In this recipe, we will record a video. In this case, we record a visit to the zoo because, in this chapter, we deal with wildlife. Therefore, we may have a video from a visit to the zoo, or any park that we might have once visited. Thus, in this case, a mobile camera will be the most suitable.
Use a 720p HD video. It is a video from a visit to a national park in which we can find several wild animals. In order to watch the video on our computer, we need to have installed VLC Media Player. We have already used it in the previous recipe. This software will allow us to watch the video that we have just recorded and its properties. Follow these steps to record a video and save it in your computer:
- Record the video.
- Connect the video recorder to the computer. Click on Open the folder to view files.
- Select the video that you want to watch. Right-click on the video. Click on Copy.
- Create a folder on your default web browser and paste the video on the said folder.
- Save the video that you want to work with.
- Using VLC Media Player, open the files that you have just saved. Click on Media | Open File | choose the file that you need to open, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Click on the file | Open.
- The video that you chose will be played.
Upload the video that we have just recorded to our Moodle course. We can create a chat room in our Moodle course to add some social interaction and let our students discuss the video among themselves. Choose the weekly outline section where we want to add this activity and follow these steps:
- Click on Add an activity | Chat.
- Complete the Name of this chat room and Introduction text blocks.
- Click on the Moodle Media icon | Find or upload a sound, video or applet ... | Upload a file | Browse | look for the file that you want to upload and click on it.
- Click on Open | Upload this file | Insert.
- Click on Save and return to course. Click on the activity. It looks as shown in the following screenshot:
