WiscWeb - Embedding Kaltura media

This document walks a user through the steps of finding and embedding Kaltura media into a Page or Post in the UW Theme. This document assumes that you are the owner of, or have some administrator access to the Kaltura media.

Access Kaltura and find embed URL

Kaltura MediaSpace is a product UW-Madison uses to host and deliver media for educational use at UW-Madison.To find out more information regarding Kaltura and its use, please refer to these documents:

To find your embed URL, follow these steps:

  1. Upon logging in to Kaltura and accessing your media, scroll down and click on the Share tab

  2. In Share, click on the oEmbed tab.

    Share and oEmbed tabs visibly active for URL access

  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the oEmbed list of "Player Skins"

  4. Select the oEmbed player by clicking in the circle button to the left of the player

    The oEmbed Player radio button option that is located at the bottom of the Player Skin list in the Kaltura oEmbed settings.

  5. After selecting the oEmbed player, scroll back up to the top and copy the URL in the oEmbed field
    1. Note: Your video should have a player ID of 25717641

      A Kaltura URL depicting a player ID of 25717641.

Embedding Kaltura media in pages or posts

Once you have accessed and copied the the share URL from Kaltura, navigate to your Page or Post in WordPress.

  1. Paste (Ctrl + V or Cmd + V) into a Text Block on your Page or Post

    A Text Block in WiscWeb showing the oEmbed code from Kaltura pasted into the block

  2. You will see the URL briefly in the Text Area, which will then be replaced by a preview of the media that you are embedding.

  3. In the situation where you are embedding an audio file, you may want to edit the height= parameter by clicking on the Text tab of your Text Block page element.

  4. Click Publish or Update on your page or post to commit your change.

Accessibility and usability barriers

The Center for User Experience has documented accessibility information in Kaltura Accessibility and Usability Information.

Troubleshooting tips

  • You will want to make sure your videos are published to at least the "Unlisted" setting. Videos set to "Private" will not display in WiscWeb.
  • You may want to try saving and closing out your editing window in WiscWeb and then reopening the page in edit mode.
  • We do not recommend using the Embed Content page element for Kaltura. Instead, paste the oEmbed URL into a Text Block, as described above.

See Also


Keywords:
kaltura, video, videos, embed, integrate, embed, YouTube, options, audio, mp3, vimeo 
Doc ID:
110241
Owned by:
Jenna K. in WiscWeb
Created:
2021-04-14
Updated:
2024-08-21
Sites:
DoIT Help Desk, WiscWeb
Clean URL:
https://kb.wisc.edu/embed-kaltura-media