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Kaltura Video in Blackboard
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To access Kaltura and mange your media collection, login to video.syr.edu with your SU NetID. For information about uploading, editing, and publishing media, see Kaltura at Syracuse University. For information about sharing Kaltura videos through Blackboard, see below.
Add Kaltura Content to Blackboard Course
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Embed Kaltura Video inside of a Blackboard Ultra Document
In the Course Content area, select the plus sign wherever you want to add a document. In the menu, select Create to open the Create Item panel and select Document.
Once inside the document, add a name to the document and then click content block which is the option middle of the left of the document.
To add a Kaltura video to your course, click on
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the plus sign icon 
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text editor and select "
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Content Market" from the dropdown list.
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Select "Kaltura Media
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" from the alphabetical content market list.
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As of Spring 2025 OLS recommends embedding Kaltura videos in Blackboard Ultra documents as shown above rather than directly in the content area. OLS is planning upgrades to the Kaltura player for Summer 2025 that may make it display better directly in the content area — please visit this page later, if this is of interest to you. |
Search or Add Media to Kaltura
The "My Media" tab displays media that you have previously uploaded to Kaltura (video.syr.edu) or media that you have been added to as a collaborator.
Select media from the “My Media” section
Use the Kaltura Media Search to locate your item, using the search magnifying glass
Or upload a new video using the "add new" button in the upper right of the page
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For more information about uploading videos to Kaltura, please visit Kaltura at Syracuse University.
The search bar in the upper left can be used to search for the video that you are looking for. You can click the grey "Filters" button to filter your videos. You can filter by media type, publish status, scheduling, ownership, captions, and duration. Videos can also be sorted using the "sort by" dropdown menu. You can sort by creation date, update date, alphabetically, plays, comments, and scheduling.
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Embed Media Settings in Blackboard Ultra
Select the Embed Settings gear icon
to the right of the video to review and/ or if changes to the video display settings are neededSelect a video to add to your Blackboard course by clicking the "Embed" button to the right of the video
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Video lives in the Course Content area or within the
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The embed settings allow you to include or exclude a transcript with the dropdown menu from "choose player". Note: if the transcript is enabled, the student is able to download the transcript. The "max embed size" lets you choose the size of the embed and determines how big the video will be where it is embedded. The thumbnail embed and autoplay can be turned on and turned off.
If you would like students to only view a section of the video when they first play it, you can enter a start and end time below the video. This will not prevent the student from watching the entire video, but will focus them on the section that you would like them to view. |
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Content Item you created in Blackboard
Embed Settings
Choose Player: Include or Exclude transcript
Transcripts that are included are available for download
Transcripts are not available when Thumbnail Embed is selected
Select: Max Embed Size
Toggle on/off: Thumbnail Embed
Toggle on/off: AutoPlay
Select: Set as my default settings for my media type - if you would like to keep these settings for all embedded media from Kaltura
Start and End Time: Make selection of media for students to focus, but this will not prevent students from watching the entire video
Kaltura Media Settings
You can adjust more settings for your media in the Actions Menu, or explore user engagement by checking Analytics at Kaltura on http://Video.syr.edu .
More info on Kaltura Action menu and settings can be found here: https://knowledge.kaltura.com/help/kms-actions-menu
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Additional Resources
Kaltura at Syracuse University
Kaltura at Syracuse University in Blackboard
Blackboard also has help pages for the integration within Blackboard with Kaltura.