On ILIAS, there are different possibilities to provide videos for students. Which option is best suited for this depends on whether you want to provide a video that is already available on the internet (e.g. on YouTube, Vimeo or similar) or whether you want to upload your own video. On the other hand, the videos are displayed differently, depending on how you integrate them.

Possibilities to integrate videos into ILIAS courses via one of the two university video servers:
Note: In the following variants, you upload the video directly to ILIAS. ILIAS itself does not have streaming functionality, so when you retrieve the video as an progressive download, it will play in the browser, but a download by viewers cannot technically be prevented.

1. Embedding using the ViMP Object: Larger video files or videos, which are to be integrated in different course rooms, can be inserted via the ViMP object. The video file will be stored on the video server of the University of Freiburg, can be set to be streamed only (without download link), and can only be accessed via a valid session in an ILIAS course (not public).
2. New: Create and manage videos/recordings with Panopto: Since April 2020, we have connected a cloud-based video service with the server-based video system Panopto. With this service, you can create recordings (adding sound to slide presentations or screen videos) directly from ILIAS and manage the videos. Similar to the ViMP object in an ILIAS course, externally created videos can also be uploaded to a Panopto folder, so that the videos can only be viewed by the course participants and, depending on the settings, only streamed (without download).

 
Options for uploading videos directly on ILIAS:
Please note: With the following options, you upload the video directly into ILIAS. ILIAS itself does not have any streaming functionality. When retrieving the videos as progressive download, it can therefore be played in the browser, but a download by the viewers cannot be technically prevented.

1. Embed video in a Content Page or on the course room homepage: If you want your video to be inserted within a page, you can do so by using the Customize Page function. By means of this function you can then, for example, enter an embed code or directly upload a file via the function "Insert Image/Media".
2. Insert via the Mediacast item: If you want to create individual videos or directly a collection of media, the easiest way to do this is via the Mediacast. The video or collection will now be displayed as a separate object in the course room. It is recommended to use the Mediacast object only for small to medium-sized files (<500MB). With the Mediacast you can also optionally activate an integrated download option.
3. Insert videos as Interactive Videos: This option is suitable if students should have the possibility to comment on individual passages of the video. In addition, you can embed questions and feedback directly in the corresponding video, which the participants are presented with at a certain point in the video and have to process. As with all videos that are uploaded directly to ILIAS, interactive videos should be small to medium-sized files (<500MB) in order not to overload the storage capacity. Only one video can be uploaded per "Interactive video" object. It is also possible to include interactive videos as magazine objects or as content in the ILIAS page editor.
4. Create videos as a media object in a Media Pool: If you want to use no to medium-sized video files several times in different places in ILIAS without having to upload them again and again, you can use the object media pool for this purpose. Videos that have been uploaded to a media pool can be integrated from there via the ILIAS page editor, e.g. in different courses at the same time. ATTENTION: Course/group members do NOT have direct access to videos in media pools. It should also be noted that when videos in media pools are changed (e.g. replaced by a more recent video), all videos linked from the media pool are automatically changed as well.