Yuja FAQs

- All videos hosted on Kaltura will be migrated to YuJa. The YuJa customer success team will be handling the migration and assignment of videos to everyone’s new YuJa accounts.

What is YuJa?

- YuJa is a cloud-based enterprise video platform. Videos created and uploaded to YuJa are automatically converted to multiple resolutions for the best viewing experience possible. YuJa is integrated within GoView for easy sharing of videos throughout any area of a course. A non-destructive editor includes multiple post-production features including the ability to update slides for narrated slideshows.

- - It is recommended that faculty limit the length of video-based course materials. Research has shown that the average length of effective videos is approximately 6-minutes. A key strategy to keeping videos short is to only cover one course concept for each video. YuJa’s editing features allow the ability to break longer videos into smaller segments.

- YuJa is integrated within GoView making the process of creating and sharing videos in the classroom easier. YuJa is packed full of features such as detailed analytics, video quizzes, in-line text comments, multiple source recording software, and more!
- Requiring students to upload their Major Project videos to Yuja will save instructors time. Previously problematic filetypes should not longer be a challenge. Yuja should be able to play any type of media file.

- YuJa Software Capture is an included software-based recording tool for Windows and OSX. All video inputs are recorded separately for a customizable viewing experience in the YuJa video player.

- YuJa Browser Capture is a browser-based recording tool with ChromeBooks in mind. Use Browser Capture with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), or Firefox. Browser Capture is ideal for quick webcam and/or screen capture.

- Auto captioning time varies depending on the length of the video. YuJa processes videos by prioritizing playback before automatic captions. Automatic captions are only available for faculty and staff accounts. Student accounts do not have automatic captions available, but are able to upload and edit captions manaually.

- Yes! Formats Supported Include: wmv, .asf, .flv, .f4v, .f4a, .avi, .mp3, .mpg, .mpeg, .mps, .ps, .mp2, .m2v, .m2a,.ts, .tsv, .tsa, .mts, .m2ts, .tod, .mp4, .m4a, .m4v, .3gp, .mov, .mts (AVCHD), Flash video, .webm, .mxf, .dv., .docx, .pdf., .srt, .vtt, .txt, .csv, .xlsx, .pptx, .psd. and more!

- Videos created with YuJa tools are hosted by YuJa on their cloud servers in North America

- YuJa video quiz grades can be synchronized with CourseDen. Review the article YuJa: Sharing Video Quizzes for more information about the different strategies to share video quizzes.

- From YuJa’s website: At this time, the Video Platform only supports English and French, however, we're continuing to add new languages based on customer requests.

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