WikiEducator and Media

Much can be learned from the WikiMedia commons pages on this topic (e.g. on video).

The examples on this page use EmbedMedia

Introduction
In order to stay true to our values of freedom, equality, inclusivity, ..., WikiEducator serves media in free file formats. This page shows you how to work with such media files.

Viewing
WE uses an extension to enable anyone to view media - e.g. videos in OGG Theora format, ....

Most browsers will show the media natively or include relevant plugins. In some cases you may need to install the browser plugin:


 * See for example Wikimedia Commons on this

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Uploading

 * Upload to Wikimedia Commons ...

Video
Example: the syntax below results in the embedded video on the right (using EmbedMedia):



Editing
You may use any media editing tools to compose media rich learning resources. When uploading the results (above), first convert to a free file format.