Kaltura Media Platform
Kaltura is a media management, authoring, and streaming system integrated within the LMS.
Kaltura offers a suite of features that allow you to easily integrate video into your course to increase student engagement.
Getting Started
Open the MyMedia module on the Blackboard Institution page to:
- Upload Videos, images, and audio to Blackboard
- Embed YouTube videos in course content
- Record your screen, webcam, audio, and PowerPoint
- Create in-video quizzes
- Attach closed captioning files to videos for accessibility purposes
- Create clips and trim videos
- Share video among your other courses in Blackboard
- Analyze usage
Examples
- Embed quizzes within video to let your students self-evaluate their learning
- Easily associate closed caption files with videos for accessible learning
- Create a course media gallery (a YouTube-like channel) that you and your students can use to upload video, images, and audio. Then, make it social and allow commenting.
- Students can upload/create videos in Blackboard, within assignments, discussion forums, wikis, and journals
- Measure student engagement with video analytics
The Teaching and Learning Centre has a collection of resources and tutorial videos to help you use Kaltura in your teaching practice. If you need help using Kaltura, visit our Help and Support section below.
Resources
| Title | |
|---|---|
| How to Install Kaltura Capture |  |
| How to Record a Video | |
| How to Save, Upload, and Process your Video | |
| How to Delete Unwanted Video Segments | |
| How to Add Quiz Questions to a Video | |
| How to Add Captions | |
| How to Create a Timeline | |
| How to Share your Video Using a Link | |
| How to Embed your Video into a Blackboard Course | |
| Student Instructions - Uploading a Kaltura Assignment | |
| Using Express Capture to Record a Video | |
Help and Support
If you’d like one-on-one support on Kaltura, contact the Teaching and Learning Centre at teachingandlearning@uoit.ca. There are also faculty development workshops available.
