Annoto Local Plugin Settings

Overview

This document offers an overview of the settings for the Annoto Moodle local plugin.

Background

Annoto supports Moodle using local plugin that includes, among other things, the following capabilities:
- Annoto In-video engagement widget
- Automatic detection of the type of player running on the page and automatic adjustment of the type of player
- The plugin currently supports the following video players/sources (the system supports more players. If needed can be added such as FlowPlayer, Wistia, etc.):

VideoJS
YouTube
Vimeo
H5P
jwPlayer
Kaltura
Wistia
HTML5

Single sign-on support
Ability to change Annoto appearance and layout settings
Ability to activate Annoto on :
- All site
- In a course level
- In activity level

Annoto Plugin settings

Once the plugin is installed, go to its settings screen and set its mode of operation according to the desired mode.

The plugin is installed with default settings that include settings for roles, and settings of how to run on a site.

Annoto Setup

API Key –Which was received from Annoto, this is provided per domain
SSO Secret –Which was received from Annoto, this is provided per domain
Annoto’s script URL - Provide Annoto's script URL (No need to change)
Deployment domain - Provide the region for the widgets. Please note that the widget data is bound to a specific region.

Annoto dashboard (LTI)

The Annoto local plugins add the Annoto Dashboard automatically to Moodle, and set the LTI activity.

Name, URL and Icon Fields do not need to be changed

Add to all the courses
- If enabled, Annoto dashboard will be automatically added to all the courses.

If disabled the Annoto dashboard can be added manually from the “+ Add an activity or resource” on the desired course

Dashboard Manager Roles - Specify which role will trigger the addition of the Annoto dashboard to the course. For example: in the above image only Teacher and Manager roles will trigger the addition of the Annoto dashboard to the course.

Annoto Settings

Locale – If enable will set the language of Annoto per page and course based on Course and User preferences

2. Moderator Roles – Specify who is allowed to moderate discussions (only roles that at least include the following capabilities are available: local/annoto:moderatediscussion).