# 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.

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### 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.

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### Where to Access Kaltura

- **Kaltura MediaSpace**: **[https://astate.mediaspace.kaltura.com](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

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### 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](https://kb.astate.edu/books/about-the-center/page/lightboard-recording-studio)**
    - Microsoft Teams (via OneDrive)
    - Zoom (manual upload)
    - Other tools listed in the **[Teaching & Learning Software Index](https://kb.astate.edu/books/learning-technology/page/teaching-learning-software-index#bkmrk-%F0%9F%8E%A5%C2%A0video-%26-multimedia)**
- **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

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### How Kaltura Fits into A-State’s Media Ecosystem

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</div></div>> **Notes:**
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> - 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.

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### Related Pages

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