How to edit your uploaded media using Kaltura:

  1. Click My Media and click on a video you have uploaded into Kaltura.
  2. Click on the Actions and select Launch Editor.
  3. Click Kaltura Video Editing Tools gives video owners the ability to do minor editing after uploading a video to Canvas-Kaltura.
image showing how to access the video editor tool

Kaltura Video Editing Tools supports the following features:

  • Video Quiz Creator
  • Video Editor
    • Clipping a media entry
    • Trimming a media entry
    • Chop and splice
  • Tagging comments to the video timeline as navigation markers.
  • Edit video captions
  • Include PowerPoint slide into your video after it has been uploaded

Getting Started with the Kaltura Editor

Supported media features

The following table lists the Kaltura Video Editing Tool’s features applicable to different types of media:

Type of Media

Create Quiz

Clip & Trim

Chop & Splice

PowerPoint Sync

Video

x

x

x

 

Audio

x

x

x

 

YouTube Entry

x

N/A

N/A

 

Video Quiz

x

x

x

 

Live Video

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Image

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Launching the Kaltura Video Editing Tools

You can launch the Kaltura Video Editing Tools from the Edit Entry window or from the Actions drop-down menu .

To launch the Kaltura Video Editing Tools:

  1. Log into Canvas.
  2. Go to My Media.
  3. Either click on the Entry’s Edit icon

    and then click Launch Editor

    Or:
    Click on the video thumbnail and then select Launch Editor from the Actions drop down menu.

    The Kaltura Editor window is displayed.

Kaltura Video Editing Tools tabs

The Kaltura Video Editing Tools contain the following navigation tabs:

  • Quiz Tab: Use to create and edit Interactive Video Quizzes (KMS only).
  • Editor Tab: Use to trim or clip media, and chop and splice media.
  • Ads Tab: Use to set cue points for advertisments (KMC only).
  • Help Tab: Includes helpful tips and accessibility information.

Depending on the type of application you are using and the type of media you selected, the Kaltura Editing Video Tools will open the relevant tab.

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