The Lecturecast service allows the embedding of polls into any recording, this has the effect of creating 'pause for thought' moments within a recording. Students may not continue viewing until they have responded. Any response, correct or incorrect (if the poll includes a correct answer) will allow the respondent to continue viewing. The embedding of polls into a recording creates a new media type called 'interactive media'. Interactive media are different from recordings and presentations and how they are created and used can be initially a little confusing.
Key points to note are:
Interactive media cannot currently be published into a class, they must be embedded directly into Moodle using the Echo360 plug-in available in Moodle's text editor. The tool gives access to a user's Echo360 personal library where interactive media created by a user are stored. Note this tool is only available in Moodle's default Atto text editor if a user has changed their editor preference in their Moodle profile, they won't see the tool and will have to (temporarily) change their editor preference in order to proceed.
