Moodle 2.8 Kaltura: My Media Editor

Channell C. Walker

Upload Video to “My Media”

  1. The library in the recorder is where all your videos are saved. Videos not yet uploaded to your media space on Moodle will have an orange not attached reading, “Not Uploaded. Upload now”
  2. Click on the pencil icon on the side of the video to access the details editor screen.
  3. At the bottom of the recorder window you should see the “Upload” button. Click on it.
  4. The video will upload and you will receive a website address for the video. You can copy this URL and paste it in emails, messages, or paste the link in your course.
  5. It may take a couple minutes for your video to appear on Moodle.
  6. Go back to “my Media” to see the video added to the top of your media list.

Edit Video in Media Editor

  1. In “My Media,” click on the “edit” button next to the video.
  2. On the Edit screen, you can customize the following features:
  • Details – Title, Description, and Tags.
  • Options – Comments and Clipping.
  • Collaboration – Media Owner and Media Collaborators.
  • Thumbnails – Upload Thumbnail, Capture (using webcam), and Auto-Generate.
  • Downloads – Available Formats.
  • Captions – Upload Captions File (SRT and DFXP formats).
  • Attachments – Upload File.
  • Timeline – Create chapters for the video, and upload slides to play along with video.
  1. To access the CaptureSpace editor, click on the “Launch Editor” button located just underneath the video in the Edit screen. This will take you to the web-based video editor where you can trim the video, hide the audio, and create a video loop.
  • Trim a video by sliding the grey bars (found at each end of the timeline) to the desired point.
  • You cannot chop the video in this editor.
  • To hide the audio, click on the audio button located just above the timeline. A pop-up menu will appear, choose “Hide Audio” from the list.
  • To change the video to a loop, click on the circular arrow button next to the audio button.
  • Use the slider to zoom into the timeline.
  1. When all the edits have been made, you can save the changes to the original video or save it as a copy and keep the original intact.

Details Menu

  1. Name: Type in the video’s title.
  2. Description (optional): Add a summary of the video.
  3. Tags: There are some default tags added to this box. Not all these tags are appropriate. Tags should be keywords that represent the content of the video using words and phrases students would use to search for the video.
  • Delete the tags that do not represent the video content.
  • Add new tags and follow each tag with a comma.
  1. Click on “Save” button.

Options Menu

  1. Comments: Choose to disable the comments or go in later on and close the discussion after a certain period has passed.
  2. Clipping: allow viewers to create clips from the video. Only enable this feature if you own all the content in the video. 

Collaboration Menu

  1. Media Owner: you can transfer ownership of the video to someone else.
  2. Media Collaborators: allow other users to edit the video and details.

Thumbnails Menu

  1. Upload Thumbnail: Add an image file you have prepared that will show in the video thumbnail on your My Media list.
  2. Capture: Use your webcam to take a photo to use as the thumbnail.
  3. Auto-Generate: The editor will choose a random frame from the video to use. An example of this would be the default thumbnail.
  4. Download: You can download the thumbnail to your computer. This is useful if you need the thumbnail for another video or if you need to edit the thumbnail.

Download Menu

  1. Source file: Download the original video file.
  2. Mobile-friendly: Download a compressed version of the file suitable for mobile devices or if the original file is too large.
  3. HD 720p – web compatible: This is a larger file size than the mobile-friendly version. This is good for website use, but may have trouble playing on mobile devices.

Captions Menu

  1. Upload a DFXP file for captions
  2. Change the file’s information by clicking in the pencil icon. You can change the language and the label.
  3. Delete the file by clicking on the X icon.
  4. Download the caption file by clicking on the downward arrow icon.

Attachments Menu

  1. Upload attachment documents  which can be transcripts, reading assignments, or other supplementary material.
  2. Pencil icon: edit file title and description.
  3. X icon: delete file.
  4. Downward arrow icon: download file.

Timeline Menu

  1. Bookmark icon: Create a new chapter. A chapter marks the start of a new section in the video. For example, you can create skipping points in the video to help viewers find certain parts of the video. So, if a video is 15 minutes long, you can have skipping points every 5 minutes to help students review material. You could also break the video up based on topics. If you cover only 2 topics in the video then you can have one chapter marker at the start of the second topic.
  2. Page icon: Upload slides (PPT, PPTX, or PDF files).
  3. View in Player: preview the video before saving the edits.

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