Kaltura Guide for Students

accessing Kaltura for the First Time

Kaltura can be accessed directly from the nav bar in Brightspace. To find it,

1. Log in to your Brightspace account. The system’s home page will be displayed.

2. On the nav bar, look for "My Media" (if you're in a course's page, click on "Tools," and then My Media will appear in the drop down menu)

3. Right click the My Media link and click "Open link in new tab" to open a list of videos you've uploaded to Kaltura.

4. If this is your first time accessing Kaltura, You may be asked to click an "accept" checkbox. This is normal and only happens once.

Install Kaltura Capture

Kaltura Capture is Kaltura’s application for recording video or audio. It runs on both Windows and macOS. To install Kaltura Capture,

1. Click the My Media link from the Tools drop-down menu in the nav bar in Brightspace. The My Media page will open.

2. Click the Add New button.

3. Select Kaltura Personal Capture from the dropdown menu.

If Kaltura Capture has not already been set up on your computer, you’ll automatically be taken to a page to download and install it the first time you try to open it.

Once you’ve installed Kaltura Capture, it’ll open automatically whenever you select it in the Add New menu’s options.

NOTE: If you are unable to install Kaltura Capture on your computer, contact the Technology Support Center at 1-800-696-4357 or support@maine.edu.

Perform Basic video Editing

Kaltura has a very basic built-in video editor that allows you to trim parts out of a video. To access it:

1. Go to the Brightspace Tools menu and select My Media.

2. Click the pencil (edit) icon to the right of the video you wish to edit.

3. Click the Launch Editor button.

4. See the following link for more instructions on using the video editor.

Editing Video Captions

1. Record your video or audio (and follow your script as closely as possible).

2. Upload your completed video or audio to the My Media tool in Brightspace (or at video.maine.edu). After your file is uploaded, Kaltura will add machine captions to the media (usually within 90 minutes). A “captioning complete” tag will appear on your media when the captioning process is done.

3. Click the pencil icon to the right of the video’s title in My Media once your video has been captioned. A page with the video’s editing options will open.

4. Click the Captions tab to show the list of caption files available for your video.

5. Click the Edit Captions button to open the Closed Caption Editor. A list of your video’s captions will appear in its left column, and the video will appear in its right column.

6. Examine the captions in the left column, and make corrections to the text and timing as appropriate. You can also copy and paste text from your script if you have one.

7. Use the Find and Replace fields above the left-hand column to quickly fix reoccurring errors in your captions.

8. Click the Save button when you’re finished editing your captions. It’ll appear above the captions column once you’ve made changes.

9. Click the Back link on the top-right side of the page to return to your video’s editing options page, or click your name in the top-right menu to navigate back to your My Media page.

Caveats

• Videos imported into Kaltura using the YouTube import tool do not get machine captions; however, if the video has captions in YouTube, they will be viewable in Kaltura’s player as well.