Kaltura in Canvas

3. Drag the items My Media and Media Gallery to the top to make them visible in the course menu.

4. Click Save

You can post videos to My Media first, or you can post videos directly to your course without posting them to My Media. It depends a bit on the workflow you use:

• if you want to upload your videos first, you can do so by adding them to My Media;

• if you are designing your course, it may be more convenient to add your videos directly to your course: to the Media Gallery or to another part of the Canvas course (eg Announcement, Assignment etc).

It is also possible to add videos to the Shared Repository, which is a university-wide gallery of video material only available to teachers and support staff.

How do I add videos to My Media?

My Media is a media library in which you can upload and manage your own video files. You can access My Media by clicking on the menu item that you made visible in your Canvas course (see instruction under section 1).

Media content in My Media can be published in the Media Gallery of the Canvas course, but can also be added to Canvas items such as Pages, Assignments, Discussions.

Go to My Media using the link in the Canvas course menu. You will see the Add New button, here you can create and / or add videos to your My Media.

When clicking on the Add New button, a drop down menu will appear, from which you can choose between Media Upload, YouTube, Kaltura Capture and Video Quiz.

When you choose Media Upload, you can either use +Choose a file to upload or use Drag & Drop to upload files from your own computer to My Media.

If you select YouTube in the Add New menu, you can add a YouTube video. The advantage of adding a YouTube video using Kaltura, is that you can use Analytics. For example, you can view how many times a YouTube video has been viewed in your Canvas Course.

If you choose Kaltura Capture, Kaltura Personal Capture will open. Kaltura Personal Capture is a userfriendly video recording tool which enables you to make webcam recordings, screen recordings (of Powerpoint slides), and audio recordings and to combine these, resulting in "multistream" videos. For more information, see Kaltura Personal Capture.

If you choose Video Quiz from the Add New menu, you can create a quiz by adding questions to a video, e.g. multiple-choice questions. For more information, see Kaltura Video Quiz.

In My Media, you can manage your videos. Click on one of your videos in My Media, and you will see your videos with the following options below:

1. Details will show you the meta tags you added to the video.

2. Share displays the html code that you can use to embed the video in an item of your Canvas course (e.g. Discussion, Page etc). An easier way to do this is by clicking on the Kaltura icon in the Rich Content Editor of a Canvas course item. See also, How do I add a video to my course?

3. Actions reveals drop-down menu options to, among other things, Edit, Delete, Publish the video.

Actions

You will find the Actions button in several places, e.g. at the top of the My Media overview page but also below a specific video. The different menu options are further explained below:

Edit

Here you will find a number of options for editing your videos, including:

• Details: Add a description and / or meta tags to your video.

• Options: adjust settings for Comments and Clipping.

• Collaboration: transfer ownership of your video, or assign co-editors and co-publishers.

• Thumbnails: upload a picture, or generate an automatic "thumbnail" for your video.

• Downloads: Select the formats in which a video can be “downloaded” here. A separate Download button will appear below your video. Keep in mind that only videos that you own (or of which you are co-owner) can be downloaded.

• Captions: advanced users can add Captions files, e.g. Dutch subtitles, here.

• Attachments: you can attach a file to your video here.

• Timeline: Add Chapters and / or Powerpoint Slides to specific moments in your video.

Launch Editor

You will also find a separate Launch Editor button here, you can edit the video using:

Trimming : for trimming the start and end of a video

Clipping: for creating video clips from existing videos,

Chopping & Splicing: for cutting out parts of a video or sticking parts together.

When editing a video this way, you create a new item from an existing one. Every video clip you create in Launch Editor is saved as a new video. Video clips can be made from your own videos in My Media, or from videos of others in a Media Gallery of a Canvas course, depending on the video settings (see Options below Edit).For example, you can turn a video into a new video clip to use it as an introduction, or you can cut up a video into a number of shorter video clips according to subject. For more information on what's possible with Launch Editor, watch the videos on the right, or see Kaltura Video Editing Tools

Publish

Videos must be "published" to a Media Gallery of a Canvas course to become visible to other students and teachers in the Canvas course.

In My Media:

• Double click on your own video or

• Select a video or multiple videos by ticking the box in front.

• Click Actions to expand the dropdown menu and choose Publish

• Set the video from Private to Published.

• If applicable, select the Media Gallery of a course of which you are a participant (teacher or student).

• Click Save. The video is immediately visible to all students and teachers in the Canvas course.

Analytics

Analytics enables you to discover how your video content is being viewed by your students. For example, you can track how often a video has been watched or how much of the video was watched by all students (Avg. Completion Rate).

Viewing Analytics can be used to explore user behaviour in different time periods and even compare between different periods. It can help you to inform you about what is useful to your students or what could be improved. See also, Entry Level Analytics

Delete

Videos you own can be deleted using the Delete option.

In My Media:

• Double click on your own video or

• Select a video or multiple videos by ticking the box in front

• Click Actions to expand the dropdown menu, and choose Delete.

How do I add a video to a content item of my Canvas course?

You can easily add videos to your Canvas course by using the 'Embed Kaltura Media' option available in the Rich Text Editor. In this way, you can add a video from My Media, your Canvas course Media Gallery, or the Shared Repository. You can also upload a video from your own PC by selecting Add New> Media Upload, or make a recording with Kaltura Personal Capture, by selecting Add New> Kaltura Capture.

If you are a teacher of a course in Canvas, you can use the Rich Text Editor to embed videos in Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages in Modules, and other content items. In short, you can embed a video in Canvas wherever you can put text.

Students can make their videos available in some Canvas content items, such as Discussions, and when submitting an Assignment.

To embed videos in your Canvas course, follow these steps:

• Select the Canvas content item of your choice (Pages, Discussions etc) and click Edit.

• Select the Kaltura icon in the Rich Text Editor.

A page named Embed Kaltura Media will open in which you can search and select videos which you have already placed in My Media, Media Gallery and / or Shared Repository.

If you do not have any video material in these repositories, click the Add Media button in the top right corner of the screen. It allows you to upload a video from your PC (Media Upload) or directly record with Kaltura Personal Capture (Kaltura Capture) and upload it in Canvas. As a last option you can also create a Video Quiz here.

Assuming that you want to select a video in My Media, Media Gallery and or Shared Repository:

• Click on the arrow next to Select,

• Choose between the following 3 sizes: Large, Medium, Small.

• Your video is now displayed in the Canvas content item of your Canvas course.

If you have created or uploaded a new video , it is now also added to My Media.

In the Media Gallery, each video has the following options :

• Add to Playlist: quickly add the video to a previously created playlist.

• Remove: remove videos from the Media Gallery, including those of students.

• Edit: edit a video in the Media Gallery (you only edit videos you own).

Students can only edit or remove videos they own. Depending on the settings, it may also be possible to let others edit your video.

What is the Shared Repository?

The Shared Repository is a gallery of video material which is accessible to all employees of the VU University. Teachers can make their videos accessible to their fellow teachers using this repository. The repository is only available to VU employees.

How do I create an assignment to which students can submit their videos?

If you want to design a video assignment, it is interesting to have students use Kaltura. Students can also use all Kaltura tools, such as My Media and Kaltura Personal Capture, to manage and create their own videos. See the example on the right for a workflow in which a Canvas Assignment with Kaltura is used to have students do a video assignment.

Follow the steps below:

• Click on Assignments in your Canvas course menu and choose Add Assignment.

• Add the name of your assignment to the text box Assignment Name.

• Add instructions into the large text box .

• Use the Rich Text Editor to add images, text, links, and / or media to the instructions.

• Enter the highest number of points a student can score for this assignment in the text box Points.

• In the drop-down list Submission Type, select Online.

• Choose Text Entry in the Online Entry Options.

• Select a date for Due date below Assign to.

• Select dates for Available from and Until.

• Click Save & Publish, or click Save if you do not want to publish the assignment yet.

• Click on the + Rubric button to add a rubric, if applicable.

When you choose the Text Entry option, students can submit video to the Assignment using the Rich Text Editor.

After students have submitted their video, you can use the Canvas Speedgrader tool to view each student's video and any comments they have added. The SpeedGrader tool also allows you to quickly watch, rate and add comments.

I am getting an error about 3rd party cookies, what can I do?

You may see the following error while trying to access Kaltura in you Canvas course:

It seems your browser is blocking 3rd party session cookies which are required for the Kaltura application. To resolve this issue, please update your settings to allow 3rd party cookies.

Enabling third-party cookies in your browser is needed in order for Kaltura to communicate with Canvas. Kaltura needs to verify who you are and where you want to store your videos. Follow the instructions below to enable third-party cookies. Options to enable third-party cookies just for Kaltura are also included:

Chrome:

• Click the three dots in the top right corner to open the menu.

• Click Settings.

• Scroll down to Privacy and security and click Site settings.

• Click on Cookies and other site data and make sure that the Block third-party cookies switch is disabled.

or if you just want to allow Kaltura:

• Scroll down to Sites that can always use cookies and Add: [*.]kaltura.com

Note If the above solution does not work try the following:

• Open Chrome.

• Type chrome://flags/#same-site-by-default-cookies into the address bar.

• Change the "SameSite by default cookies" option to "Disabled".

• Click on the Relaunch button to apply changes.

Firefox:

• Click the icon in the top right corner.

• Click Preferences.

• Go to Privacy & Security.

• Select the Custom radio button and disable the check mark next to Cookies.

Safari:

• Open the Safari menu.

• Click on the Preferences from the drop down menu.

• Click Privacy.

• Ensure the Block all cookies checkbox is not selected.

• Uncheck the Prevent cross-site tracking check-box.

Microsoft Edge:

• Type edge://settings/content/cookies in the address bar and click Enter

or

• Click the three dots in the top right corner.

• Click Settings, and click Site Permissions.

• Under Cookies and site data, make sure that the Block third-party cookies switch is turned Off.

or, if you just want to allow Kaltura:

• Add to Allow: [*.]kaltura.com

Note: if the above solution does not work, check the following:

• Type edge://settings/privacy into the address bar and click Enter

• Make sure Tracking prevention slider is turned Off.

I am a student: how can I use Kaltura in Canvas?

Students can also add their (study-related) media content to Canvas using My Media and the Media Gallery's of their courses. Students can also post videos to specific Canvas content items, such as Discussions, Assignments etc. See below, for more information

I am a student: how do I submit a video to a Canvas assignment?

If you have to submit a video or audio file to Canvas for your assignment, you need to follow these two steps:

1. Upload your media file using My Media. For an explanation on how to use My Media, see How do I add videos to My Media?

2. After uploading the video to My Media, you can submit your video by clicking on the Kaltura icon in the Rich Text Editor of your Assignment. These are the steps in more detail:

• Go to Assignments in the Canvas course menu and click on the name of the assignment.

• In the next page, click on Submit Assignment. You will now be presented with a text box with a Rich Text Editor bar with several buttons at the top.

• Add any text in the text box; whenever you want to add the video, click on the Kaltura icon Embed Kaltura Media.

• Find your video and press Select. By using the arrow which is displayed to the right of Select button, you can choose between different sizes.

• Once you are done, click on Submit Assignment.

I am a student: how do I post an video to my answer in a Discussion?

Similarly, you use the Kaltura icon in the Rich Text Editor in other Canvas course items. You can add Kaltura videos anywhere in Canvas where you can find a text box with a rich text editor bar at the top.

I am not a teacher or student, can I use Kaltura in Canvas?

If you are not a teacher or student, but you do want to make use Kaltura, you can also do this by using video.vu.nl, which provides another portal to Kaltura.