Update: Kaltura will no longer be available after December 2024.
Canvas Studio, our existing video platform available within Canvas, will be used as a replacement for the Kaltura Video Platform. General user access to Kaltura will end at the conclusion of the summer 2024 terms with access extended on a request-only basis for the fall 2024 semester (additional details regarding the request process will be forthcoming). While this transition is in progress, Kaltura will continue to be supported as a campus video platform through fall 2024.
Media files stored in Kaltura that are older than two calendar years and have not been viewed over the last two calendar years, as of January 1, 2024, will not automatically be migrated to Canvas Studio. For example, a media file that is five years old on January 1, 2024 and has not been viewed in three years will not be migrated to Canvas Studio whereas a video that is five years old but has been viewed after January 1, 2022, will be migrated.
Media files that have met the retention policy criteria above and were uploaded to Kaltura prior to May 1st, 2023 have already been copied to Canvas Studio and can be found within “My Library” in your Canvas Studio account. Content added to Kaltura after May 1st, 2023 will be migrated to Canvas Studio gradually through a series of additional migrations in the coming months.
Communicated emails were provided to individuals with Kaltura media that did not fall under the retention policy. These emails were sent earlier this year with URL links to download the Kaltura media that will not be migrated to Canvas Studio automatically. Please visit the Download Kaltura Media From Provided Communication tutorial for assistance.
Files can be manually downloaded within the Kaltura integration in Canvas. For this process, please view OIT's How to Download Kaltura Videos from Canvas tutorial.
Please check this page for future updates on the status of this transition or contact OIT at oithelp@colorado.edu with any questions or concerns.
How Kaltura is used
Canvas Integrations
Kaltura is integrated within Canvas, CU Boulder's learning management systems. The integration allows instructors and students to upload video and audio files into their Canvas courses for sharing. Visit the pages below for more information:
Kaltura Management Console
CU Boulder departments or groups that need advanced control over their hosted media can work with OIT to gain access to the Kaltura Management Console (KMC). This web-based interface provides delegated management of content to individuals within colleges, schools, departments and groups, including group based delegated administration to allow multiple people to share the management of the organization's content. Learn more.
Request Video Captioning
To request captioning assistance or receive further guidance on captioning policy, please visit the campus captioning service website or contact the IT Service Center at oithelp@colorado.edu or 303-735-4357.
Digitization Services & Streaming Media
The University Libraries offer access to digitized items from our collections as well as digitization services to reformat analog and digital media. Please refer to Norlin Library's Digitization Services & Streaming Media webpage for more information.
File Storage
While there are a number of long term storage options that you can use to store your videos, OIT recommends utilizing CU Boulder's OneDrive instance which provides 5 TB of free storage with 150 GB maximum individual file size (Please note: this is subject to change based on Microsoft's recent announcement about a move toward pooled storage).
When considering long term storage options, remember to obey all state and federal laws related to using copyrighted materials. Read more about copyright and fair use.
Features
- Hosted streaming content with a third party service.
- Provides capabilities to colleges, schools, departments, and groups uploading content, editing and managing rich media content.
- Provides delegated management of the content to individuals within colleges, schools, departments and groups, including group based delegated administration to allow multiple people to share the management of the organizations content.
- Provides alternate sources to upload media.
*Note: The Kaltura service is for media that is being used on a regular basis by a course or for active collaboration, not for long term storage or archival. Inactive files will be subject to removal.
Benefits
- A robust, reliable location to host rich media content.
- Content available through a colorado.edu address.
- A “common good” service which decreases organizational infrastructure costs, reduces administrative overhead costs, and provides an environment aligned with technology and information security standards.
- Does not affect Canvas course storage limit
Cost
The hosting service is a common good service for the campus and there is no cost to take advantage of it.
Who can get it
Faculty, staff, and students.
How to get it
Kaltura Management Console (KMC) for designated rich media administrators.
