YuJa Video Editor

The Video Platform offers fully integrated video editing capabilities that are accessible from Manage Media. Video editing allows Content Creators to create professional and polished media content. The Video Editor is non-destructive, your edited video is saved as a new file, and without damage to the original media.

YuJa Video Topics Covered

  • Accessing and Using the Video Editor



Access Video Editor

Video editing tools are accessible for both captures/recorded and uploaded media.

  • Log into YuJa and hover over the video you want to edit and select Edit.

Using the Video Editor - Cut

There are Basic and Advanced Video editing options:

  • Cut (scissors icon) - remove unwanted content from any point within the video. Drag the progress pin to the time you would like the cut to begin and click on Cut.

    • Double click on the Cut to Apply.

    • Hover the cursor to the time you want the cut to end and left click to stop the cut. Undo cut by clicking on Undo or by clicking the X in upper right corner.

    • Click Save to record the changes.

Screenshot of the YuJa video editor window. Across the top, there is a bar with a red gradient. In the top left, there is a white icon that has two overlapping c's. To the right, there is text that says Video Editor: My First YuJa Video. To the right, there is a floppy disk icon and text that says Save. There is a square outlined in red around it. To the right, there is a a vertical folder icon with an arrow pointing right. To the right, there is text that says Discard. Below that, there is a thin white line. Below that, there is a gray background. To the left and centered is a white square with a blue scissors icon inside of it. There is a pink speech bubble pointing to it with black text inside that says Cut Function. To the right of that and centered, is a thumbnail of a computer desktop. Below that, there is a black bar. There is a white bar below that. To the left, there is a gray triangle (or a play button). To the right of that, there is a speaker icon. To the right of that, there is a thin vertical slider bar with a white circle on it. To the right of that, there is text that says 00:03. To the right of that, there is a playback bar. There is a small amoutn of the playback bar that is blue. There is then a white circle. After the white circle, there is a gray thin line. Below that, there are seven blue icons. They are: a pair of scissors (with a square outlined in pink), an arrow pointing left, an arrow pointing right, a projector screen icon, a film strip icon, an icon of an image, and a square with two A's in it. Below that, there is another white bar. On top of which, there is a white square (to the left) and then two horizontal lines. Below that is the playback information for the video. There are six rows. To the left, there is a single blue column. Each row, except for the first and last, has white text in it. The text reads Waveform, Primary, Secondary, and Captions. The last row doesn't have text and is white. The second column is a gray opaque vertical rectangle. There is text inside that says CUT. The first row has tick marks across the top. It also has text that reads 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 across the row. The second row has blue wave lines (to indicate audio). The third row has thumbnails of video clips in it. The fourth row has thumbnails of a person. The fifth row has four horizontal squares in it.The last row has three thin horizontal rectangles.
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Using the Video Editor Features - Insert a Slide

  • Undo/Redo - undo or redo last action

  • Inserting a Slide (projection screen icon) - upload a file to take the place of a designated portion of media content.

    • Click on Insert a Slide button and choose Select File. (.pptx, .docx, .xlsx, .pdf, .jpg or .png)

    • Enter Override Time and Duration, click on Apply.

Screenshot of the YuJa video editor window. Across the top, there is a bar with a red gradient. In the top left, there is a white icon that has two overlapping c's. To the right, there is text that says Video Editor: My First YuJa Video. To the right, there is a floppy disk icon and text that says Save. There is a square outlined in red around it. To the right, there is a a vertical folder icon with an arrow pointing right. To the right, there is text that says Discard. Below that, there is a thin white line. Below that, there is a gray background. Centered, is a thumbnail of a computer desktop. Overlapping that is a white dialog box. There is text at the top that says Slide Override. To the right is a gray circle with an x in it. Below that, there is a rainbow line. Below that, there is a black bar. There is a white bar below that. To the left, there is a gray triangle (or a play button). To the right of that, there is a speaker icon. To the right of that, there is a thin vertical slider bar with a white circle on it. To the right of that, there is text that says 00:03. To the right of that, there is a playback bar. There is a small amoutn of the playback bar that is blue. There is then a white circle. After the white circle, there is a gray thin line. Below that, there are seven blue icons. They are: a pair of scissors (with a square outlined in pink), an arrow pointing left, an arrow pointing right, a projector screen icon, a film strip icon, an icon of an image, and a square with two A's in it. Below that, there is another white bar. On top of which, there is a white square (to the left) and then two horizontal lines. Below that is the playback information for the video. There are six rows. To the left, there is a single blue column. Each row, except for the first and last, has white text in it. The text reads Waveform, Primary, Secondary, and Captions. The last row doesn't have text and is white. The second column is a gray opaque vertical rectangle. There is text inside that says CUT. The first row has tick marks across the top. It also has text that reads 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 across the row. The second row has blue wave lines (to indicate audio). The third row has thumbnails of video clips in it. The fourth row has thumbnails of a person. The fifth row has four horizontal squares in it.The last row has three thin horizontal rectangles. Below that, there is text that says Select the slide override options for your uploaded document. Below that, there is a solid blue dot and text that says Video 1. To the right, there is a desktop thumbnail. To the right, there is a circle with a blue outline and text that says Video 2. To the right of that is a thumbnail of a person. Below that, there is text that says Override Source. To the right, there is a horizontal rectangle. Inside of it is the name of a file. Below that, to the left, there is text that says Override Time. To the right, there is a horizontal rectangle. Inside the rectangle is text that says 00:00. Below that, to the left, there is text that says Duration (Seconds). To the right, there is a horizontal rectangle with text inside that says 2. Below that, there is a thin, black horizontal line. Below that, to the right, there are two buttons with black outlines. Screenshot of the YuJa video editor window. Across the top, there is a bar with a red gradient. In the top left, there is a white icon that has two overlapping c's. To the right, there is text that says Video Editor: My First YuJa Video. To the right, there is a floppy disk icon and text that says Save. There is a square outlined in red around it. To the right, there is a a vertical folder icon with an arrow pointing right. To the right, there is text that says Discard. Below that, there is a thin white line. Below that, there is a gray background. To the left and centered is a white square with a blue scissors icon inside of it. There is a pink speech bubble pointing to it with black text inside that says Cut Function. To the right of that and centered, is a thumbnail of a computer desktop. Below that, there is a black bar. There is a white bar below that. To the left, there is a gray triangle (or a play button). To the right of that, there is a speaker icon. To the right of that, there is a thin vertical slider bar with a white circle on it. To the right of that, there is text that says 00:03. To the right of that, there is a playback bar. There is a small amount of the playback bar that is blue. There is then a white circle. After the white circle, there is a gray thin line. Below that, there are seven blue icons. They are: a pair of scissors, an arrow pointing left, an arrow pointing right, a projector screen icon (with a square outlined in pink around it), a film strip icon, an icon of an image, and a square with two A's in it. Below that, there is another white bar. On top of which, there is a white square (to the left) and then two horizontal lines. Below that is the playback information for the video. There are six rows. To the left, there is a single blue column. Each row, except for the first and last, has white text in it. The text reads Waveform, Primary, Secondary, and Captions. The last row doesn't have text and is white. The second column is a gray opaque vertical rectangle. There is text inside that says CUT. The first row has tick marks across the top. It also has text that reads 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 across the row. The second row has blue wave lines (to indicate audio). The third row has thumbnails of video clips in it. The fourth row has thumbnails of a person. The fifth row has four horizontal squares in it.The last row has three thin horizontal rectangles.

Using the Video Editor Features - Insert a Video

  • Inserting a Video

    • Drag the time slide to the point in which you would like to insert a new video

    • Ensure the Advanced Mode button is set to Yes.

    • Click on Insert Video button, locate the video you want to insert.

Screenshot of the YuJa video editor window. Across the top, there is a bar with a red gradient. In the top left, there is a white icon that has two overlapping c's. To the right, there is text that says Video Editor: My First YuJa Video. To the right, there is a floppy disk icon and text that says Save.To the right, there is a a vertical folder icon with an arrow pointing right. To the right, there is text that says Discard. Below that, there is a thin white line. Below that, there is a gray background. Centered, is a thumbnail of a computer desktop. Below that, there is a black bar. There is a white bar below that. To the left, there is a gray triangle (or a play button). To the right of that, there is a speaker icon. To the right of that, there is a thin vertical slider bar with a white circle on it. To the right of that, there is text that says 00:03. To the right of that, there is a playback bar. There is a small amount of the playback bar that is blue. There is then a white circle. After the white circle, there is a gray thin line. Below that, there are seven blue icons. They are: a pair of scissors, an arrow pointing left, an arrow pointing right, a projector screen icon (with a square outlined in pink around it), a film strip icon, an icon of an image, and a square with two A's in it. To the right, there is text that says Advanced Mode. To the right of that, there is a slider bar that says On. The text and the slider bar has a square outlined in pink around it. To the right of that, there his a gray slider bar. To the right of that, there is a blue magnifying glass. Below that, there is another white bar. On top of which, there is a white square (to the left) and then two horizontal lines. Below that is the playback information for the video. There are six rows. To the left, there is a single blue column. Each row, except for the first and last, has white text in it. The text reads Waveform, Primary, Secondary, and Captions. The last row doesn't have text and is white. The second column is a gray opaque vertical rectangle. There is text inside that says CUT. The first row has tick marks across the top. It also has text that reads 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 across the row. The second row has blue wave lines (to indicate audio). The third row has thumbnails of video clips in it. The fourth row has thumbnails of a person. The fifth row has four horizontal squares in it.The last row has three thin horizontal rectangles. All of this is grayed out. On top of this screen is a white dialog box. There is text at the top center that says Insert Video. In the top right, there i a gray square with an x inside of it. Below that, there is a rainbow line. Below that, there is text that says Select the video insertion options for your uploaded video. Below that, to the left, there is text that says Select Target. To the right, there is a horizontal rectangular dropdown box with text inside that said Video 1. Below that, to the left, there is text that says Insertion Type. To the right, there is a dropdown box with text in it that says Current Time-Override. Below that, there is a thin, horizontal line. Below that, to the right, there are two buttons. The first is outlined in blue and has Cancel inside of it. The second is a blue button with Apply inside of it.

Using the Video Editor Features - Image Tools

The Platform's Video Editor offers three different image-specific editing options. Using these tools, you can insert a watermark into your media content, blur portions of an image on your screen or add a virtual background. These changes will appear after the media has re-processed.

  • Inserting a watermark enables you to brand your content if you intend to share content publicly.

    • Select Media and choose Edit. Ensure Advanced Mode button to Yes.

    • Click on the Image Tools button and choose Insert Watermark/Overlay.

    • Select File and choose an image, click on Open.

The Insert Blur Region tool enable you to blur all or a portion of an image shown on your screen or to fully blackout a portion of the media. Effective way to hide personal information, unneeded content, and/or to redact a portion of the media entirely.

  • Select Media and choose Edit. Ensure Advanced Mode button to Yes.

  • Click on the Image Tools button and choose Insert Blur/Blackout Region.

  • Check Blackout Entire Video to redact the entire screen, or leave unchecked to blur only a portion of the media and select Apply.

  • Click and drag the gray rectangle to the portion of the media you would like to Blur. The gray rectangle will be replaced with a Blur Region after saving.

Applying a virtual background to any stream enables you to customize your video

  • Select Media and choose Edit. Ensure Advanced Mode button to Yes.

  • Click on the Image Tools button and choose Add Virtual Background.

  • Select a File and choose an image and click on Open.

  • Select which Stream you would like to add the virtual background to and click on Apply.

Using the Video Editor Features - Text Overlay

The Video Editor provides the addition of Text Overlays. Great way to add supplemental information.

  • Select Media and choose Edit.

  • Click on Text Overlay button and select the desired Stream to overlay.

  • Enter Text, select Font Size and Duration, click on Apply.

Using the Video Editor Features - Editing Captions

The Video Editor provides a full-featured caption editor, providing the ability to add, change, delete captions, or to alter the timestamp associated with a caption.

  • Select Media and choose Edit.

  • Click on CC button, from there you can do any of the actions listed below.

    1. Update the closed-captions' timestamps: Adjust the start and end times for each closed-caption line.

    2. Edit the closed-caption texts: Change the closed-caption texts to add notes, correct wordings, update pronouns, etc.

    3. Delete a closed-caption line: Remove any unwanted closed-caption lines by clicking on the Trash icon right next to the line.

    4. Add a new closed-caption line: Add a new closed-caption line to any point of the media by clicking on the button Add Caption at mm:ss button.

  • When done, click on Save.

Screenshot of the YuJa video editor window. Across the top, there is a bar with a red gradient. In the top left, there is a white icon that has two overlapping c's. To the right, there is text that says Video Editor: My First YuJa Video. To the right, there is a floppy disk icon and text that says Save. There is a square outlined in red around it. To the right, there is a a vertical folder icon with an arrow pointing right. To the right, there is text that says Discard. Below that, there is a thin white line. Below that, there is a gray background. To the left and centered is a thumbnail of a computer desktop To the right of that and centered, is a thumbnail of a person. To the right of that, there is a white rectangle. Inside the rectangle, to the top left, there are two icons. The first is a square with text inside that says cc. To the right, there is a dropdown box with text inside that says English. To the right and centered, is text that says Captions. To the right of that, there is a square with a blue outline and a magnifying glass inside of it. Below that there are a series of time stamps and the captions for those time stamps. Below that, there is a thin horizontal rectangle with a blue outline To the left, there is a triangle pointing to the left. To the right of that, there is a box with the number 1 in it. To the right of that, there is text that says of 2. To the right of that rectangle, there is a blue button with text that says Add Caption. This has a square with a red outline around it. Below that, there is a black bar. There is a white bar below that. To the left, there is a gray triangle (or a play button). To the right of that, there is a speaker icon. To the right of that, there is a thin vertical slider bar with a white circle on it. To the right of that, there is text that says 00:49. To the right of that, there is a text that says 1x. To the right of that is a circular arrow. To the right of that, there is a square with CC in it. There is an outline of a red square around it. There is then a white circle. After the white circle, there is a gray thin line. Below that, there are seven blue icons. They are: a pair of scissors, an arrow pointing left, an arrow pointing right, a projector screen icon, a film strip icon, an icon of an image, and a square with two A's in it. To the right, there is text that says Advanced Mode. To the right of that, there is a slider bar that says On. The text and the slider bar . To the right of that, there his a gray slider bar. To the right of that, there is a blue magnifying glass. Below that, there is another white bar. On top of which, there is a white square (to the left) and then two horizontal lines. Below that is the playback information for the video. There are six rows. To the left, there is a single blue column. Each row, except for the first and last, has white text in it. The text reads Waveform, Primary, Secondary, and Captions. The last row doesn't have text and is white. The second column is a gray opaque vertical rectangle. There is text inside that says CUT. The first row has tick marks across the top. It also has text that reads 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 across the row. The second row has blue wave lines (to indicate audio).
When using educational technology tools, be FERPA aware. To learn more, visit the Registrar's FERPA Guidelines site.