Multimedia resources: Linking to Multimedia

This page explains how to create stable links to library resources. Links that can be used in Moodle, reading lists, web pages or email.

Create a stable link (Permalink) to an item in Search:

1. Click on the item's ellipse menu
   
2. Click on the Permalink icon and Click the "Copy the Permalink to clipboard" button
   

Library subscribed video databases often have an option to create a stable link to be used for re-directing to online multimedia content. Generally in most video databases and webpages you need to look for the Share or Embed option, which can generate a stable link for use in linking to or embedding videos onto another page. 

• Alexander Street video locate video required, look forto generate a stable link. 
• Kanopy locate video required, look for  to generate a stable embed link.

For websites that use YouTube as their delivery platform, locate video required, click on Share tab to generate a stable link to share or embed.

Use the edit HTML Source to embed streamed video content directly onto a Moodle page.  

1. Copy the videos embed code
2. In Moodle:
   • Open the page editor
   • Click the Toggle toolbar button
   • Click the Edit HTML source button
   • Paste in the videos embed code

This process is useful if you wish to embed audio or video you have saved as a file into Moodle.

1. Download the video file to your computer
2. In Moodle:
   • Open the page editor
   • Click the Insert Moodle media button
   • Click the "Find or upload a sound, video or applet..." button
     and browse to the video file on your computer then
   • Click the Insert button