Kaltura
Kaltura allows you to create lecture videos with two layers: One of your powerpoint, and one of yourself talking. There are many other options in Kaltura, such as closed-captioning, linking to URLs, embedding quizzes, and even creating interactive videos. You can even track whether your students have watched your lectures.
Kaltura Quick Start Guide (PDF)
First: Login with your Lancer ID and password to the
Creating, editing, sharing and embedding videos:
- Create a lecture transcript via Kaltura
- Stitch (join) videos together
- Upload Slides to Kaltura
- Embed Kaltura Media within Blackboard
- Create a Kaltura Video Playlist
Mac Users: After installation and before recording your first video
Please follow these steps
Go to the Apple Menu 铮 (Apple Logo in upper left of your screen) then open System Preferences. Click on Security and Privacy, and the Privacy.
- Click on Screen Recording.
- Allow Kaltura Capture to record your screen.
This might require admin access, please contact the Help Desk for assistance with that. Try a quick 2 minute video to test and make sure it records and uploads properly.
Quizzes
Troubleshoot: Sometimes a student takes a quiz, but the grade is not reported to Blackboard. Why? The student may have to change settings in his or her browser:
Organizing videos
- Kaltura does not have folder structures. Instead, you can organize your videos into channels. .
How students will use Kaltura
How to enable downloading of your Kaltura videos (and how to download them