Documentation:Kaltura/FAQ/3. Adding videos to course tools and content (Mashup)

Adding videos to the course tools and content (Mashup)

Add a video to a course tool

Videos can be integrated into different content items: Tests, Surveys, Assignments, Self and peer assessments, Discussion boards, Blogs, Journals, Wikis, Groups, Announcements, etc.

Go to the desired course in Connect.
Hover the “+” button on top of the left menu and select ‘Content Area’
Depending on the desired content item, hover ‘Assignments’ or ‘Tools’ and select the desired content item.
On the selected tool page click ‘Create’.
Enter the title of the content item
From the editor, open the ‘Mashups’ drop-down menu and select ‘Kaltura Media’. A new window will open showing the videos in My Media. Note that the new window may hide behind your current window.
Select the desired video(s) from the new window by clicking the ‘Select’ button under your video thumbnail(s). You can also upload or record from webcam (button on the top right side of the screen).
Click ‘Submit’. This will add your video(s) to the editor.
Fill in other required fields and click ‘Submit’ again. This will publish your content item including your video(s) on the Course Content page.

Share videos with a small group of students in a course

Go to the desired course in Connect.
From the left menu, under Control Panel, click ‘Users and groups’ to create a group in the course (refer to Connect documentation for more details on how to create a group).
Click on the group name to see Group Tools.
Select a group tools such as Blog, Discussion Board or Wiki to share information with the group.
On the selected tool page click ‘Create entry’.
Enter the title of the entry.
From the editor, open the ‘Mashups’ drop-down menu and select ‘Kaltura Media’. A new window will open showing the videos in My Media.
Select the desired video by clicking the ‘Select’ button under the video thumbnail. You can also upload or record from webcam (button on the top right side of the screen).
Click ‘Submit’. This will add the video to the editor. Click ‘Post Entry’ to publish the entry and make it visible to the members of the group.

Students: add a video to an assignment submission

Go to the desired course in Connect;
From the left menu, click ‘Course Content’;
Open the assignment page;
From the editor under Assignment Materials, open the ‘Mashups’ drop-down menu and select ‘Kaltura Media’. A new window will open showing the videos in My Media. Note that the new window may hide behind your current window;
Select the desired video(s) from the new window by clicking the ‘Select’ button under your video thumbnail(s). You can also upload or record from webcam (button on the top right side of the screen);
Click ‘Submit’. This will add your video(s) to the editor;
Add comments (optional) and click ‘Submit’ again. This will add your video to the Review Submission History page;
Click OK to finalize your assignment submission.

Common issues in using Kaltura Mashup

“Content Collection” vs. Kaltura Mashup

While adding a video to a course tool or course page (using Mashups) user may have difficulty distinguishing Kaltura Mashup function from Connect's built-in file management system. To access Kaltura videos and add them to a course tool or html page (through the html editor), user needs to open the ‘Mashups’ drop-down menu on the editor and select ‘Kaltura Media’. Refer to Service Now Ref. # KB0013642 for more details. The ‘Browse Content Collection’ button, however, allows attaching documents of any type (word, pdf, images, videos …) to the course tool from the Connect file management system. This function is independent from Kaltura. As well, the ‘Browse My Computer’ button allows uploading files of any type (word, pdf, images, videos …) to Connect file management system. Obviously, this function is also independent from Kaltura.