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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If you would instead like to share the media to your class, visit Adding Kaltura Videos to HuskyCT |
Instructors at UConn can share Kaltura videos outside of HuskyCT. You first need to publish your
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Publishing Videos
Go to Kaltura.
Click on the Guest drop-down (upper right).
Click Log in. Log in with your NetID and NetID password.
The Guest field should now be replaced with your name. Click on your name.
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My Media.
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Click on the checkboxes next to the videos you wish to share.
Click Actions
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at the upper right of the screen.
From the drop-down menu, select Publish.
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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.
Click Save to update the setting.
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Click Back.
To find the shareable link, go to your media page.
Click on the appropriate video.
Click Share to view the link. You can copy this link and share it with others.
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When a student creates a thread in a discussion board, they are prompted to enter text.
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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.
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If You Do Not Own the Media
If You Do Own the Media
Downloading Videos that Contain Webcam and Screen CaptureIf you wish to download both the camera and screen video, you must be the owner of the video.
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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.
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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. |
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Download the video file by following the instructions for Downloading Video Files from Kaltura
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After you’ve downloaded the video file, go back to the edit screen for the video.
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Click the Captions tab.
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If the video has existing captions you will see a file listed. Click the Download icon under the “Actions” heading in the table.
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Download the VLC Media Player if you don’t already have it installed.
Go to https://www.videolan.org/ and click Download VLC.
You will be directed to a new page. Don’t click any of the ad links on the page! Wait a few seconds and the download will start.
Run the downloaded installer by clicking the file at the bottom of the screen or clicking Run when prompted.
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Open VLC.
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In VLC go to menu bar at the top of the window. Click Media > Convert/Save.
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In the window that opens, click Add and find the video file you downloaded.
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Then, check the box for Use a subtitle file and click Browse to find the .srt file that you downloaded from Kaltura.
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Click Convert/Save.
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In the new window that opens click the Profile drop-down and select the “Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)” profile.
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Click the Wrench icon next to the profile to bring up the profile settings.
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Select the Audio Codec tab.
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Check the box for Keep original audio track.
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Select the Subtitles tab.
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Check the boxes for Subtitles and Overlay subtitles on the video.
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Click Save. The profile editor window will close.
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Under the “Destination” section click Browse to choose a name for the the new subtitled video to be saved as.
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Click Start
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The VLC window will appear as if it’s playing media and say “Converting [file name]” at the top. Wait for this to finish.
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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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Converting Your Video Files to Audio-Only Files (Mac OS)
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