Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve recently published several posts running through everything you need to know to start using Kaltura. Today, we’ll be reviewing that info and pulling it together for easy access! Introduction and Important Terms Kaltura can be accessed through both a website and your Canvas course! Some tasks can only be completed in one place or the other, so make sure you’re familiar with the different locations. Check out “Kaltura: Introduction and Important Terms” for details. Adding Videos to your Library Whether you’re uploading Teams Meeting recordings or other videos you’ve created, you’ll need to know how to bring those files into Kaltura. “Kaltura: Adding Videos…
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Kaltura: Video Analytics and Creating Video Quizzes
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve reached the last post of our Kaltura series! Here, we’ll be covering two final aspects of Kaltura – accessing video analytics and creating video quizzes. Finding Video Analytics Viewer analytics can be accessed from My Media both inside and outside of Canvas (through video.cedarville.edu). Creating a video quiz Creating a video quiz can be done in My Media either inside and outside of Canvas (through video.cedarville.edu). You can create video quizzes with media you upload, media that is shared with you as a collaborator, YouTube videos, and audio recordings. After you are satisfied with your quiz, click “Done.” You can then preview it and embed it…
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Kaltura: Sharing Videos
Reading Time: 2 minutesNow that you’ve added videos to Kaltura, we’ll talk about how to share them. You can share videos from Kaltura two different ways – generating a permalink (permanent link) or embedding the video directly into Canvas. Generating a Permalink and Sharing A permalink is a dedicated link to a webpage (permanent + link). In this case, Kaltura can give you a direct link to a specific video. You cannot get a permalink from Kaltura inside Canvas. Go to “My Media” in your Media Space (video.cedarville.edu), and click a video. Click the “Share” tab under the video. Make sure “Link to Media Page” is selected, then copy the…
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Kaltura: Adding Videos to your Library
Reading Time: 4 minutesNow that you have some Kaltura context from our Intro & Terms post, we’re going to talk about how to add videos to Kaltura. We’ll cover uploading videos to your Kaltura library, transferring videos from OneDrive, linking YouTube videos, and adding from a mobile device. Uploading Videos to your Kaltura Library Log in to Media Space (video.cedarville.edu) or go to My Media in your Canvas course Click “Add New” then “Media Upload” Add a video by dragging and dropping it or clicking “Choose a file to upload.” As the video uploads, you will get a screen to add video details. Once you click “Save,” the video will…
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Kaltura: Introduction and Important Terms
Reading Time: 2 minutesWelcome to the start of our series about Kaltura, Cedarville’s new video management platform and replacement for Ensemble. Across this series, you’ll learn about topics such as accessing media previously stored in Ensemble, creating new videos or slide presentations, editing videos inside Kaltura, creating playlists, and adding media pieces to your Canvas course. We’re going to get started by going over some Kaltura terms and notes about how to access various features before diving into all of the great information about working with this new platform. Kaltura Terms Media Space Library of videos accessible through video.cedarville.edu. Media Space is where you can compose, add, edit, and…
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Microsoft Teams and Canvas Roundup
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith Zoom soon going away, now’s the perfect time to do a brief recap of everything we’ve talked about so far with Microsoft Teams. Teams provides an easy replacement for Zoom – it’s integrated directly into your Canvas course, and you can access many helpful Microsoft products from inside a meeting. Let’s review some of the most pertinent information you’ll want to refer to as you get up and running with Teams. Setting up the Integration and Creating Meetings The first thing you’ll need to do is turn on the integration in your course from the settings page. After that, you’ll be able to create meetings from…
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Canvas Feature: Microsoft Immersive Reader
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’ve talked a lot about the Canvas/Microsoft partnership and how more Microsoft products and features are being incorporated into Canvas. Today, we’re revisiting one of those features – the Microsoft Immersive Reader. The Microsoft Immersive Reader is now available through more of Canvas. Initially only released on Canvas pages, it’s now also available on the syllabus, assignments, and a course’s home page. This reader presents the page text in a more accessible format where the user can choose the text preferences, grammar options, reading preferences, and to have the page content read to them. To launch the reader, click the “Microsoft Immersive Reader” button at the top right of a Canvas…
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Microsoft Teams Meetings Recordings: Tips and Notes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn our deep dive on different Teams Meetings features, today we’ll turn our attention to recordings. You Can’t Pause Recordings In Zoom, you could temporarily pause a recording, then restart it. However, you cannot do this with Teams meetings. If you stop a recording then start recording again, you will have two separate recordings. Remember to Stop Recordings Teams will automatically stop a recording when all participants leave the meeting. However, you shouldn’t rely on that. If one of your students forgets to leave the meeting, the recording will continue for four hours before it’s stopped. Recordings Won’t Capture a Couple of Things …
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How Do I Set Meeting Options and How Can I Test out Teams Meeting Features?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week, we’re continuing our deep dive into various aspects of Microsoft Teams meetings and looking at both meeting options and how you can easily run a practice meeting to test various aspects of teams. Getting to and Adjusting Teams Meeting Options The Microsoft Teams Meeting options allow you to control some valuable aspects of the meeting, such as setting up a meeting lobby, restricting who can present, and turning on automatic recording. Before we give best practices for some of these settings, we’ll go over the different way to access these meeting options. Now that you’ve gotten to the meeting options, let’s go over one very…
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What’s the Difference Between the Sharing Options in Microsoft Teams Meetings?
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, we’re going to take a deeper dive into screen sharing in a Microsoft Teams meeting. When you open the share menu, you’ll see several options. But what does each do, and how can they help you achieve your goals Screen Sharing with a Document Camera If you want to share content from a document camera, first make sure that your document camera is plugged in. If the camera isn’t plugged in, you won’t see the options in the meeting to share from the camera. Select “Share content” inside your Teams meeting and choose “content from camera.” That will then open a tab where you can…