Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool

Workshop

Educational Technologies Series

Workshop Summary Center for Learning and Teaching

Topic Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Explore using Kaltura tools to create and integrate video into your Blackboard course sites.

Workshop objectives Participants in this workshop will: 1. Categorize their current methods of engagement2. Discover additional methods for engagement3. Identify opportunities and technologies that will engagestudents in order to meet course goals and objectives

Workshop activities 1. Getting Started: Where Do We Begin?2. Adding Video to My Media and Media Gallery3. Creating a Short Recording with Kaltura4. Sharing Your Videos5. Creating a Video Quiz6. Making Your My Media and Media Gallery VideosAccessible

Who should attend Faculty and teaching assistants

Workshop expected outcomes

Those who use multiple forms of engagement should find that their students’ satisfaction and performance increase over time.

Handouts Readings Workshop Summary, Activity Sheets CLT Workshop Bb Course

Relevant Resources:

• Creating Effective Educational Videos

• Blackboard Help Website• LinkedIn Learning Video Library• Kaltura Knowledge Center• Kaltura Screen Recoding Guide

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Activity 1: Getting Started: Where Do We Begin?

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 1 Getting Started: Where Do We Begin? Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University August 30, 2019

Objectives: In this exercise, you will learn how to:

• Identify different uses of video • Identify which technologies may benefit your style of teaching • Identify best practices in using video

Roles with these privileges:

• Faculty, TA, students, staff Assumptions:

• On concluding the activity, it is assumed faculty/staff will apply new video technologies in their course.

Tips:

• Add videos to present topics with which students often have difficulty. • Use a mix of video resources: ones you create and ones created by others. • Use short (6- to 8-minute) videos to review topics. • Create a script when making your own videos. • Consider whether external videos might be copyrighted. • Find video resources that support ADA-508 requirements such as captioning.

1. Using Video in Your Course Discussion

1. Do you currently use videos in your course?

2. Where would video help engage your students?

3. Are there common topics that students struggle with? Would those students benefit from repetition?

4. What concerns do you have about using videos in your course, or what challenges do you face?

2. Options for Using Video

1. External video resources such as YouTube, Lynda.com, or publisher or corporate sites

2. Creating videos on your own with PowerPoint, Kaltura, VoiceThread, or other applications

3. Creating your own videos with ODU support

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Activity 2: Adding Video to My Media and Media Gallery

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 2 Adding Video to My Media and Media Gallery Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University August 30, 2019

Objectives: In this exercise, you will learn how to:

• Add videos to My Media in Blackboard Tools • Add videos to a course Media Gallery in a Blackboard Course Site • Create a Course Menu Item to the Media Gallery

Roles with these privileges:

• Faculty, TA, students, staff Assumptions:

• On concluding the activity, it is assumed faculty/staff will apply Kaltura video technologies in their course.

Tips:

• Know the location of your videos • Create a transcript for your video

1. Adding a Video to My Media Follow These Steps:

1. Select Tools on the Blackboard main navigation menu.

2. Select My-Media on the Tools page.

3. Select Add New > Media Upload.

4. Use either Drag & Drop a file here or select Choose a file to upload to add the video.

5. Enter required on the Upload Media form, then select Save. 6. Once save is complete, select Go to My Media. 7. Once the video appears in My Media, select the video to view or

edit.

NOTE: Depending on the size of the video, it may take some time before the video is available in My Media. The Refresh button in the upper right can be used to check whether the video is ready.

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Activity 2: Adding Video to My Media and Media Gallery

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 2 Adding Video to My Media and Media Gallery Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University August 30, 2019

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Activity 3: Creating a Short Recording with Kaltura

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 3 Creating a Short Recording with KalturaCenter for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University August 30, 2019

Objectives: In this exercise, you will learn how to:

• Record a Video Using Kaltura Screen Capture

Roles with these privileges: • Faculty, TA, students, staff

Assumptions: • On concluding the activity, it is assumed faculty/staff will apply Kaltura video

technologies in their course.

Tips: • Have a script before creating your video.• Use a headset with a microphone or a good desktop microphone.• Perform a practice recording and review the recording to check lighting, audio, and

environment for distractions.• Create a transcript for your video.

1. Creating a Short Recording

Follow These Steps:

1. Select Tools on the Blackboard main navigation menu.

2. Select My-Media on the Tools page.

3. Select Add New > Screen Capture +.

4. In the Launch Application windows, select Kaltura Capture and then Open Link.

NOTE: If you haven’t installed Kaltura Capture, please use the appropriate Download link to install the application.

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Activity 3: Creating a Short Recording with Kaltura

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 3 Creating a Short Recording with KalturaCenter for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University August 30, 2019

5. Check the camera, screen, and audio settings and change as needed for your system.

Additional details at the Kaltura Recorder options article.

6. Select the red Record button to begin.

7. Begin recording after countdown expires.

8. Use the Recorder control to pause,

stop, and even annotate your video.

9. Select the square Stop button when the

recording is complete.

10. Review the video playback.

11. Add a title, then select Save & Upload.12. Close the Kaltura Capture window.

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Activity 4: Sharing Your Videos

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 4 Sharing Your Videos Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University August 30, 2019

Objectives: In this exercise, you will learn how to:

• Share a video with your course• Create a Course Menu link to the Media gallery

Roles with these privileges: • Faculty, TA, students, staff

Assumptions: • On concluding the activity, it is assumed faculty/staff will apply new video technologies in

their course.

Tips: • Locate videos within context of the learning modules or lesson• Provide a Course Videos link in Course Menu for quick access to all videos

1. Adding a Video to Course Content

Follow These Steps:

1. Navigate to the content area where the video will be

located.

2. Under the Build Content menu, select Kaltura Embed.

3. Locate the video to be added, then select the Selectbutton.

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Activity 4: Sharing Your Videos

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 4 Sharing Your Videos Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University August 30, 2019

2. Creating a Course Media Gallery Menu Link

Follow These Steps:

1. Select the Add Menu Item button on the coursemenu, then select Tool Link.

2. Enter the name for the menu item—e.g., Course Videos.3. Select the type to be Media Gallery.4. Check the Available to Users box.5. Select Submit.

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Activity 5: Creating a Video Quiz

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 5 Creating a Video Quiz Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University September 3, 2019

Objectives: In this exercise, you will learn how to:

• Identify different types of video assessment • Create a Kaltura Video Quiz

Roles with these privileges:

• Faculty, TA, students, staff Assumptions:

• On concluding the activity, it is assumed faculty/staff will apply new video technologies in their course.

Tips:

• Add formative assessment opportunities to course videos to get students more engaged with the content.

• Make video commenting and creation a graded assessment for students using VoiceThread.

Creating a Kaltura Video Quiz Follow These Steps:

1. Navigate to the content area where the video quiz

will be located.

2. Under the Build Content menu, select Kaltura Video Quiz.

3. Select Add New and choose Video Quiz.

NOTE: If you have already created a Video Quiz, you can choose the Select button for the quiz.

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Activity 5: Creating a Video Quiz

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 5 Creating a Video Quiz Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University September 3, 2019

4. Find the specific video for the quiz and select the Select > button.

5. Select the Start button.

Play video to point

where question will be

added, then pause the

video.

6. Select Add a Question button and

then choose Multiple Choice question type.

7. Add question text and answer choices (note correct answer has green check mark), then

select the Save button.

8. Repeat steps 6-7 to add additional questions.

9. Select </> Save and Embed when complete.

10. Select Submit.

Additional details are in the article Interactive Video Quizzes Guide for Creating Quizzes.

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Activity 6: Making your Videos Accessible

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 5 Making your Videos Accessible Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University May 21, 2020

Objectives: In this exercise, you will learn how to:

• Add an audio transcript to a shared video • Add captioning to a video

Roles with these privileges:

• Faculty, TA, students, staff Assumptions:

• In concluding the activity, it is assumed faculty/staff will apply Kaltura video technologies in their course.

Tips:

• Add transcripts to improve the user experience and appeal to a broader audience • Add captioning to improve user focus and recall • How do I request caption/transcript services for videos? • Add the tag captionasr to your videos to enable auto-captioning. Once the captions are

ready, download, edit and reupload through Kaltura.

Request Caption/Transcript Services If you have a student in need of video captions/transcripts, please submit a detailed request to the Office of Educational Accessibility (OEA) at oea@odu.edu or 757-683-4655. Your student may also complete the request form. Once documented with an Accommodation Letter, OEA forwards the request to Academic Technology Services (ATS). ATS works with you to retrieve your videos and will provide you with the finished files to post to Blackboard. The costs of caption/transcript files (SRTs) for these students is covered by OEA. This process applies to both face-to-face and online classes, unless the online course is developed at the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT). If so, CLT coordinates captioning with ATS. If you are looking to caption/transcribe videos in general, for ADA and Section 508 accessibility compliance, please contact ATS directly at atstechsupport@odu.edu. The vendor’s fee, $1.08 per minute, will be charged to your department.

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Activity 6: Making your Videos Accessible

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 5 Making your Videos Accessible Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University May 21, 2020

1. Adding a Transcript Follow These Steps:

1. Navigate to the content area

where the video is located

2. Select the Dropdown Arrow

next to the video title

3. Select Edit > Browse My Computer to choose the

document

4. Once the document has been selected, change Link Title to the document name

5. Select Submit

2. Adding Captioning Follow These Steps:

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Activity 6: Making your Videos Accessible

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 5 Making your Videos Accessible Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University May 21, 2020

1. Select Tools on the Blackboard main navigation menu to access the video from in the

media repository

2. Select My-Media on the Tool page.

3. Select the Pencil Edit Icon to view the video options > Select the Captions tab >

Select the Upload captions file button to open the Upload a captions file window

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Activity 6: Making your Videos Accessible

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 5 Making your Videos Accessible Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University May 21, 2020

4. Select Browse to choose the SRT file, when the SRT file is selected Upload Completed! will appear

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Activity 6: Making your Videos Accessible

Bb: Using the Kaltura My Media Tool Activity 5 Making your Videos Accessible Center for Learning and Teaching, Old Dominion University May 21, 2020

5. Select Language > type in Label “CC” > Select Save

6. The SRT is added

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