How do I share media in Kaltura within bCourses?

The simplest way to share your Kaltura media stored in your My Media (in the global navigation—vertical navigation bar on the far left—of bCourses) is to publish to the course site's Media Gallery. See How do I publish media from My Media to a Media Gallery in bCourses?

The Media Gallery, however, does not provide a way to get a link to a specific Media item in that Media Gallery. (You may think you have found a way to obtain the URL for a particular media item hosted in Kaltura within bCourses, but the URL will not work correctly for others even though it may appear to work for you.)

If you want a link to a specific media item (to put into your syllabus, for example), we suggest you do one of the following:

• Embed the media in a bCourses Page, and use the URL for the Page as the link you provide. To embed Kaltura media in a Page, follow the steps in How do I Embed Kaltura media in bCourses Using the Rich Content Editor? (To learn how to create a Page in bCourses see How do I create a new page in a course?)
  
  
• Put your Kaltura media into a Module, and use the URL for the Module item as the link you provide. This method requires many more steps, but it does have the potential advantage (depending on your needs) that what is displayed when one goes to the URL is the Kaltura Media Page (including Details and Comments). Use the instructions in  How do I share Kaltura media in a bCourses Module? to add the Module item. Once you have a module item, you can go to that item and copy its URL from the address bar in your browser.

You can also add specific users as "Co-Viewers" using the Collaboration functionality. The media will become visible in their My Media repositories for viewing only once they are added. Visit How do I add collaborators or change the owner of my Kaltura media? for instructions.

Note: There is an alternate methodology for directly linking to Kaltura media when it is hosted in a Kaltura MediaSpace channel. This is not recommended for course applications, as it requires significant effort to limit the audience to your course. We generally do not recommend using this methodology, but if it sounds like it may be useful for your application more information can be found here - How to create a channel and add members in MediaSpace?

Please email kalturahelp@berkeley.edu with any questions.

 

Important Student Privacy Information

If you intend to share video that includes student participation (identifying information such as name, image, or voice), you must follow certain practices; please see the Academic Senate FAQ "If I record a class lecture or discussion, and it includes student participation (identifying information such as name, image, or voice), can I share the recording with individuals who are not enrolled in the course?"