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 

 

 

 

 

 Tool 

 Purpose 

 Integration 

 

 

 

 

 Canvas 

 Embedding, quizzes, analytics 

 Full integration 

 

 

 MediaSpace 

 Personal media management 

 Standalone portal 

 

 

 CETL Studio 

 High-quality faculty recordings 

 Upload to Kaltura 

 

 

 Microsoft Teams 

 Meeting recordings 

 Manual upload from OneDrive 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 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