Publishing Course Content on myHeritage

At Heritage, we use myHeritage (Populi) to publish our course content.  For your course, this can be done from the Lessons tab.

This article represents a summary of how to upload multimedia (video or audio) to your course. Populi has published a more detailed article on this topic called How to embed audio, video, and other kinds of files in a lesson.  Feel free to check it out for more info.

Upload them from your computer

  • Click the Add a Lesson button or open an existing lesson.
  • Click the Design tab to open the design view.
  • Choose to Add a Section and click File.
  • Drag and drop the file from your computer into the area that says Drag & Drop.
  • Once the video file is uploaded, click Save.  If this is a video file, the size is likely huge, so be patient.
  • There are other options in this view like marking a file as required.
  • When you save the file, Populi kicks off an encoding process (much like YouTube’s encoding) to get it ready for multiple device types.

Upload them directly from your phone or tablet

If you’ve recorded your file on a smartphone or tablet, you can upload them directly to myHeritage.

  • Open myHeritage is a browser (Safari, Firefox, Chrome, etc.) and login with your myHeritage account.
  • Navigate to your course and open the Lessons tab.
  • Touch the Add a Lesson button or open an existing lesson.
  • Touch the Design tab to open the design view.
  • Choose to Add a Section and click File.
  • Touch on the area that says Drag & Drop a File or Click to Choose.  This will open the file explorer on your platform.
  • For example, on iOS choose Photo Library.  Find the video you took (or edited) and touch Done.
  • Once the video file is uploaded, click Save

Classroom Equipment

All Heritage classrooms are outfitted with a similar set of equipment that includes presentation and video conferencing technologies.  Below is a list of the equipment available.

Standard Equipment & Furniture

These pieces of equipment are available in every classroom on the Heritage campus.

  • Podium – a podium to rest lecture notes or a laptop or tablet on.
  • Computer – running the latest version of Windows 10 or 11.  Standard software includes…
    • Microsoft Teams
    • Microsoft Office
    • Zoom
    • VLC Media Player – video, audio, and DVD playback
  • Large Display(s) – front and rear displays for showing content and video callers.
  • AirServer – for sharing content.
  • Camera
  • Microphones
  • Speakers
  • Credenza – a cabinet with the room equipment.

AirServer

You can share content from a laptop, tablet, or smartphone to the room computer from Apple devices using AirPlay (MacOS, iOS) or Windows devices (Cast). We use a technology called AirServer, which runs on the room computer to facilitate this.

See How To Use AirServer for a detailed overview of how to use this technology.

Microsoft Teams

All rooms computers are configured to run Microsoft Teams by default for video conferencing purposes. Check the Calendar tab to find the video meeting for your class. You can join the video call from the Calendar.