top of the editor (Fig 2).
Why use Insert Stuff?
Embedding MediaSpace files into Brigtspace using the Insert Stuff function has several benefits:
Embedding MediaSpace videos in D2L
The process of embedding your media into D2L Brightspace can all be done now within the course. Students are able to now post videos in Discussion Boards or as a part of an Assignment submission. Many faculty find it helpful to embedding media in Announcements, Content, Discussion Boards, Assessments, and even to provide feedback on a Grade Item. The process of embedding any media is the same and can be conducted by following the steps below anywhere you find the Insert Stuff button in D2L.
Student Examples of Embedding Video
Faculty Example of Embedding Video
Embedding MediaSpace videos in D2L
The process of embedding your media into D2L Brightspace can all be done now within the course. Students are able to now post videos in Discussion Boards or as a part of an Assignment submission. Faculty can embed media in Announcements, Content, Discussion Boards, Assessments, and even to provide feedback on a Grade Item. The process of embedding any media is the same and can be conducted by following the steps below anywhere you find the Insert Stuff button in D2L.
Student Examples of Embedding Video
Faculty Example of Embedding Video