For Thursday 02/06/25, the campus will be closed until 12 noon today due to the severe weather. All classes scheduled after 12 noon will take place as scheduled. Students should check Canvas for details on classes.
Leverage powerful tools for recording and sharing lectures. Faculty can use Camtasia to create polished, edited video presentations, while Kaltura provides a platform for recording, managing, and distributing lecture content to students. These tools are designed to support dynamic learning experiences, both in-person and online.
Camtasia is a screen capturing software program where you can record your computer screen, webcam, even PowerPoint Presentations. Camtasia Studio allows you to go from capture, to edit, to publishing your presentations on YouTube to embed the video in your Canvas course.
The Techsmith website has excellent short videos taking you from introduction to editing and publishing.
Camtasia Getting Started Series (learn basics in about 30 minutes)
Camtasia, by default, stores the recording projects and videos to a “media” folder. Locating the video and project after you save them can be a chore; however, there is a way to regain some order and organize your projects.
Set up options so you know where Camtasia will store your files:
Now when you have finished and stopped the recording you will be prompted for a folder and location to save
On the save options, create New Folder, give it a proper name (e.g., Attendance project video) and select Save.
Anytime you need the files for this project recording, you know the folder name and all files are located in this folder!
Kaltura is a versatile video platform that allows faculty to record, manage, and distribute lecture content seamlessly. It supports a variety of media formats, making it easy to create engaging video lectures, tutorials, and presentations. With Kaltura, you can upload or record videos directly, embed them in your course materials, and share them with students for easy access. Its intuitive tools also allow for interactive features, such as quizzes, captions, and video annotations, enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes.
Install
Log into Canvas. Choose your course, you will see two additional course navigation buttons My Media and Media Gallery
My Media: This is your personal folder, recording storage folder, and the repository for your recordings. It is available from any of your Canvas courses.
Media Gallery: Course specific. Publishing a recording in the course makes the recording available to course participants.
For video tutorials visit Kaltura Learning for Canvas
Your class might be three hours long, but it’s different when you’re watching a recording. Break up your lecture into smaller, 10-15 minutes videos. It results in a smaller file for faster uploading/downloading. If you make a mistake, you will have less footage to edit and it is just better for learning.
For more tips on creating video lectures please see the PDF below.
Tips for Lecture Capture Videos
Create
Select My Media from course navigation
Click on Add New , Kaltura Capture , select Open Kaltura Capture
The Kaltura Desktop recorder opens. Verify settings for Screen ( capture screen display , Camera (shows your webcam), and Audio (microphone).
Don’t want camera, click to toggle off, click again to toggle on.
Click the red Record button. Click Stop recording when done.
You can then preview recording and select the option to Delete record and start over; Save & Upload (saves to Canvas); or Save (locally only)
Recording a PowerPoint presentation?
Upload
Review , Save and Upload recording to Canvas My Media
The Kaltura Review screen opens when the recording is stopped. On this screen, you will:
When you Save & Upload , the recording uploads to your My Media folder in Canvas. Publishing the video to a course, is quite simple.
Publish to Canvas
Recordings are not available to users until you add the video to Media Gallery.
Log into Canvas, select Media Gallery . Select +Media at top right. A listing of your recordings in My Media displays. Place a check in the box to the left of the recording(s) you want to add to the course. Scroll up and select Publish . (note, this may not show immediately – remember, depending on size may take a bit)
The Kaltura Video Editor
The Kaltura Editor provides a number of ‘ tools ’ that you can use within your video
Use the Editor option to remove the beginning or end from a video clip and remove sections in the middle of a video
Trimming beginning and the end of a video
Timeline editing
You have just trimmed the beginning/end
Cut out a segment of video
Save a Copy
Embedding Kaltura Recordings/Videos within Canvas
Kaltura recordings can be embedded directly within Canvas from the Rich Content Editor (e.g., in Edit mode the RCE is available in Announcements, Discussions, Assignments/Quizzes, and Pages.
The use of Pages allows for a video “trailer” of your Kaltura recording and students watch the videos right within the page, no worries that students cannot access video, no problems with them finding the right video.
NOTE: The below instructions are focused on Modules and Pages but can be applied to all areas the RCE is available.
Create Page within a Module
Title your page and click Add Item
Edit the Newly Created Page
Choose either Tools then Apps or the Plug Icon for Apps .
If you have not previously chosen any apps, you will see the below window after clicking Apps . Click Embed Kaltura Media.
Publish to Canvas
Once you Save and Publish , students will be able to go to the respective Module and click on the page. When opened, the video will be embedded within Canvas where they can start and play the video
Kaltura’s video quiz feature is integrated into Canvas, so the scores students earn on their video quizzes will be pushed automatically to the course Gradebook of any course in which you embed the video quiz in an assignment.
There are several different question types you can include in a Kaltura video quiz.
It should be noted that only multiple choice and true/false questions are graded. You can access the student responses to Open Questions, but they will not count towards the student’s grade on the quiz.
Locate the video and click Select
This will open up a window where you can begin creating the video quiz.
Please note: It may take a few minutes to load, depending on the length of your video.
The timeline will allow you to insert questions into the video at particular intervals, all you need to do is click n drag the scrubber or click within the timeline to move the scrubber to the desired place.
Once you placed the scrubber where you want the question, click Add a Question. From here, choose which question type you would like to insert into the video.
A menu where you edit the question and the available answers for it will appear. The specific options will vary depending on question type.
Multiple Choice
Reflection
True and False
Open-Ended
Click Save when you are satisfied with the structure of the question. It may take a moment to do so.
Once the question is saved, a cube icon will appear on the timeline indicating that a question has been created there. You can click this icon to edit that question.
Details allows you to edit the name and description of the quiz, and add a welcome message, and allow students to download a list of the questions and possible answers at the start of the video.
Scores determines whether students will be allowed multiple attempts and whether they will be able to see their scores and the correct answers after completing the quiz. If you choose to allow multiple attempts, you can retain the highest score, lowest score, most recent score, first score, or the average score of all the attempts.
Experience allows you to edit other settings, such as allowing users to change their answers or skip individual questions.
Set up within Canvas. Kaltura’s video quiz feature is integrated into Canvas. Scores students earn on their video quizzes will be pushed automatically to the course Gradebook of any course in which you connect the video quiz in an assignment.
Kaltura video quizzes are not designed to work well with long videos. If your video content would result in a longer video, it is recommended that the video be split into and delivered in smaller, shorter, separate videos.
Students who pause a video quiz and come back to it after more than an hour. The video quiz results will not be passed to the Canvas gradebook because Kaltura saves the submission cookie only for 1 hour.
Students who enter the video quiz assignment in Canvas before the “Available Until” date and time but finish it after the assignment has closed.
Assumptions:
Go to Assignments, add new +Assignment.
Click Kaltura Video Quiz
Locate the video quiz for the assignment and click </> Embed
Click Select
Save and Publish
Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom
From Computer
Log in and start your Zoom session with participants
From Phone
To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera