Getting Started with Kaltura

Using Kaltura, you can upload and share videos (including Zoom recordings) with students in your Canvas course. You don’t need to set up an account, it is automatically available to you in Canvas. This method of sharing video is FERPA compliant. These videos do not count against your Canvas file limit, and they are available in perpetuity.

Once you’re comfortable with Kaltura, try Editing Automatic Captions in Kaltura.

For more information about the differences between the Canvas and Video on Demand instances of Kaltura, see Comparison of Kaltura Instances: VOD and Canvas.

To make Kaltura’s My Media space available in your Canvas course, see How do I manage Course Navigation links? My Media is useful if you need to edit a video or the information about a video. If you are simply adding videos to Canvas, you can skip this process.

Add a Video to a Course through Kaltura

1. Within your course, click the Modules link in the Course Navigation menu on the left.
2. Click + Module to create a new module to which to add a video or go to an existing module.
3. Click the + button to the far right of the module. (You may have to click it two times.)
4. Click the dropdown menu at the top of the pop-up window and choose Page.
5. Select New Page, name the page (usually the title of the video), and click the Add Item button at the bottom right.
6. Click the title of the page that was just added to the module.
7. Click the Edit button at the top right.
8. Add text as needed to contextualize the video.
9. Click the More External Tools blue arrow icon and choose  Embed Kaltura Media.
10. If the video is already in Kaltura, click the Select button to the right of the video title. If not, click the + Add New button on the top right, choose Media Upload from the dropdown, follow the onscreen instructions to add your video, add a video name and description as desired, and click the </> Save and Embed button on the top right.
11. Click the Save & Publish button on the bottom right.

Accessibility Tips

• Add synchronized captions to your videos. Kaltura automatically generates captions for videos with dialogue, but you have to fix all spelling, punctuation, and timing errors to be accessible.
• Include a transcript for audio files (e.g., podcast, MP3, audio lecture, etc.)
• Write a script before recording, and add a link to it below the video.
• Use videos under 10 minutes.
• Verbally describe the concepts conveyed by charts, graphs, props, and other visuals as they appear in the video.
• If demonstrating a tool, do not rely on location, color, or shape when providing verbal instructions; e.g., instead of saying “click the red button”,  say, “click the submit button.”