How do I get Time Machine to backup an external Hard Drive to Time Capsule?

Just purchased 3TB Time Capsule.  I have a 250GB ext hard drive where iTunes library and iMovie files are stored.  The external HD is connected to my iMac The iMac's 250GB is at 50% capacity with iPhotos so i cannot move iTunes/iMovie library back to the iMac.  I would like Time Machine to back up both the iMac HD and the contents of the 250GB external HD.  Thank you.

To reformat the drive, move the data on it to another location, including a second partition of the drive or the Time Capsule manually, open the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to erase it, and move the files back.
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