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Kaltura MediaSpace is a product UW-Madison uses to host and deliver media for educational use at UW-Madison. It is often described as "YouTube for UW-Madison." Faculty, staff and students can upload media content to UW-Madison Kaltura MediaSpace. Media can then be embedded in a Canvas course, website, or linked to. 

See DoIT’s Kaltura Mediaspace IT Service Page for a more detailed description of Kaltura Mediaspace.

For training information and how to get started with Kaltura, see Kaltura - Getting Started.

Basic Functionality

• Users can upload video content and share it with others via MediaSpace or Canvas integration.
• Kaltura video content can be embedded in Canvas anywhere the rich content editor exists or via the Kaltura Gallery.
• Kaltura Capture is a good solution for basic video capture and publishing.
• Collaboration allows other users rights to your content, allowing them to perform functions such as editing and publishing.

Advanced Functionality

• Basic video editing is available in Kaltura. Common uses are trimming and cutting, or clipping longer videos into multiple shorter videos.
• TechSmith Camtasia is a more advanced video editing software that is licensed by UW Madison for faculty and staff. This comparison can help you decide which editing software to use.
• Analytics can be viewed for MediaSpace Channels or the Kaltura Gallery in Canvas. Many metrics are available including plays, unique viewers and minutes viewed.
• Kaltura videos can be turned into video quizzes. However, Learn@UW recommends only using video quizzes for student self-testing and preparation with no associated points or grade.

• You can use Kaltura Mediaspace to host videos for a Canvas course.
• If you host meetings online, you can upload recordings to Kaltura Mediaspace so that they can be accessed in the future.

• Documents
  
  • UW-Madison Knowledgebase: Kaltura Frequently Asked Questions
    
  • UW-Madison Knowledgebase: Kaltura Features
    
• Vendor:Kaltura Knowledge Center

Minimum Requirements

For minimum requirements for using Kaltura Mediaspace or Kaltura Capture, please review the linked documents from Kaltura's Knowledge Center.