Kaltura (Canvas) - Uploading Videos

Kaltura My Media is the video portal for University of Wisconsin System institutions. Instructors, students, and staff can use it to easily upload, store, stream, and share (or restrict) videos in Canvas.

You can upload video files from your computer to your Kaltura My Media library to make them available to embed in Canvas pages. Follow these steps to upload a video file to My Media:

1. Access your My Media library in Canvas. This can be done from either of the following two locations:
   1. Access your My Media library from the Canvas Account menu. In the Canvas global navigation menu, select Account > My Media.  

      

   2. Access your My Media library through the Canvas Rich Content Editor (RCE):

      1. Go to any Canvas Page, Assignment, Discussion, etc, which allows you to edit content with the Rich Content Editor.

      2. Select the Edit button to begin editing the content (or, in a Discussion, select Reply to begin editing a reply)

      3. In the Rich Content Editor toolbar, select the My Media button (rainbow pinwheel icon). Alternatively, you may select Tools > Apps > View All > My Media in the menu bar.
         
          

2. From your My Media library, select Add New > Media Upload.

   

3. Check the box to agree to the Kaltura service's terms and conditions.
4. Select the Choose a file to upload button, then browse your computer to select a video file.

   

5. While your video is uploading, fill out the following metadata for your video:
   
   • Name (Required) - Enter a name that will help you find and identify your video while searching your My Media library.
   • Description (Optional) - Add information about your video. The description is shown when sharing your video via link but not shown when embedded in Canvas.
   • Tags (Optional) - Adding tags can help you organize and search for videos within your My Media library.
   • Co-Editors and Co-Publishers (Optional) - You can add collaborators to allow other users to edit your video or embed it in their courses.
   • Publishing Status (if shown) - We recommend leaving this setting on "Private". Kaltura will manage it automatically whenever you share or embed your video.
      
6. Wait for your video upload to complete and then select the Save button, or, if uploading from the RCE, select the Save and Embed button.

Your video is now saved to your Kaltura My Media library in Canvas and ready to embed! The video will need to finish processing on the Kaltura server before it can be played. Depending on the size of your video, this may take several minutes.

Please see Kaltura - Inserting a Video in Canvas with the Rich Content Editor for instructions on embedding your video in Canvas. You can also copy an iframe embed code to embed your video in another website or copy your video's share link to share it via link.