Using Kaltura, you can upload and share videos (including Zoom recordings) with students in your Canvas course. You don't need to set up an account, it is automatically available to you in Canvas. This method of sharing video is FERPA compliant. These videos do not count against your Canvas file limit, and they are available in perpetuity.

Once you're comfortable with Kaltura, try Creating an In-Video Quiz in Kaltura or Editing Automatic Captions in Kaltura.

For more information about the differences between the Canvas and Video on Demand instances of Kaltura, see Comparison of Kaltura Instances: VOD and Canvas.

To get started, follow the instructions on this page. (Download a digital version of these instructions.)

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Add the My Media Link in Course Navigation
Add a Video to a Course through Kaltura

Accessibility tips when using videos:

Write a script before recording, and add a link to it below the video.
Use videos under 10 minutes.
Verbally describe any images or props you show in the video or include textual descriptions.

Add the My Media Link in Course Navigation

This is only necessary if you need to edit a video or the information about a video. If you are simply adding videos to Canvas, you can skip this process. This process is not needed if My Media is already available in the Course Navigation to the left.

Within your course, click the Settings link at the bottom of the Course Navigation menu on the left.
Click the Navigation tab in the top middle of the page.
Drag and drop My Media from the bottom list to the top list. (Alternatively, you can click the three dots next to My Media and choose Enable.)
Click the Save button at the bottom.

Add a Video to a Course through Kaltura

Before getting started, you will need a video that is already in Kaltura or a video on your device that you can add to Kaltura.

Within your course, click the Modules link in the Course Navigation menu on the left.
Click + Module to create a new module to which to add a video or go to an existing module.
Click the + button to the far right of the module. (You may have to click it two times.)
Click the dropdown menu at the top of the pop-up window and choose Page.
Select New Page, name the page (usually the title of the video), and click the Add Item button at the bottom right.
Click the title of the page that was just added to the module.
Click the Edit button at the top right.
Add text as needed to contextualize the video.
Click the More External Tools blue arrow icon and choose Embed Kaltura Media.
If the video is already in Kaltura, click the Select button to the right of the video title. If not, click the + Add New button on the top right, choose Media Upload from the dropdown, follow the onscreen instructions to add your video, add a video name and description as desired, and click the </> Save and Embed button on the top right.
Click the Save & Publish button on the bottom right.

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