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title: Video Lesson Global Settings (Admin Guide)
description: "This article explains the **global (site-wide) settings** available for the Video Lesson Activity and how administrators can control default behavior, enforce rules, and standardize video usage across the site. ### What are Video Lesson global settings? Video Lesson global settings…"
url: "https://www.mooplugins.com/docs/video-lesson-activity/core-concepts/video-lesson-global-settings-admin-guide/"
updated: "2026-03-09"
category: Video Lesson Activity / Core Concepts
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# Video Lesson Global Settings (Admin Guide)

This article explains the **global (site-wide) settings** available for the Video Lesson Activity and how administrators can control default behavior, enforce rules, and standardize video usage across the site.

### What are Video Lesson global settings?

Video Lesson global settings are **site-level configuration options** available to administrators.

These settings allow you to:

- Define default values for new Video Lesson activities
- Enforce site-wide behavior regardless of activity settings
- Control how students interact with video content
- Standardize compliance and learning policies across courses

Global settings apply at the **Moodle site level**, not per course.

### Where to find global settings

Video Lesson global settings are available at:

**Site administration → Plugins → Activity modules → Video Lesson Settings**

Only users with administrator permissions can access these settings.

![Video Lesson Sitewide admin settings](https://s3media.mooplugins.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/09121619/Video-Lesson-sitewide-admin-Settings.png)

### Default values vs enforced overrides

Global settings fall into two categories:

- **Default values**
   These are used as pre-filled values when a new Video Lesson activity is created. Teachers can change them at the activity level.
- **Enforced overrides**
   These force a specific behavior site-wide. Teachers cannot override these settings inside individual activities.

Understanding the difference is critical when managing large Moodle sites.

### Global seeking behavior override

Administrators can enforce a site-wide seeking policy using the **Select seeking behavior** setting.

Available options include:

- Do not override (use activity setting)
- Allow seek
- Disable seek
- Disable seeking forward, allow rewind

If set to anything other than *Do not override*, the selected behavior is enforced across all Video Lesson activities and activity-level settings are ignored.

This is useful when a consistent viewing policy must be applied across all courses.

### Automatic seek disabling based on completion percentage

Video Lesson includes an automatic enforcement rule tied to completion requirements.

When the global **completion threshold to force disable seek** is configured:

- If an activity’s required watch percentage is equal to or higher than the threshold
- Seeking is automatically disabled for that activity

Example:

- Global threshold: 70%
- Activity requires: 85% watch
- Result: Seeking is automatically disabled

To disable this behavior entirely, the threshold can be set to **0%**.

This ensures students cannot skip content in activities that require high completion accuracy.

### Disable playback speed control (site-wide)

Administrators can globally disable playback speed controls.

When enabled:

- Students cannot change playback speed (for example, 1.25× or 2×)
- The restriction applies to all Video Lesson activities
- Activity-level speed settings are ignored

This is recommended for compliance training, safety instruction, or time-sensitive content.

### Disable Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode (site-wide)

Administrators can globally disable Picture-in-Picture mode.

When enabled:

- Students cannot detach the video into a floating window
- Videos must be watched within the activity page

This helps reduce distractions and ensures students remain focused within the learning context.

### Role-based enforcement

By default, video progress tracking and enforcement apply only to the **Student** role.

Teachers, managers, and administrators are excluded to prevent accidental completion during testing, previews, or course setup.

### What global settings do not do

Global settings do not:

- Modify existing completion data
- Change historical analytics
- Affect non-Video Lesson activities
- Rewrite course-level configuration unless explicitly enforced

They are designed to guide and enforce behavior, not retroactively alter content.

### Recommended global configurations

#### Compliance or certification sites

- Global seek override: Disable seek
- Completion threshold to force disable seek: 70% or higher
- Disable playback speed control: Enabled
- Disable Picture-in-Picture: Enabled

#### Mixed academic environments

- Global seek override: Do not override
- Completion threshold enforcement: Optional
- Playback speed and PiP controls: Optional

#### Flexible learning platforms

- Global seek override: Do not override
- Completion enforcement: Activity-level only

### Important notes

- Global settings affect new activities immediately
- Enforced overrides apply site-wide
- Teachers should be informed of enforced policies
- External video sources may have provider-level limitations

### Summary

Video Lesson global settings give administrators **centralized control** over how video lessons behave across the site.

By combining defaults and enforced overrides, administrators can standardize student experience, enforce compliance rules, and reduce configuration errors across courses.