Kaltura – Embed Video in Pages, Announcements, Assignments, or Discussions

Videos uploaded to or created with Kaltura tools can be added to many items in Canvas including: Pages, Announcements, Assignments, Quizzes or Discussions. Typically, anywhere Canvas shows the Rich Content Editor (RCE), a video from Kaltura can be added.

  1. Go to the Canvas item you wish to add a piece of media to.

Note: If this is an existing item, click Edit to access Canvas’ Rich Content Editor.

  1. Click Embed Kaltura Media from the Rich Content Editor’s (RCE) toolbar.

Click Embed Kaltura Media

  1. Find piece of media from My Media, the course’s Media Gallery, or a Media Gallery playlist.

Note: You may not have any content in the course’s Media Gallery or have a playlist to select. See Publish Videos to a Course Media Gallery for additional information.

  1. (Optional) Select the Embed Settings gear for Additional Embed Options:

  1. Click Embed.

Click Embed button


Your selected media should be added to content editor available for preview.

Preview of embedded content in Rich Content Editor.

  1. Click Save or Save & Publish.

Click Save or Save & Publish. 

 

Additional Embed Options

Under the additional embed options, you can choose to embed a player with the transcript feature or select different embed sizes for your content.

Embed Player with Transcript

The transcript feature offers an interactive, collapsible transcript window located to the right of the content allowing viewers to follow along with the audio or search for specific words and jump directly to the corresponding point in the playback. Viewers can also use this feature to download the transcript as a text file.

Kaltura transcript option example.

To embed the player with the transcript feature, follow Steps 1-4 above to open Embed Settings.

5. Select Player with Transcript from Choose Player dropdown.

Note: The checkbox Set as my default settings for media type: will be selected by default. If you do not wish to use these settings for future embeds, uncheck the box before continuing. This selection will not impact previously embedded content.

6. Click Embed.

Example of embed options with Choose Player selecting Player with Transcript.

7. Click Save or Save & Publish.

 

Adjust Player Size

By default, the player will take up a maximum of 608x342 pixels. To better match the layout of where the content is being embedded in Canvas, choose from the available size options in the embed settings.

To adjust the embed size, follow Steps 1-4 above to open Embed Settings.

5. Select preferred size from the Max Embed Size dropdown.

Note: The checkbox Set as my default settings for media type: will be selected by default. If you do not wish to use these settings for future embeds, uncheck the box before continuing. This selection will not impact previously embedded content.

6. Click Embed.

Example of embed options with non-default max embed size.

7. Click Save or Save & Publish.