There are many ways to help students get the most out of text. A great way to supplement student learning is to add media to assignments. To add media to a question or note in Actively Learn, you'll need to find the media's URL.
Right-click the image, and select "copy image address" to get the URL for the image
Videos
Simply copy the URL of videos and paste them into the "add media" field.
See below for an example:
Add media from Google drive
Teachers can add videos and audio recordings stored on their Google drive using the share feature in Google drive.
- Select the video or audio file in Google drive, click on the kabob menu (3 vertical dot icon) and select the "share" feature.
- Click get shareable link
- Make sure anyone with this link is set to "can view"
- Copy the link
Add Media to Notes
After you have the URL address for the image or video you would like to add, select and highlight the text where you would like add media. Then click "add note" from the menu and click on the "add media" icon. From there, you will select 'Upload image' or 'Media URL.'
Paste URL and click save
Or, if you choose to upload image, you can drag and drop a file from your computer.
Note and media will be saved in the right panel
Add Media to Questions
After you have the URL address for the image or video you would like to add, go to the question you want to add it to and click on "edit" for the question. Then click on "options" and click on "add media." You have the option to paste in a media URL, or dragging and dropping media files from your computer.
Once you upload the image or video and select "Save," the media will be visible to you and your students.