Completing Common Tasks In Kaltura and Using the My Media Tool

Kaltura is a video-asset management platform used by the UMS system; it can be used to host video materials, and the My Media tool can be used to organize created content.

Detailed Information

Adding Media to Kaltura

- Adding A Video Presentation

A video presentation consists of a document and a video file, synchronized together, Document formats supported are: ppt/pptx, pdf, doc/ docx, xls/ xlsx.
After a document is uploaded, it is converted to a format suitable for display in the presentation. This may take a few minutes. After your content is ready it is displayed in the document list.
For a full and detailed walkthrough, please visit this link: Adding A Video Presentation PDF.

- Recording Your Screen or Webcam

The Kaltura Capture tool should be used for this. The link to our article is here: Using Kaltura Capture for Brightspace and personal recordings.

Kaltura and My Media

- Uploading Media

You can upload media from the My Media (Brightspace homepage) or Media Gallery (under Course Tools) interface via the "Add Media" menu.  On the next screen, click "Add New." 

- Editing and Trimming Media

Your My Media page lists the media that you created. In addition to all normal interactions with media, you can:

  • Edit media
  • Select a thumbnail
  • Create a Clip
  • Trim a Video
  • Upload and manage captions
  • Publish media items
  • Disable or close comments

You can trim out parts of video from the Edit Media page. The trimming tool enables you to edit your videos visually by setting the start time and end time of your media. Sometimes, you may want to trim the start and/or end of a video to remove redundant parts. Trimming is performed on the source media, modifying that video permanently.
Trimming is only available to the owner of the video and is only accessible in My Media.

- Publishing Media

  1. On your My Media page, select which video(s) you wish to publish by checking the checkbox(es), then select "Publish" from the Actions menu.
  2. Select which courses, Repository, or other locations you wish to publish to.
  3. Click "Save." You should be given a notification upon publishing success.

Environment

  • Kaltura
  • Brightspace

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