ePortfolios as a High Impact Practice AAC&U Article on HIPS OTL ePortfolio Project ePortfolios are the latest addition to AAC&U’s list of high-impact educational practices, and higher education has developed a range of ways to implement them for teaching and learning, programmatic assessment, and career development. ePortfolios enable students to electronically collect their work over […]
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Kaltura MediaSpace – How to create a video or audio podcast
Audio Only Podcast If you upload an audio-only file (mp3,m4a) to your Kaltura My Media, you will be provided a special embed code for your media player that includes an accessible interactive transcript. Play the example below. The interactive transcript shown above improves the accessibility for this audio-only media because it allows a hard of […]
Kaltura – How to share media through Canvas Media Gallery?
Help students connect with each other––and with you––through the Kaltura Media Gallery and My Media features, accessible within Canvas. This article covers: Differences between Canvas My Media and Media Gallery. How can I post my Zoom recordings in Media Gallery? How can students share their own videos via Media Gallery? How can students post comments […]
How to share a short video with your students via ZOOM
Question: I have a short video that I want to share with my students via ZOOM, how do I do that? Answer: You can share almost anything that is on your computer or connected to your computer via ZOOM. You’ll need to share your screen and make sure you select “Share Computer Sound” so that […]
Kaltura – Can not install Kaltura Capture recording software on my Mac.
If you are having trouble installing the Kaltura Capture software on a new Mac running OS 10.5 Catalina, please see the workaround solution listed below. Solution The workaround for the security pop up is to go to the Applications folder, right-click on the Kaltura Capture application and click Open. Then it will give you a […]
Kaltura MediaSpace – Video Channels and Galleries
Last updated: 3/21/2022 DU MediaSpace (https://mediaspace.du.edu) offers the ability to create public, private, and restricted channels for your media (video, audio or images). This article covers: What’s a DU MediaSpace channel What’s a DU MediaSpace gallery How to create a channel How to add members to a channel How to add media to a channel […]
Having trouble with ZOOM within Canvas?
Not seeing ZOOM showing up in your Canvas course?Getting an error message on the ZOOM page within Canvas? Solution: Login at DU ZOOM If you access ZOOM via Canvas and you are seeing an error message saying “User does not exist”, please visit our https://udenver.zoom.us website and login using your DU email and password. This […]
Getting Started with DU Portfolio
The University of Denver Portfolio is a fully developed web-based application that supports the academic community with a searchable database of electronic portfolios for students, faculty, staff and alumni, and communities. Login now to get started! Please click on the image above to view the full guide. Getting Started with DU Portfolio Video Tutorial DU […]
Kaltura – Add Interactive Chapters and Slides
This article covers: What can I do with interactive Chapters and Slides? Adding and Deleting Chapters. Adding and Deleting Slides. What can I do with Interactive Chapters and Slides?: Interactive Chapters and Slides allow you to easily navigate videos in Kaltura Players. Chapters act like bookmarks. Use them to mark important parts of the video […]
Kaltura: Commenting on Media
You can comment on media, view comments by other users , reply to existing comments , and delete comments and replies . Allow comments for Media Gallery After you have activated Kaltura in your Canvas course, click Media Gallery in your course navigation. Click the Media Gallery edit icon. Make sure the Enable comments in […]
Kaltura – Enable Video Comments and Moderation
At times, instructors may want students to add comments to a video. For example, ask your students to upload a video into a Canvas course and make comments along the video timeline to highlight key points made within the video. How to use the Media Gallery Using the Kaltura Media Gallery, instructors and students in […]
Kaltura – Downloading videos
This article covers: Download Your Media from MediaSpace or Canvas If you’re the media owner, you can download media from My Media. Access My Media from MediaSpace or Canvas. There are two primary actions required to download media. First activating the download command on the Edit page to enable downloading, and next navigating to the […]
Kaltura: Create a playlist in your Canvas Media Gallery
How do I manage a large set of videos in my Canvas course? If you have a large set of videos for your course, the Kaltura Media Gallery can help you organize your videos into several groups called playlists. Each playlist can help you organize similar videos. You can have many playlists with many videos […]
Using ZOOM to Record a Video Presentation
Our University paid version of ZOOM allows you to record your computer screen and voice to create a video that you can share with others via Canvas or a private web link. In this tutorial, we will illustrate how to use the ZOOM Cloud Recording option to record a presentation and share the video with […]
Kaltura – How to share your Kaltura media
Inside of Canvas There are a few ways to embed media (video/image/audio) content into Canvas. Step 1: Upload your media into MyMedia In your Canvas My Media folder, you can start adding media by clicking My Media – Add Media button. Please note, content in My Media is private, only you can see it. Step […]
Zoom Cloud and Local Recording
Zoom allows you to save your meeting recording on your local hard drive or online “Cloud”. This option is available to all instructors, staff and students that login into ZOOM at “https://udenver.zoom.us/” . Make sure log read the instructions and download the ZOOM client software. Once you have installed the software, you are ready to […]
How to Create Poll Questions
There are 3 different ways to create ZOOM poll questions. Note: When using ZOOM via Canvas, the normal Poll question form does not work within Canvas. Here are some alternative methods to create ZOOM Poll questions. Option 1: Within Canvas, create your ZOOM meeting and then edit the same ZOOM meeting and press Start. Once […]
How to capture audio using your computer or smartphone
Capturing good audio for your video project is very important. Poor audio quality will make your video difficult to watch. Here are some techniques to capture better audio using space and equipment that you may already have. Record your presentation in a super quiet room: The DU Library study rooms are a great place to […]
Making Video and Audio Content Accessible
This article includes: Does DU have a free video/audio closed captioning software? Does DU use any 3rd party captions/transcript providers? How to add or request captions depending on the technology type This document was created to help faculty and staff members create closed captions or text transcripts for video or audio files. By law, we […]
How do I add quiz questions to a video in Canvas?
There are two way to create a video quiz: Kaltura Video Quiz Post a video within a Canvas Quiz Posting a video within a Canvas Quiz The Canvas quiz tool allows you to add a video from any source that provides the video embed code. Quiz responses can then be automatically recorded in the Canvas […]