Overview of Kaltura at A-State

Kaltura is Arkansas State University’s enterprise video platform for creating, storing, sharing, and analyzing instructional media. It supports faculty and students across multiple learning environments, including Canvas, MediaSpace, and classroom recordings.

What Is Kaltura?

Kaltura is a cloud-based video management system that allows:

• Secure hosting of instructional videos
• Easy embedding in Canvas courses
• Auto-captioning and accessibility features
• Video quizzes with gradebook integration
• Analytics to track student engagement

It is integrated with Canvas and available to all A-State faculty, staff, and students.

Where to Access Kaltura

• Kaltura MediaSpace: https://astate.mediaspace.kaltura.com
  Use your A-State credentials to log in and manage your media library.

• Canvas Integration:

  • Access via My Media in the global navigation menu
  • Use Media Gallery in individual courses
  • Embed videos using the Browse & Embed tool in the Rich Content Editor

How to Use Kaltura

Kaltura supports a variety of workflows for adding and using video content:

Ways to Add Video

• Media Upload
  Upload recordings made with other tools such as:

  • CETL Studio
  • Microsoft Teams (via OneDrive)
  • Zoom (manual upload)
  • Other tools listed in the Teaching & Learning Software Index

• Express Capture
  Record directly from your webcam in the browser—no software installation required.

• YouTube Integration
  Add YouTube videos to your Kaltura library to:

  • Replace YouTube links in Canvas
  • Track analytics
  • Include in galleries or quizzes

• Kaltura Capture
  A desktop recorder for creating screen captures, webcam recordings, or both. Ideal for asynchronous lectures and tutorials.

All uploaded or recorded videos appear in your My Media library.

Ways to Use Video

Once in My Media, videos can be:

• Embedded in Canvas or other websites
• Published to a course Media Gallery
• Turned into Video Quizzes with gradebook integration
• Enhanced with Interactive Video features
• Tracked using Analytics to monitor student engagement

How Kaltura Fits into A-State’s Media Ecosystem

Notes: 

• Faculty who continue using Zoom after the campus license ends will need to manually upload their cloud recordings to Kaltura via MediaSpace or My Media in Canvas.
• Microsoft Teams recordings are saved to OneDrive and must also be manually uploaded to Kaltura.

Related Pages

• Using Kaltura in Canvas
• Captioning and Accessibility
• Support and Troubleshooting