LMS Collaborator knowledge base

The Collaborator system allows you to create video resources. There is support for the following video file formats:

• mp4, .mpg, .mov, .mkv, .ogv, .ogg, .flv, .avi, .webm.

Creating a video resource

To create a video resource, click the Add button on the Resources page and select the resource type - Video:

After that, the new resource - file page creation will open:

The following fields and settings are available for each resource:

(1) - Title – the name of the resource, the field is mandatory.

(2) - Description – brief information about the Resource, which is displayed in the table with resources. The description can use emoticons and the
tag to jump to a new feed;

(3) - Type – Video.
(4) - Categories - the ability to assign a resource to one or more categories in the Knowledge Base. More details: Resource Categories;
(5) - Access - defines the users who will have access to the resource in the Knowledge Base. To do this, the resource can be added to one or more previously created access groups. More details: Knowledge Base Management.

(6) - Select tag - if necessary, set a tag for the resource. You can select a tag from the already created ones in the drop-down list or by searching. More details: Tag management.
(7) - Authors by default, the user who created the resource is displayed. If necessary, you can change the author or add co-authors. More details: Content authors and co-authors
(8) - Video resources - you need to upload a video file.

The file may take some time to download, depending on the file size. The download progress is displayed in real time:

If the uploaded video is longer than 30 minutes, the administrator will see a notification when viewing it:

This message is advisory and is displayed only for the administrator.
It will not be displayed to users while completing the task.

(9) - Change - the ability to upload another file.
(10) - Remove the uploaded file.
(11) - Subtitles - the ability to download subtitles to the video in SRT format.
An example of a website for creating subtitles:
http://subworkshop.sourceforge.net/download.php

If subtitles are uploaded for the video, it is possible to turn them on or off:

(12) - Allow downloading - if the setting is enabled, users will be able to download the resource - file.
(13) - Autoplay - if enabled, the video starts playing immediately after the user opens the resource. By default, the option is disabled.
(14) - Allow playback in the guest page infoblock - if enabled, this video will be displayed on the login page of the learning portal. By default, the option is disabled.
(15) - Video cover - the ability to upload a cover image for the video.

(16) - Resource cover - the ability to upload a cover image instead of the standard one.

Example of displaying standard and uploaded images in the Knowledge Base:

(17) - Image for task card - the ability to upload a cover image for the task-resource instead of the standard one.

Example of displaying standard and uploaded images on a task card in the catalog:

(18) - Publish - by default, publication is disabled. Only published resources can be used in the Knowledge Base and for creating tasks.
(19) - Cancel - cancels changes that have not yet been saved. After clicking the "Save" button, it is impossible to cancel changes using this button.
(20) - Save the resource.

Video-resource embed code

After saving the video, the Embed code option becomes available, which allows you to copy the code of this video to insert it into a resource such as a Page, News, or Advertisement. More details: Insert resource with embed code).

You can copy the embed code in the following ways:

1.In the resource table, next to the desired video resource, click the Actions button and select Embed code:

2. When viewing a video resource in the About resource block:

3. When editing a resource, when clicking the Actions button, select Embed code:

Video conversion

After saving and publishing a video resource, all types of video files are automatically converted to mp4 format. Conversion takes place once after the first save (it may take a few minutes, depending on the size of the video).
During conversion, a copy of the video with a lower bitrate is created for playback on mobile devices, and a copy is converted to the IOS format.

After conversion, the resource is available for viewing.

When watching a video resource on a PC, you can use the left-right keys to rewind the video or press the space bar to stop or start playback.