SUU Canvas Resources Kaltura Capture Help

What is Kaltura Capture?

Kaltura Capture is the video hosting platform that we use in Canvas. It has a simple user interface, requiring only one click to record, without complex setup or a lengthy learning curve. Kaltura Capture is supported on both Windows and Mac. You can record two camera inputs at once, two screens, or a camera and a screen. Kaltura Capture automatically uploads new videos into your MyMedia Section in your Canvas account and saves a file on your computer as well.

Installing & Launching Kaltura Capture

How to use Kaltura Capture

To launch Kaltura Capture, you will first need to enter My Media. My Media is located under your account on any canvas page in the left toolbar.
The first time you go to MyMedia, it will ask you to authorize Kaltura on your Canvas account. Please click "Authorize"
Once on the My Media page, to launch Kaltura Capture you will need to select the Add New drop-down menu, then click on Kaltura Capture.
If this is the first time you are using Kaltura Capture or it is the first time you are using it on a computer, you will need to download and install Kaltura Capture.
If you just installed Kaltura Capture, you will need to go back into the My Media page, and re-open the Kaltura Capture page following the steps above. You will then see a prompt asking you to open Kaltura Capture.
After opening Kaltura Capture you should see it launch on your screen.

Recording and Saving Your Recording

To start a recording hit the red record button on the Kaltura Capture dialog box. You will be given a brief countdown before the recording will start.
While recording you can pause the recording which will cause Kaltura Capture to stop recording while it is paused. You can continue the same recording by hitting the pause button again.
Once you have finished your recording you can hit the stop button to end the recording.
After you stop your recording you will be prompted to create a title for your recording. Creating both a title and description can help to keep your My Media organized. It can be helpful to indicate which course you plan to use the recording in.
After creating a title and description, you will want to select the Save and Upload option. This will automatically upload your recording into My Media where it can be easily accessed in Canvas and it will also save a copy on your computer as well.

Uploading and Submitting Your Recordings

A video can be embedded into anywhere you have the Rich Content Editor. Select the firework Icon.
Click </> Embed on the video you'd like to add.
OR click Add New then Media Upload to upload a recording file you have.

Accessing your Recordings

There are two ways to access your recordings: on Canvas and on your computer.

For Canvas Access

Just like accessing Kaltura Capture, you will need to go into your Canvas account and select My Media.

Account Menu with My Media link circled.

You should see any recordings that you have created and uploaded on this page.

Please note that it takes time for the recordings to be uploaded to My Media so you may not see recent recordings immediately.

My Media

Once they are in your MyMedia section, you will access the videos from the Rich Content Editor which is available on most assignments and discussions. Your assignments will need the "Text Entry" submission type for this to pull videos from your MyMedia section. You will click on the rainbow starburst icon and can embed other video types via the plug-in icon.

accessing videos new rce.png

Then you click select "Add from Library" and will be prompted to embed the video you want to submit.

Kaltura Menu with Add from Library button circled.

For Computer Access

All videos that you record in Kaltura Capture are saved on your computer as well. Once you locate the video files, you can move or save them to your desktop or another convenient location that you can access.

Windows: C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\Kaltura\Capture\Recordings\

Launch File Explorer and either manually navigate to the folder (if you have un-hid system folders in your File Explorer Options control panel), or copy-and-paste a customized version of the above path into the File Explorer location bar. Alternately you can copy and paste this into the File Explorer location bar: %localappdata%\Kaltura\Capture\Recordings\ and press Enter:

Example of using the File Explorer location bar.

OSX: /Users/[your user name]/Library/Preferences/Kaltura/Capture

From the OSX Finder, click Go and select Go to Folder. Enter the folder path based on the path above but customized with your user name:

Example of using go to the folder to find your recording.

Once you know where the video file (MP4) is located on your computer, you can upload it as needed to an assignment, Padlet or wherever is needed for your assignment. You can then submit a video for an assignment that has "File Upload" or "Media" as a submission type.

Example of the File Upload submission box.

Example of the Media submission box.

Additional Assistance

You can go to https://knowledge.kaltura.com/help for more information about Kaltura.

If you still have questions or are having issues with Kaltura, you can contact the OTL Department for additional help as well.

Our email is canvas@suu.edu and we are available by phone from 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday at 435-865-8555.