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
- How to search for media in a channel
What’s a DU MediaSpace channel?
A channel is a password-protected area at DU MediaSpace that requires all users to login before they can access a set of videos. Beyond the basic login, some channels can have extra security features that only allow specific DU members access to a set of media items. You may want to create a channel if you need to:
- Organize videos for a group of University community members.
- Share media privately with selected University community members.
Can non-DU members access a MediaSpace channel? No, only DU community members can access channel content. However, contact KalturaAdmin@du.edu if your channel requires public access.
What’s a DU MediaSpace gallery?
A DU MediaSpace Gallery is a set of media items that does not require any type of login. For example, The Daniels Executive Education program has several public videos.
Public galleries requires that you contact KalturaAdmin@du.edu to create a gallery. You may want to create a gallery if you need to:
- Market your academic program or public University events.
- Market your program research.
How do I create a channel?
Log into DU MediaSpace – https://mediaspace.du.edu using your DU email and passcode.
Click the Channels menu in the navigation bar and then click Create Channel.
Give your media channel a title, description and set up the privacy settings.
Privacy settings options include:
Open – All logged in users can view and contribute content (contribution is not allowed for viewer-role users).
Restricted – All logged in users can view content and only channel members can contribute content.
Private – Only channel members can view and contribute content.
Channel video security rules
All entries in a channel will inherit the channel security rules. For example, if you have a video that was made Unlisted and that video is included in a channel that is Restricted, a viewer would have to login using their university email and password to view the video.
Adding members to a channel
Add DU members to your channel by clicking the Members tab. Click the Add Members button to search for community members. If you do not find the person you are looking for, ask them to log into DU MediaSpace in order for their account to be created.
Can’t find a person in the search box?
Ask the person to log into DU MediaSpace to help create their account.
Search for members using the lookup search tool.
You can view all the channel members if you click the Member tab in your channel. From here you can change a member role or remove them from the channel. You can also delete the entire channel from this page.
Adding media to your channel
Once a channel is created, you and your team can post media into it. Click the Add to Channel button.
Upload media into a channel
You can upload any video, audio or image into a channel. Our Kaltura system can automatically convert various file format into the correct online format.
If you clicked Add New – Media Upload, you will see our terms and agreement statement. Click the checkbox to open up the file uploader tool.
How to search for media in a channel
When your channel contains several videos, you can search, filter or sort to locate the videos you are interested in.
