Kaltura Video
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
Kaltura is the supported video and media repository for Syracuse University faculty, staff, and students. Kaltura videos can be embedded into Blackboard courses either as standalone content or within Blackboard documents, discussions, assignments, etc.
Create Kaltura Media Content Market LTI
To add a Kaltura video to your course, click on the purple plus sign icon in the course content area and select "Content Market" from the dropdown list.
Select "Kaltura Media" from the alphabetical content market list.
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
Embed Media in the Blackboard Course Content area
Select the Embed Settings gear icon to the right of the video to review and/ or if changes to the video display settings are needed
Select a video to add to your Blackboard course by clicking the "Embed" button to the right of the video
Video lives in the Course Content area or within the 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
The options displayed in the Actions menu and Editing tab are specific to Syracuse University video portal configuration.
Additional Resources
Kaltura at Syracuse University
Kaltura at Syracuse University in Blackboard
Blackboard also has help pages for the integration within Blackboard with Kaltura.