6.9. CollaborativeTools - Additional Options

In this chapter you will learn more about additional options and collaborative tools.

6.9.1. Forum Entry and Movie

If you want to discuss a certain film in a forum you are able to include a movie file to your entry as well as define the movie's starting point and its end point.

6.9.1.1. How to Include a Movie to a Forum Entry

  1. If your movie is to be opened in a seperate pop-up window you have to insert the following line {movieViewer:url=ADRESSE_DES_FILMS} in the input field ("Entry") of the forum. ADRESSE_DES_FILMS has to be substituted by the relevant URL.

    Important: If your movie is to be shown in a pop-up window the movie player always has to be started first using the corresponding button.

  2. If your movie should be opened in your active OLAT browser window that line has to be completed by "popup=false": {movieViewer:url=ADRESSE_DES_FILMS|popup=false} ADRESSE_DES_FILMS has to be substituted by the relevant URL.

  3. Your movie can be started either by pressing the corresponding button of the movie player or by pressing another button appearing in the text of your forum. Please insert the following line in the entry field ("Entry"): {movieButton:start=0|end=2500}. Start= and end= signifies your movie's starting point or end point (sec).

  4. In order to jump to the middle of your movie use the same line indicating its starting point as well as its end point, e.g.: {movieButton:start=1000|end=1500}.

  5. You describe your movie, task or the necessary buttons by inserting text in the entry field outside the braces.

Further options and a detailed technical explanation regarding applied tags, attributes, and values can be found in the document "syntax.html", syntax section.