Ooyala XBlock

This XBlock allows to include ooyala video within an edX course.

It supports:

Ooyala Video, the component to visualize the video.
Transcript, which allows your users to interact with your video using text capabilities. (video words, search, navigation)
Overlays, which allows you to place raw text or html content at a specific moment in your video.
Player token, which allows you to secure your video content using a token with an expiration time.

Settings

The following settings can be set in studio edit:

Video title: the title displayed in the unit for this xblock.
Content id: Ooyala content identifier
Transcript project id: 3Play transcript project identifier
Transcript file id: 3Play transcript file identifier
Enable player token: have to be True if you need the functionnality.
Api key: needed to generate a player token.
Api Secret Key: needed to generate a player token.
Expiration Time: the expiration time of a token, in seconds. Teeded to generate a player token.
XML Configuration: Additional settings. (ie. overlays)

Overlays

In studio edit, you can add messages to be displayed during the video using overlays. You can add an overlay in the studio using xml:

<ooyala>
  <overlays>
    <overlay start="39" end="45"><html>Thats <b>Chris!!</b> one of our colleagues!</html></overlay>
    <overlay start="4"  end="15"><html><a href='http://www.edx.org'>Welcome</a> to <b>our course</b>!</html></overlay>
    <overlay start="16" end="20">This is raw text</overlay>
  </overlays>

</ooyala>

Installing dependencies

From the xblock-ooyala repository, and within the Python virtual environment you used to setup the XBlock workbench or the LMS, install the requirements:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

This will install requirements and the ooyala xblock itself.

Custom workbench settings

Not available yet.

Starting the workbench