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Kaltura - Advanced Video Embed Options

Kaltura is the video portal for instructors, students, and staff across the Universities of Wisconsin. Kaltura is fully integrated with Canvas, so it's easy for users to embed their Kaltura videos into Canvas courses. If video owners want more flexibility than Kaltura's default embed options offer, Kaltura's "Embed Settings" opens up more options.

Note: These features were enabled on 05/20/2019.

Embed Settings button

To use Kaltura's Embed Settings, go to any Canvas Page, Assignment, Discussion, etc, which allows you to edit text.
1) Click Edit or Reply to open the text editing view.
2) In the new Rich Content Editor, click the asterisk-shaped My Media button (or click the electrical plug-shaped Apps icon > View All My Media)

 Kaltura new Rich Content Editor with the My Media and Apps icons highlighted.

3) On the My Media page, scroll to the video you want and click the gear icon to the right of the title.
Kaltura My Media page with gear icon and embed button to the right of the title of a video.
4) Select the options you want, then click Embed
Embed Options screen with options for player, embed size, thumbnail embed, and autoplay displayed.

Options

The Embed Settings screen offers the following options:

Choose Player

Embed the player that will best suit your needs. The default is a basic player that includes captions and transcription options. You can also choose a "Download and Share Player" which exposes download and linking options or the "Simplified Player" that does not provide a transcript.  For more details on the players and their features, please see the KB article Kaltura - Video Players.
Choose Player menu with Default Player, Download and Share Player, and Simplified Player.

Audio-Only Player

For audio-only files, Kaltura automatically selects an audio-only player which takes up less screen space than the video player. 
screenshot displaying Start At option

Max Embed Size

Choose a small (400x225 px), medium (608x342 px), or large (896x504 px) video player for your users.
Dropdown that allows users to select embed size

Thumbnail

Use the toggle to determine if you would like the video to appear as a thumbnail.

Start & End Time

Show users a selected clip of a larger video by setting the video to start playback at a specific time. Note: users can still choose to play the entire video.
start at screenshot
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Keywords:
kaltura, video, media, insert stuff, audio player, video size
Doc ID:
91698
Owned by:
Thomas A. in UWSA DLE
Created:
2019-05-10
Updated:
2025-10-06
Sites:
UW Parkside, UW Stout, UW System Administration DLE, UW-Milwaukee Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning