Kaltura MediaSpace is the University's media delivery platform. It is like an institutional Vimeo/YouTube system. It allows you to publish media files. These can be used for teaching, promotion, or student guidance.
Strictly speaking, Kaltura is the company and MediaSpace is the video hosting platform they produce. The two words Kaltura and MediaSpace are sometimes used interchangeably to refer to the platform itself.
This guide provides an overview of features and functionality available in Kaltura MediaSpace with more of a focus on sharing videos externally. If you want to know more about sharing MediaSpace videos via Moodle, review our Add multimedia to Moodle guide.
MediaSpace is not designed to be a media store or repository. Original source files uploaded by users are converted into videos optimised for online delivery. We advise you keep a back-up copy of your original video on OneDrive should you need to make any amendments/edits in the future.
The original files are deleted from Kaltura after 6 months. This will not break any links to the video file that you have created for students. If you have linked the file from Kaltura to Moodle it will continue to play as before wherever it is in use and you can publish it to new modules if required.
If you deleted the original video and need to download the source file from Kaltura please follow the guidance to download source files from Kaltura. If the source file has been deleted from Kaltura, you will need to log a request via the IT Self Service Portal to request a download of the highest-quality version of the video from Kaltura.
Please note that for uploads incorporating a talking head video plus screen capture, such as those made with Kaltura Capture, you will only be able to download the screen capture and audio narration.
User management is via LDAP. Users will be deleted from the system when their IT user accounts are deactivated.
Student submissions from video assignment are deleted after 1+6 years.
| Feature | About |
|---|---|
| Store media files |
Upload video and audio files, up to 2GB in size. (We advise you keep them below 300MB. To aid this, consider using Handbrake to reduce their size) All common video and audio files are accepted, e.g. avi, mov, mp4, mp3 |
| Publish your media |
Related media can be published on a Channel. You can generate Playlists, a set of videos that play in a specific order. The privacy of media can be changed to allow anyone, or only certain groups, to view it. |
| Create Multimedia using Kaltura Capture |
Create screencasts (recordings of your computer screen) with audio or video narration Make webcam recordings |
| Integrated into Moodle |
Everything you create, upload and store in MediaSpace is available to add to your Moodle modules Media files can be added to pages using the Video Resource tool. Students can upload and submit video assignments using the Video Assignment activity. |
| Private by default |
When you add a file to MediaSpace, the only person who can see it is you. If you want to share or publish something to a wider group, you can. |
In Moodle 3.9, My Media is available from the user menu in Moodle. Open the user menu alongside your photo at the top-right of the page and select My Media.
You can access MediaSpace via the weblink to MediaSpace or from My Media on Moodle. The functionality is very similar, however there are some differences.
