I am trying to share a Kaltura video (2 minutes) via email to a student. I am only seeing the embed option. I am very new to Canvas and Kaltura. Can someone help?
Hi @kdobbin1,
While Kaltura is a 3rd party product not affiliated with Instructure at all, there are many schools that use Kaltura and Canvas together, my institution being one of them. I can try to offer a bit of guidance here... I will give a caveat that Kaltura is a highly customizable platform, so your school/institution may have things configured completely differently, but I'll try to hit on the most common config.
You are correct in general, that the Kaltura integration with Canvas will generally be done through embedding content in the rich content editor (textbox). There is another course level menu called Media Gallery where you can add videos for an entire class to see. Neither of these options is going to be great for messaging a single student though.
What you likely need to find access to is what Kaltura calls a Mediaspace or Video Portal. This is a website usually outside of Canvas where you'll be able to login, see the same media as you do in Canvas, but you'll have the option to change the video from private (only you can access) or unlisted (anyone with a link can access), then share the link with that single student via email. Unfortunately, we won't be able to help much in locating this site, since it could really be called anything. If you ask your school/institution Canvas team, they may know the web address or be able to forward the question to the appropriate people there if it's a different department.
I hope this helps!
-Chris
We have begun noticing issues with Assignments that utilise LTI tools. Some tools treat a submission deadline as including the entire minute specified, rather than up to that minute. eg. The LTI tool accepts a configured 11:59 as up to 11:59:59. Whereas Canvas treats the deadline as 11:59:00. Why does this matter? Well,…
Is having students read the textbook considered an assignment or an activity if there is no grade but a required date?
Hoping someone can explain for me. We're using pacing to avoid manually dating regular assignments each quarter, but the dates I see are based on when the course was instantiated, while students see dates based on when they were added to the course by [backend software I don't know anything about, presumably]. If I set…
Has anyone else had issues with an influx of duplicate users in Canvas? Ours is currently in the form of an email that already exists, becoming a new user - and not automatically merging with the user ID with the same email that also is linked to our SIS ID correctly as well. For example, user 1 is xyz@gmail.com without a…
Canvas Portfolios provide a powerful platform for students to document their learning journey, reflect on their progress, and showcase competencies. However, in programs where multiple educators are involved in assessment—such as team teaching, moderation, or competency-based evaluation—there are important questions about…
