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Kaltura is the video storage and streaming application owned by CofC.  It can interfaces with OAKS or be used as a stand-alone product.  It is available for use by faculty, staff, and students. With Kaltura you and your students can:

  • Upload media from your computer.
  • Create webcam recordings.
  • Create screencasts with audio and/or video.
  • Create video quizzes using multiple choice, true/false, open response, and reflection questions.  The grades can even go into the OAKS grade book automatically.
Add a video to an OAKS Tool (Content, Quiz, etc.)
Kaltura videos can be embedded in the HTML editor within any of the tools in OAKS, such as quiz questions/answers, discussion board posts or instructions, assignment instructions, or news and announcements.

 

Edit a video I created in Kaltura

Kaltura allows you to add quiz questions to videos you create or upload to Kaltura.

I USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Kaltura: Editing a Video

I DO NOT USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Kaltura: Editing a Video

Create and share videos with ONLY my students
As an instructor you can create and share videos with your students regardless of whether you use OAKS or not.

I USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Kaltura: Using Kaltura in OAKS Content

I DO NOT USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Kaltura: Using Kaltura Without OAKS 

Students: create and submit a video in an OAKS Assignment or Discussion
Kaltura videos can be embedded in the HTML editor within any of the tools in OAKS which means you can add them to discussion board posts or submit them as assignments in the Comments area.

INSTRUCTOR

When creating the assignment, be sure to change Submission Type to Text Submission which will allow the students to submit their Kaltura Media into the Assignment tool.

STUDENT

View the tutorial: Kaltura for Students

Students create and share videos with one another
Students can share media with the whole class using the Kaltura Course Gallery.  This is a holding tank for any media that is created or uploaded in Kaltura and needs to be viewed by the class.  It is available in OAKS only.

I USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Using the Kaltura Course Gallery Content

I DO NOT USE OAKS

The Kaltura Course Gallery is only available via OAKS

Allow anyone at CofC to be able to view my videos
In the stand-alone Kaltura Mediaspace application, you can create a Restricted Channel that is available to everyone on campus.  With this option, everyone can view the videos.

I USE OAKS

Channels are only available via the stand-alone Kaltura Mediaspace

 

I DO NOT USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Kaltura: Using Kaltura Without OAKS

Allow anyone at CofC to be able to create and share videos together
In the stand-alone Kaltura Mediaspace application, you can create an Open Channel that is available to everyone on campus.  With this option, everyone can view the videos and add their own videos to the channel.

I USE OAKS

Channels are only available via the stand-alone Kaltura Mediaspace

 

I DO NOT USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Kaltura: Using Kaltura Without OAKS

Create Interactive Quizzes within my videos

You can add multiple choice and true false quizzes to your Kaltura videos, to check for understanding as the students watch.  Faculty can use the quiz feature to:

  • Poll the students during a video
  • Check for understanding during the video
  • Give a self-assessment at the end of a video
  • Ensure your students are coming to class prepared
  • Great for distance education video lectures

I USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Adding Interactive Quizzes to a Kaltura Video

I DO NOT USE OAKS

This feature is only available when using Kaltura within OAKS

Add Zoom Transcripts to a Kaltura video

If you choose to move your Zoom recordings to Kaltura for long-term storage don’t forget to bring the transcript file too!  This will provide a captioned Kaltura video which is so important to the accessibility of all students.  This tutorial will walk you though taking your video and transcript from Zoom and putting in Kaltura.

I USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Add Zoom Transcripts to a Kaltura Video

I DO NOT USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Add Zoom Transcripts to a Kaltura Video

Generate Captions for Kaltura Videos

You can create automated captions with Kaltura to make sure your video lectures, and other video content, are accessible to your students.  

I USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Generate Captions for a Kaltura Video

I DO NOT USE OAKS

View the tutorial: Generate Captions for a Kaltura Video

Associate/un-associate a Kaltura quiz with a grade item in the OAKS gradebook.