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Kaltura - Continuity of Service
As campuses prepare continuity of instruction plans in the face of emergencies, the University of Wisconsin System (UWS) Digital Learning Environment (DLE) provides the Kaltura video platform for video recording, hosting, and streaming.
Deploying Kaltura
Kaltura is easy to adopt, because it is already integrated with Canvas and available via a stand-alone portal: MediaSpace. UWS users' accounts are automatically created the first time they access Kaltura via Canvas (log in to Canvas, then Account > My Media) or MediaSpace. Users can record new videos, upload existing video, insert videos into Canvas courses, quickly caption videos (for free), and even set up groups to manage repositories of videos as a team.
Tips for Using Kaltura
- Instructors can use Kaltura Capture or Kaltura's Webcam Recorder to easily record lectures and post them to their Canvas courses. Instead of recording entire 1-2 hour lectures in one block, we highly recommend separating lectures into 10-20 minute chunks and recording each chunk as a separate video.
- Students can use Kaltura Capture or Kaltura's Webcam Recorder to record video introductions, speeches, or class presentations to share with their teachers or fellow students.
- Kaltura works best for asynchronous (pre-recorded) video. If you want to have a live video meeting for your class or administrative group, check out Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.
- Internet connectivity is going to be a problem for some of your students. Kaltura automatically scales playback quality based on a user's bandwidth, which helps.
- Make new recordings as short as possible. Break large lectures into several 10-minute videos. If you can get each video under 5 minutes, even better!
- Use Advanced Video Embed options to make your videos downloadable for students. Some students will need to drive to a place where they have Internet access, download course materials, and watch or read them offline from home.
Continuity of Operations
See Kaltura Status for updates on product outages.