Kaltura MediaSpace and multimedia student guide

MediaSpace's in-built Video Editor allows users to make small edits, add quizzes, and overlay hotspots within their videos.

Users can trim the beginnings and ends of their videos to produce tighter starts and finishes, and clip out unwanted sections within their videos (such as a doorbell or dog barking).

Hotspot overlays provide a way to link to certain time-codes within the video (e.g. Select here to jump to our discussion on the environment at 13:45) or to an external website (e.g. Select here to navigate to the NHS guidance).

Quizzes allow users to engage with your videos and test their knowledge of the topic. MediaSpace can then provide you with individual user scores in these interactions.

Users can trim the beginnings and ends of their videos to produce tighter starts and finishes.

There are two ways to trim a video:

• Select-and-drag the yellow Handlebars at either end of the timeline and resize your video.
• Place your Playhead at the relevant timecode(s) and use the Split and Bin functions.
  • Locating a specific timecode on your timeline can be tricky if it is a long video. Use the Zoom sliding bar to zoom in and out on your Timeline be more precise with timecodes.

1. Log into Mediaspace using your City credentials and select My Media.
2. Choose the video that you want to edit by selecting the video frame or title of the video.
3. Select the drop-down arrow against Actions and select Launch Editor.  

1. Select your timeline: Select your timeline by selecting or tapping once on it. A yellow box with small rectangles - Handlebars - at either end will appear around it.

   

2. Reposition your handlebars: By selecting one of the Handlebars, you can drag and reposition where the video starts and ends.
3. The grey areas at the beginning and end of the clip’s timeline will not appear in the final edit of the video. They simply give you a visual representation of where media has been removed from your clip.
4. Select Save a Copy button on the top right of the screen.

   

1. Position your Playhead: Move the long green/blue Playhead line to the timecode at which you wish to start your clip.

   

   • You can manually select-and-drag the Playhead to the relevant position, or you can Play/Pause your video at the required timecode and your Playhead will automatically navigate there.
      
2. Set the In timecode: When the Playhead is in the correct position, select the white open bracket on the Playhead to confirm your In timecode. 

   

3. Set the Out timecode: Repeat the previous step for your desired end position, but this time select the white closed bracket on the Playhead to confirm your Out timecode. 

   

4. Trimming your media can modify the source media permanently. We recommend choosing Save a Copy when familiarising yourself with the functionality.

The clip functionality enables users to delete unwanted sections within their videos (such as a doorbell or dog barking) or to create a shorter clip from a longer video

Locating a specific timecode on your timeline can be tricky if it is a long video. Use the Zoom sliding bar to zoom in and out on your Timeline be more precise with timecodes.

1. Position your Playhead: Move the long green/blue Playhead line to the timecode at which you wish to split your media. This will be the beginning of the section you will delete.

    

   • You can manually select-and-drag the Playhead to the relevant position, or you can Play/Pause your video at the required timecode and your Playhead will automatically navigate there.
   • Locating a specific timecode on your timeline can be tricky if it is a long video. Use the Zoom sliding bar to zoom in and out on your Timeline be more precise with timecodes.
      
2. Create your first split: When the Playhead is in the correct position, select the white scissors on the Playhead to insert your first split.
    
3. There are now two clips.

   

   • The first is surrounded by a yellow box in the image to the right.
   • The second is the remaining media in the video.
      
4. Create your second split: The next split should be placed at the end of the unwanted media.
   • Either select-and-drag the Playhead or use the Play/Pause functions again to navigate to the second timecode and select the white scissors
      
5. There are now three clips.

   

   • The first is the opening media you wish to keep.
   • The second is surrounded by a yellow box in the image to the right and is the media we wish to remove.
   • The third is the remaining media in the video.
      
6. Delete the unwanted clip: In order to remove the second unwanted clip, ensure that it is surrounded by a yellow box and select the Bin (Delete) icon.
   • If the clip is not surrounded in yellow, select/tap the clip and it should become the primary clip.
      
7. After deleting the clip, the space left behind will be grey. This grey area on the clip’s timeline will not appear in the final edit of the video. It simply gives you a visual representation of where media has been removed from your clip.

   • There will not be a gap in your media. The video will play as though the two remaining clips are continuous pieces of media.

   

8. We recommend choosing Save a Copy when familiarising yourself with the functionality.