Record videos up to 25 minutes long and add them anywhere where the Brightspace Editor is available. To help ensure all users can learn without barriers, closed captions are automatically created.
Note: The ability to add video notes is controlled by a permission set by your administrator. If you do not see the Add Video Note option, you do not have the required permission.
- Navigate to the specific area in your course where you want to add a Video Note (Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes).
- Within the Brightspace Editor, click Insert Stuff.
Figure: The Insert Stuff button in Brightspace Editor.
- In the new dialog box, click Add Video Note.
Note: Ensure that you allow Brightspace to access your device’s camera and microphone.
- To record your message, click New Recording.
- To finalize your message, click Stop Recording.
- Click Next.
Figure: The Insert Video Note dialog box.
- Enter a Title, Description, and select Audio Language.
- To generate captions automatically, select Automatically generate captions from audio.
Note: You must choose an Audio Language in order to generate captions.
- Click Next.
- Click Insert.
Reuse video notes
If you created previous video notes, and if you have the permissions to search and insert video notes, you can reuse them where applicable.
- Navigate to the specific area where you want to reuse an existing video note.
- In the Brightspace Editor, click the Insert Stuff icon.
- Click Video Note Search.
Figure: The Video Note Search option within the Insert Stuff dialog box.
- Enter your search terms in the Search Notes field, then click Search. You can also perform a blank search to see all search results.
- Select the video you want to reuse and click Next.
- You can preview the video notes before you insert and reuse it.
- Click Insert.