Media Library

Create, store, and stream media with ease using the D2L Media Library—an all-in-one solution for managing audio and video content in Brightspace. Record videos with your webcam, use the built-in Media Player, and effortlessly share your media in courses, discussions, and assignments.

Media Library Overview | Instructor

Upload, Editing, and Deleting Media

Instructors are able to upload, organize, and manage audio and video content within D2L's Media Library. The Media Library provides a centralized location for instructors to easily edit, delete, and share multimedia files in their courses while ensuring accessibility.

Explore more about editing your audio and video content in Brightspace using the Media Player tools. These tools allow you to customize how audio and video are presented to your students for an engaging learning experience.

For detailed steps, see the Brightspace Community guide on uploading, editing and playing audio-video content with Media Player.

Search Content with Improved Filters

Instructors can search within the Media Library by opening the Filters menu. From the Filter menu, you can sort by Content Type, Source, Date Modified, & Date Created. Once you have selected the desired filters, click the Search icon.

Filtering Media Library Recordings

Instructors can also easily locate the audio or video file by typing its title or keywords from the description into the search bar.

To make your audio and video files easier to locate, we recommend using a consistent naming convention. One format faculty might consider using is: "Year & Semester - Course Code & Number - Title".

For example: "2006 Fall - BUS 2070 - World of Business Intro".

Recording with Video or Audio

The Media Library lets you record, manage, and share audio-video content directly in Brightspace. Use Media Library's Media Player and the Record Webcam option to create content to place recordings directly into D2L.

Please refer to the following steps to record audio and/or video content in the Media Library.

Capture Tool

Use the Capture tool to record your screen and webcam simultaneously and easily share the video with students via Media Library.

Please note, that this feature is only for Instructors and not Students.

Explore the steps for recording with the capture tool and including closed captions in your Media Library videos.

Insert Media into D2L Content

The D2L Media Library makes it easy to upload and add audio or video directly into your course content. Whether it's a recorded lecture or supplemental material, you can use the Insert Stuff feature to place media exactly where you need it in your course.

Please note, if the audio or video file does not have captions, you will need to turn on machine captions within D2L.

Check out these easy steps to add audio or video from your Media Library into your content using Insert Stuff.

Video files:

.mp4, .avi, .f4v, .flv, .m4v, .mov, .webm, .wmv
and the ability to optimize for streaming (2GB max and up to 720p output)

Audio files:

.mp3, .m4a, .ogg, .wav, .wma (1GB max)

Audio files support captioning and chapters, but do not support timeline editing currently. Audio editing support will be added in a future release.

We recommend desktop editing. Editing can be done in mobile browsers, but the Editor is optimized for a mouse at this time.

Not currently, but we are investigating the best way to solve this. Please take extra care when making updates.

Currently, Media Library does not support multiple editors. To give others editing access, the video will have to be shared outside of D2L.

We recommending adding files to the course via "New > Video or Audio" tab in your modules. This will save your audio/video to Media Library

We strongly suggest not using "New > Upload Files" tab in you modules. This does not save to Media Library.

Audio/Video items that are saved to your mieda library can be restored from the recycle bin. However, after 90 days they are permanently deleted.

Need Help?

The Distance Education Support Desk is the designated APSU support branch exclusively for D2L-related issues.

Contact our Support Desk

For 24/7 technical support provided by D2L, simply click the chat icon located on the bottom, right-hand side of your screen when logged into D2L to access the Virtual Assistant.