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Faculty, students, and staff can use Kaltura to share and view media. 

Sharing to HuskyCT

Sharing and Downloading Kaltura Videos: Instructors & Students

Sharing Kaltura Videos with the Public (No Sign-in Required)

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Instructors at UConn can share Kaltura videos outside of HuskyCT. You first need to publish your page, and then you can get a shareable link to your video.

Publishing Videos

  1. Go to Kaltura.

  2. Click on the Guest drop-down (upper right).

  3. Click Log in. Log in with your NetID and NetID password.

  4. The Guest field should now be replaced with your name. Click on your name.

  5. Click My Media.                                                 
     My Media is selected from Guest dropdown

  6. Click on the checkboxes next to the videos you wish to share.

  7. Click Actions at the upper right of the screen.

  8. From the drop-down menu, select Publish. 
    Example of available content with checkboxes

  9. Select Unlisted from the publish page to allow anyone viewership for the video. Doing so will allow anyone you share the link with to view the content. 
    Radio button by Unlisted is selected

  10. Click Save to update the setting.

  11. Click Back.
    Image of Back button

  12. To find the shareable link, go to your media page.

    1. Click on the appropriate video.

    2. Click Share to view the link. You can copy this link and share it with others.
      Image of the Share button and URL for video

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Sharing Videos in Discussion Boards and Other Areas

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When a student creates a thread in a discussion board, they are prompted to enter text. 

  1. Click Add Content ( + ) icon to the right. If it is not visible, click the More (ellipse) icon to the right.

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  2. Click Kaltura Media Submission.

  3. Find the video you wish to share and click Embed.

  4. Click Submit.

Attaching Kaltura Media to HuskyCT Assignments

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Once you have recorded or uploaded media into Kaltura, you can embed it in assignments using HuskyCT’s text editor tool.

  1. Open the assignment.

  2. Select Write Submission.

  3. Click the More (ellipse) icon to the right.

  4. Click on the Add Content ( + ) at the right.
    Add content icon highlighted.

  5. Select Kaltura Media Submission. 

  6. Once the Kaltura Media Submission window opens, click Embed on the video you want to share. The video will appear in the text box.

  7. Click Submit. 

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Downloading Media from Kaltura

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If You Do Not Own the Media

  1. Navigate to the Kaltura MediaSpace or click on the shared video link and skip to Step 5.

  2. At the top right, click Guest → Login.

  3. Log in using your NetID credentials. The Guest label should change to your name.

  4. Click on the thumbnail for the media you would like to download.

  5. Below the player, click on the Download tab.

  6. Click the blue Download text next to any of the available formats. The content should start downloading to your computer.

    • If you do not see a download tab, contact the owner of the video and ask them to follow the guide below.

Note

If the recording includes the webcam and the content/desktop, the download will only include the primary video. The secondary recording will not be downloaded. Scroll down for details on getting the secondary video.

If You Do Own the Media

  1. Navigate to the Kaltura MediaSpace.

  2. Log in using your NetID credentials.

  3. Find the media you wish to download.

  4. Click on the pencil icon at the right of the screen to edit the media.

  5. Below the player, click on the Download tab.

  6. Select Available Formats. Then, check the Source File check box.

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  7. Click Save.

  8. To leave the edit screen and return to the viewing screen, click Return to Media (located next to the Save button). When the Download tab appears, you can download the media.
    download button

Downloading Videos that Contain Webcam and Screen Capture

If you wish to download both the camera and screen video, you must be the owner of the video.

  1. Download the main video from Kaltura.

  2. To download the second video associated with the presentation, you need the entry ID of the presentation. This can be found by the URL of the video under the Share tab.

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  3. The entry ID will look like a random string of characters starting with "1_". Copy this string and search for it on your My Media page.

  4. Two results will appear – the original one you already set to download and the second video.

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  5. Follow the same steps to download the second video as used for the primary.

Downloading a Video File with Captions

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The steps in this section are not needed in order for captions to be shown on Kaltura videos embedded in HuskyCT. See Adding Captions to a Video in Kaltura and Sharing Videos in Discussion Boards and Other Areas

Using the free and open-source software VLC Media Player (https://www.videolan.org/), you can encode an existing caption file into a video. By encoding the captions within the video file, the file can be shared and played back with captions.

Note

You must be the owner of the video to download the .srt caption file(s). Both the video and caption file are needed to complete this process.

  1. Download the video file by following the instructions for Downloading Video Files from Kaltura.

  2. After you have downloaded the video file, go back to the edit screen for the video.

  3. Click the Captions tab.

  4. If the video has existing captions you will see a file listed. Click the Download icon under the“Actions” heading in the table.

    download icon under actions

  5. Download the VLC Media Player if you don’t already have it installed.

    1. Go to https://www.videolan.org/ and click Download VLC.

    2. You will be directed to a new page. Do not click any of the ad links on the page. Wait a few seconds and the download will start.

    3. Run the downloaded installer by clicking the file at the bottom of the screen or clicking Run when prompted.

  6. Open VLC.

  7. In VLC, go to the menu bar at the top of the window. Click Media > Convert/Save.

    using the menu bar, click media and then convert slash save

  8. In the window that opens, click Add and find the video file you downloaded.

  9. Then, check the box for Use a subtitle file and click Browse to find the .srt file that you downloaded from Kaltura.

    browse for the file

  10. Click Convert/Save.

  11. In the new window that opens, click the Profile drop-down and select the Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4) profile.

    use the profile drop down to select the video file

  12. Click the Wrench icon next to the profile to bring up the profile settings.

  13. Select the Audio Codec tab.

  14. Check the box for Keep original audio track.

    check keep original audio track

  15. Select the Subtitles tab.

  16. Check the boxes for Subtitles and Overlay subtitles on the video.

    check subtitles and overlay subtitles on the video

  17. Click Save. The profile editor window will close.

  18. UndertheDestination section, click Browse to choose a name for the new subtitled video to be saved as.

  19. Click Start.

  20. The VLC window will appear as if it is playing media and say“Converting [file name]” at the top. Wait for this to finish.

    the screen looks like the video is playing

  21. Once the conversion has finished, go to the destination file that you chose before the conversion process to find the subtitled video.

Converting Video Files to Audio-Only Files (Windows OS)

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  1. After downloading your video file to your computer, open VLC Media Player. 

    • If you do not already have VLC Media Player installed, download it here.

  2. Click Media. 

  3. Select Convert / Save or press Ctrl + R on your keyboard.  

  4. Click Add. 

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  5. Browse and open your video file.

  6. Click Convert / Save.

  7. Navigate to Settings. 

  8. Click Profile. 

  9. Select Audio - MP3.
    select audio - mp3

  10. Click Browse. 

  11. Name the destination file.

  12. Click Start.

Converting Your Video Files to Audio-Only Files (Mac OS)

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  1. After downloading your video file to your computer, open the file in QuickTime Player.

  2. Click File.

  3. Click Export As.

  4. Select Audio Only.

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