Kinescope for Moodle

Kinescope hosts your course videos and plays them inside Moodle. Install the media_kinescope plugin once, then paste a video link into a course description, assignment or page, and Moodle shows the Kinescope player.

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Add a video to a Moodle course

An administrator installs the plugin once. After that, any teacher adds a video by pasting its link.

Install once

  1. Download the ZIP from the media_kinescope page on Moodle.org and extract it on the server to /path/to/moodle/media/player/kinescope.
  2. Sign in to Moodle as an administrator and open site administration: Moodle finds the new plugin and offers to finish the install.
  3. Go to Site administration → Plugins → Manage media players, turn on Kinescope and save changes.

Add a video

  1. In Kinescope, copy the link to a specific video, not a folder or a project: https://kinescope.io/VIDEOID.
  2. Paste it into the text editor of a course description, assignment, page or another activity.
  3. Save: Moodle replaces the link with the Kinescope player.

The plugin works with video links, not with the embed code. Player width and height for every embedded video are set in the plugin settings, in pixels.

Setup guide in the docs

What your Moodle videos get

  • Video inside the course

    Students watch the lesson where the course is: in the description, the assignment or the page, without leaving Moodle.

  • Plays only on your Moodle

    Turn on domain restriction in the video settings and add your Moodle address: a copied link or embed shows a blocked player anywhere else.

    Private video hosting

  • Protected lessons

    DRM and watermarks from your Kinescope settings work inside Moodle too. DRM is available on paid plans.

    DRM video hosting

  • Analytics for every lesson

    Views, retention and engagement for each video, wherever it sits in the course.

    Video analytics

  • No ads, no suggested videos

    The player ships without a share bar, channel links or suggested videos, so students stay on the lesson.

    Video player

  • Moodle 3.11 to 5.1

    The plugin supports Moodle 3.11, 4.0 to 4.5, 5.0 and 5.1.

    Plugin page on Moodle.org

Running courses on Open edX or a WordPress site? See Open edX, WordPress and all Kinescope integrations.

Put your first lesson in Moodle for free

Upload a video to Kinescope, paste the link into a Moodle page, and students watch it in the Kinescope player. No credit card required.

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FAQ

Can’t find the answer you need? Check out our Setup guide.

Yes, media_kinescope in the Moodle plugins directory. It adds Kinescope to Moodle’s media players, so a pasted Kinescope video link turns into the player in course descriptions, assignments, pages and other activities.

Moodle 3.11, 4.0 to 4.5, 5.0 and 5.1.

No. The plugin works with video links like https://kinescope.io/VIDEOID. Copy the link to a specific video, not to a folder or a project.

In the plugin settings under Site administration → Plugins → Manage media players. The width and height in pixels apply to every embedded video on the platform.

Yes. Turn on domain restriction in the video’s privacy settings in Kinescope and add your Moodle domain. The player then refuses to play on any other site.

Yes. The protection you set in Kinescope applies to the video in Moodle. Widevine and FairPlay DRM are available on paid plans.

Give your Moodle courses a proper video player.

Free to start, then from €10/month. No credit card required.

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