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Canvas - Responding with Video in a Discussion (UW-Madison)

This document provides instructors an overview of different options for student use of video in discussion posts. Information technology describes two scenarios for how instructors could accept their students participate in video-based discussions.

Scenario ane: Students Upload Videos Direct to Canvas

Things to Consider

1. Completely Mobile Solution - This scenario allows the student to record and post videos completely from their mobile device.
2. Student Cognitive Load - This scenario has the potential to cause less cognitive overload since the students could use their telephone to exercise the unabridged process.
3. Storage Limits - Videos can have a large file size. Canvas has storage limits for what tin can exist uploaded. Students may hit these storage limits and not be able to upload their videos.
4. Students Directly Uploading Videos (Separate from Webcam Recording) - According to this Canvas document, "Any attachments added every bit part of discussions are copied to [the student'due south] user files. Attachments for graded discussions are non counted against [the student's] user quota and cannot exist deleted".

   Co-ordinate to this UW-Madison KB document, individual users take a storage limit of 512 MB. In other words, students, in total, have a storage limit of 512 MB that they cannot exceed. Video files can get large rather speedily, so students may hit this storage limit if they upload many videos.

   Alarm - Instructor Prerequisite If the teacher plans on assuasive students attach files to discussions, they need to make sure the option "Attach files to discussions" is selected. This is described in the following Canvas guide: How exercise I allow students to attach files to a course discussion?.

5. Webcam Recordings - According to the same UW-Madison KB document, "Webcam recordings and media comments created directly in Canvas are stored on a separate media server and do not count toward your course'due south storage quota.

   This means if students are using the webcam recorder via a laptop or desktop estimator, those videos will not go against any quota. This would also require that students have a laptop or desktop computer with a webcam.

How to Use Your Android or iPhone to Get Video Into a Canvas Word Respond (Student Guide)

How to Employ Your Laptop or Desktop Computer to Go Video Into a Canvas Discussion Reply (Student Guide)

Scenario 2: Students Upload Videos to Kaltura and Embed in Canvas

Things to Consider

1. Not a Completely Mobile Solution - Adding videos to Kaltura can be washed on students' phones, simply embedding content into a Canvas discussion post cannot exist easily done on a phone. Therefore, students using their phones would take to record the video on their phone, upload to Kaltura via their phone, and then use a computer to embed the video into a discussion postal service.
2. Pupil Cognitive Load- As mentioned in the section above, this scenario may require students to use multiple apps and therefore multiple interfaces. This may increase cognitive load. Students using their phones would accept to:
   1. Use their phone's camera app to record a video
   2. Utilize a mobile browser to upload video to Kaltura
   3. Utilise a computer browser to embed Kaltura video in discussion mail
3. Hopping between this many interfaces may cause confusion.

How to Use Your Android or iPhone to Get Video Into Kaltura MediaSpace

Instructors: Provide the following instructions to your students by linking to this KB doc: Kaltura - How to Upload Videos to MediaSpace using Your Phone (UW-Madison).

Warning! Uploading videos takes a lot of information! The Learn@UW-Madison team recommends that you wait until yous are on WiFi to upload videos to Kaltura MediaSpace.

There are two methods to upload media to Kaltura:

1. Kaltura MediaSpace Go (KMS Go) app
2. Your phone'due south browser.

Kaltura MediaSpace Become (KMS Go) app

The preferred method utilizes Kaltura'due south KMS Become App. Basic instructions on installing KMS Go are available in Kaltura - Installing and configuring Kaltura MediaSpace Get (KMS Go) app for mobile devices. Kaltura has additional documentation in: Kaltura MediaSpace Go (KMS Go). Kaltura has additional documentation on creating or uploading content in their documents:

• Kaltura MediaSpace Go (KMS Become) for Android User Guide
• Kaltura MediaSpace Go (KMS Become) for iOS User Guide

Using your phone's browser

The 2nd method to upload content is through your telephone'south Internet Browser. To practise so, follow these steps:

1. Record your video with your Android or iPhone Camera application.
2. Open a browser application on your smartphone and navigate to https://mediaspace.wisc.edu.
3. Click the person icon in the top correct corner. Click "Media Upload".

   

4. (Optional) If you lot have not notwithstanding logged in to Kaltura MediaSpace, y'all will be prompted to log in.
5. Click Choose a file to upload.
6. Either select a previously recorded video (recommended) or record a new video.
7. The video will brainstorm to upload. "Upload Completed!" volition display when finished.
8. (Optional) Kaltura volition automatically set the file name every bit the name of the uploaded video. The file proper noun is not ever the all-time for identifying the video at a later date, so it is recommended that you give your video a more relevant title past changing the "Name" field.
9. Once finished modifying the metadata, click Save at the bottom of the screen.

Upload Speed

Even when Kaltura MediaSpace is running smoothly, other internet service providers may feel slower service, which could limit your upload speed.

• Examination your speed by going to speedtest.internet, and click Go to run the test.
• Upload speeds and Kaltura's upload operation varies, but an upload speed of 10 Mbps should be able to upload a 250 MB file to Kaltura in about 4.5 minutes.

Subsequently your file is uploaded:

• Kaltura MediaSpace volition accept additional time to initially display your video in your "My Media" area. When it does appear in My Media, an icon indicating it is still processing will display until it is done processing.

Processing

The amount of time it takes Kaltura MediaSpace to process a file is dependent on its file size, duration, quality, and usage.

Generally it takes about ii-iii timesthe video's duration for Kaltura MediaSpace to display an initial lower quality version of your video. For instance, a 15 infinitesimal video volition commonly accept about thirty-45 minutes to initially process. (Higher quality versions will take longer to procedure.) When Kaltura MediaSpace is existence heavily used, processing times will lengthen and could take up to 24 hours.

If your video takes longer than 24 hours to process, delight phone call the DoIT Help Desk . More detailed information is available in Kaltura's document involving transcoding times and quality of service.

How to Embed Kaltura Video into a Canvas Discussion Reply

Instructors: Provide the following instructions to your students by linking to this KB doc: Canvass - Upload and embed a new Kaltura Mediaspace video in a Canvas folio.

Kaltura MediaSpace is UW-Madison's media streaming service and is integrated with Canvas. Kaltura media can be embedded wherever Sheet allows you to apply the rich content editor.

Note: to embed an existing Kaltura Mediaspace item in a Canvas class, please see Canvas - Embedding an existing Kaltura MediaSpace video in a Sheet Folio

We recommend instructors new to using media with their Canvass course commencement here. Uploading and embedding Kaltura media in a Canvas Page or other Canvass tool is an easy fashion to make your Kaltura media available to your students. Embedded media provides more context and keeps the student in Canvas rather than sending them to an external link exterior of Canvas. It also allows Kaltura to collect more detailed analytics.

1. In your Canvas course, go to the Sail page, discussion post, or quiz discussion yous want to embed Kaltura media in. Click Edit.
2. Motion your cursor to the point in your Canvas particular where you want to insert Kaltura media.
3. Click the Embed Kaltura Media button which looks similar the colorful Kaltura logo. If your browser is not of sufficient width you may demand to click the three dot button on the right to expand the menu to see the push button:
   
   
4. A window titled Kaltura Media will open showing the media content associated with your Kaltura account.
5. To upload media at this point click Add together New and select Media Upload to upload a new video to your business relationship:
   
6. Read and click the "I agree to the higher up terms and conditions" disclaimer.
   
7. Roll down to click + Choose a file to upload or drag your MP4 file onto the window:
   
8. A window will open up assuasive yous to select the video file to upload. While Kaltura tin can process a wide range of video formats, we discover MP4 videos by and large work well. We recommend 1280 x 720 video every bit a good remainder between file size and quality. We also recommend yous try to keep your video files under 2 GB - the larger the file the longer information technology will take to upload and process.
   
9. Your file volition upload. While information technology uploads yous can edit the name, description, and tags.

   Upload Speed

   Fifty-fifty when Kaltura MediaSpace is running smoothly, other internet service providers may experience slower service, which could limit your upload speed.

   • Examination your speed by going to speedtest.net, and click Go to run the test.
   • Upload speeds and Kaltura's upload functioning varies, but an upload speed of 10 Mbps should exist able to upload a 250 MB file to Kaltura in almost 4.five minutes.

   Subsequently your file is uploaded:

   • Kaltura MediaSpace volition take boosted time to initially display your video in your "My Media" area. When it does announced in My Media, an icon indicating information technology is yet processing will brandish until it is done processing.

   Processing

   The amount of time it takes Kaltura MediaSpace to process a file is dependent on its file size, duration, quality, and usage.

   By and large it takes nigh ii-iii timesthe video's duration for Kaltura MediaSpace to display an initial lower quality version of your video. For example, a xv minute video will usually take about 30-45 minutes to initially process. (Higher quality versions will take longer to process.) When Kaltura MediaSpace is existence heavily used, processing times will lengthen and could take upwards to 24 hours.

   If your video takes longer than 24 hours to process, please call the DoIT Help Desk . More detailed information is available in Kaltura's certificate involving transcoding times and quality of service.

10. Yous can edit your file proper name, description, and tags as it uploads. Subsequently your file is done uploading yous can:
    
    
    1. Edit the file'southward name, description, tags, and add collaborators. More information on the collaboration characteristic is available in Kaltura - Media Collaboration: Changing media buying, adding co-editors, co-publishers, and co-viewers.
    2. Save push on the lesser will only save your changes to the metadata while your video uploads.
    3. </> Salvage and Embed button in the upper right will embed your video using the default settings in your Canvas Page or other area the Sheet rich content editor is bachelor.
    4. Gear icon to edit your embed settings. An Embed Settings window will display:
       
       
       1. Choose Player: Cull your player based on the blazon of media you are embedding. For video users can choose between:
          Default role player -Previously known every bit the "Main player", this player is setup with the most commonly used options. Almost users use this histrion.
          
          Download thespian -  Use the download histrion if you want users to exist able to download the original source media file locally to their computer. This can be useful if you lot have students without reliable high speed internet connections. They could go to a library or coffee shop to download your media to view later. If yous choose the download player, viewers tin download the original version of the video you uploaded to Kaltura past clicking the Download video button in the upper right of the video:
          
          Transcript player - The transcript actor adds a transcript widget below your video if y'all have captions uploaded and displayed on your video. The transcript widget allows users to search the transcript for a specific word or click on a specific part of the transcript to jump to that part of the video:
          
          
       2. Max Embed Size: Users tin cull how big the media is displayed inside the Sail rich content editor.
       3. Thumbnail Embed: Turning thumbnail embed on renders an paradigm that will brandish instead of the video player. The student needs to click on the epitome to load the player. Mostly we recommend keeping this option turned off.
          
       4. Auto Play: Turning automobile play on plays the media immediately when the educatee loads the page with the embedded media. We recommend you lot keep automobile play off and let the educatee cull to play the media by clicking the "Play" button.
          
       5. Ready as my default settings for media type: Video (or Audio, or Image): If yous like the settings you have selected yous can check this box to make time to come embeds use them without having to fix them every fourth dimension.
          
       6. Get-go at: Set the start time for the media item.
       7. Terminate at: Fix the end time for the media item.Notation that users can still play the unabridged video!
          
       8. </> Embed: When you have prepare the options you want, click the </> Embed push button to embed the media.

          If after embedding your Kaltura media you determine you'd like to alter the options you selected it is easiest to delete your embedded media from the page and re-embed.

11. Later embedding, yous will see an icon indicating information technology is still processing. In one case washed processing t he video volition evidence up on your Canvas page. You can continue to edit the page and add text if yous'd like. In one case yous're done click the Savepush:
    
12. Canvass will brandish your folio with your embedded Kaltura video:
    

Recording Options

NOTE: Of all the recording options listed below merely Kaltura Capture, the Kaltura MediaSpace webcam recorder, and the Sheet Webcam Recorder are supported by Learn@UW-Madison. Nosotros can not provide assist with any other applications. The options below are a adept place to go started. For current tutorials, utilise Google to search for "[Proper noun of your device] tape video".

Recording Options

Device/App	OS	Instructions
Kaltura MediaSpace Webcam Recorder	Browser-Based	Link for using in MediaSpace Link for using in Canvas
Sheet Webcam Recorder	Browser-Based	Link
Kaltura Capture	Windows or macOS	Link
TechSmith Camtasia	Windows or macOS	Link
iPhone	iOS	Link
Android Telephone	Android	Link
Windows Computer	Windows ten	Link
Windows Calculator	Windows 8 and 8.1	Link
Windows Computer	Windows seven	Link
Apple Computer	macOS	Link
Chromebook	Chrome OS	Link

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Keywords:	kaltura, mediaspace, mobile, discussions, selfie, record, video, testimonial, reply, response, capturespace, ios, iphone, android media Propose keywords	Doc ID:	71099
Possessor:	Larn@UW Madison .	Group:	Larn@UW-Madison
Created:	2017-02-27 xv:07 CDT	Updated:	2021-09-xiv 12:56 CDT
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