Research Guides: College of Law IT Support: Kaltura Video Support

Kaltura & Kaltura Capture

Kaltura is UC's enterprise video content creation, streaming and video repository tool. Students, faculty and staff have the ability to upload existing videos to Kaltura’s repository. Alternatively, videos can be recorded via Kaltura Capture and uploaded into Canvas. The College of Law also has a public-facing Kaltura Media Space (KMS) page and the Robert S. Marx Law Library has a Kaltura Media Space Channel.

Kaltura Capture is a video tool that allows both instructors and students to create, upload, and publish videos for use in their classes. This may include a webcam video, an audio recording, a screen recording, a PowerPoint presentation or a combination.

IT@UC Kaltura Articles
CET&L eLearning Bootcamp - Kaltura Capture Video
Getting Started with Kaltura Capture in Canvas
Kaltura Capture is a video tool that allows both instructors and students to create, upload, and publish videos for use in their classes. This may include a webcam video, an audio recording, a screen recording, a PowerPoint presentation, or a combination.
Using Kaltura Capture with TWEN (Word) -- Shannon Kemen
Using Kaltura Capture with Canvas Handout (Word) -- Shannon Kemen
Kaltura Capture: Launching the Software and Recording (Canvas)
This guide includes instructions for launching and recording in the Kaltura Capture software in Canvas.
Canvas: Kaltura Embed Media Instructions
The content that you save in Kaltura’s My Media can be embedded into various places throughout Canvas. You can embed media into any area that uses the Rich Content Editor, including announcements, modules, discussions, assignments, and pages.
Kaltura Sharing Options Guide
Students and instructors can share course related media in Canvas. Instructors and students can share their media with UC members (those that have a UC email) or share it publicly by creating a link in Kaltura MediaSpace. By default, all media that is uploaded to Kaltura is private.
Recording your screen in Kaltura Capture (Canvas)
Kaltura can record your audio, camera, and screen simultaneously. It can also record just one source or a combination of all three. This guide focuses on recording your screen.
Recording Your Screen and Webcam with Kaltura Capture (Canvas)
Kaltura Capture can record your audio, camera, and screen simultaneously. It can also record one source (only audio) or a combination of all three. Instructors can use Kaltura Capture to record their screen and webcam. This guide focuses on recording yourself and your screen.
Webcam Aesthetic Tips
When recording video using a webcam, it’s important to follow a set of general best practices. Aspects such as angle, lighting, and framing must all be considered to produce an aesthetically pleasing video.
Kaltura Capture Annotation Tools
Kaltura Capture allows the user to annotate anything on the screen. You can draw, insert text and more.
Kaltura My Media Access Instructions
Kaltura My Media is a private area where you can upload and manage your media content. Kaltura users can create, edit, manage and share media in Kaltura My Media.
Kaltura: My Media Editing Guide
The Kaltura Media Editor in My Media allows for users to trim the beginning or end of videos as well as splice and remove (chop) portions of a video.
Kaltura Frequently Asked Questions
Kaltura Video Download Instructions
Instructors can back up their important media files by downloading them to their device from Kaltura MediaSpace.
Keep Teaching - Kaltura Basics -- CET&L Video
Welcome to the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning's new series on "Keep Teaching". This series will explore existing University of Cincinnati technology and tools that could help you to 'Keep Teaching' should the University need to postpone face to face classes or move face to face classes online for an extended period of time in response to the CovID-19 virus or other emergency closure situations.
In this video, we'll be discussing Kaltura and Kaltura Capture. Join Christian Drennen, Assistant Director of Pedagogy and Technology, as he demonstrates a quick crash-course in the basics of using Kaltura online in both Canvas and Blackboard.
DTS Accessibility Resources

Best Practices for Videos

Plan

Create a script/storyboard.

Prepare

Make sure your examples make sense, test them on others.
Do several dry runs to test the script and timing.

Create

Keep tutorials short; modularize.
Open the tutorial with an introduction and close it with a summary.
Insure accessibility of your tutorials.

Present

Add title page, table of contents, contact information, and credits if applicable.

Test

Create an early demo of the video and send it out for feedback from teammates or other stakeholders
Test the tutorial in various browsers.

Distribute and advertise

Add links to your products.
Embed them into LibGuides and/or Blackboard courses.
Feature them on library pages and/or media.

Share

Watch the tutorial from start to finish before you share it.
Link video tutorials at the point of need and use language that students are looking for and understand.
Consider sharing your creations in tutorial clearinghouses, such as ANTS, LION, PRIMO , etc.

Modified from Why Screencasting? The Benefits of Interactive Online Tutorials

Accessibility Tools

Accessibility checkers

WAVE Accessibility Extension for Firefox
"Evaluate web accessibility within the Firefox browser. When activated, the WAVE extension injects icons and indicators into your page to give feedback about accessibility and to facilitate manual evaluation."
WAVE Evaluation Tool for Chrome
"WAVE is a web accessibility evaluation tool developed by WebAIM.org. It provides visual feedback about the accessibility of your web content by injecting icons and indicators into your page."

Screen reader emulators

ChromeVox
ChromeVox allows visually impaired people to use the Chrome operating system.

Disability simulators

Coblis — Color Blindness Simulator
Drag and drop your images and discover how they are seen by people with various kinds of color blindness.
Funkify for Chrome
"Get a feeling of how the web can be experienced by people with trembling hand, dyslexia, low vision, cognitive impairment, color blindness and more!"