Kaltura Desktop Capture
Kaltura Desktop
Overview
Kaltura Desktop Capture is a video creation tool for PC and Mac operating systems that simultaneously records multiple content streams (e.g., PowerPoint with presenter’s video turned on, etc.), or a single stream of your choice (e.g., screen, camera, or audio). When recording slide presentations, this tool captures the slides as chapters, indexes them, and makes them searchable. You can add these recordings in Canvas or upload them to an external website.
Video
Tool Features (Generic Tool Pages Only) + list component to the Kaltura landing page.
See the Zoom or Canvas page for an example - since there is only one feature, we don’t need intro text.
Record Multiple Streams: Simultaneously record multiple content streams (e.g., PowerPoint with presenter’s video turned on, etc.), or a single stream of your choice (e.g., screen, camera, or audio)
Interactive Viewing: Use the Kaltura Player to choose which stream is best for engaging with content (e.g., Picture-in-Picture, Side-by-Side, and other displays).
Slide Detection: Automatic slide detection and creation of searchable chapters
Interactive Quizzes: Video Quiz allows you to add multiple-choice, True / False, and open-ended questions into videos
Data: Provides data on number of video views
Auto-Captions: Shows automated captions and a searchable corresponding transcript within Kaltura
Record Multiple Streams: Simultaneously record multiple content streams (e.g., PowerPoint with presenter’s video turned on, etc.), or a single stream of your choice (e.g., screen, camera, or audio)
Interactive Viewing: Use the Kaltura Player to choose which stream is best for engaging with content (e.g., Picture-in-Picture, Side-by-Side, and other displays).
Video Sharing: Share recorded videos using My Media within Canvas
Auto-Captions: Shows automated captions and a searchable corresponding transcript within Kaltura
- Only works on desktops, not compatible with mobile devices, tablets, or Chromebooks
Mobile, tablet, or Chromebook devices do not support Kaltura Capture.
Only records slides from one screen, even when using multiple screens.
Be aware of the video quiz analytics reporting, which could make it cumbersome to assign grades for video quizzes.
Record Multiple Streams: Use Kaltura Desktop Capture to simultaneously record multiple content streams (e.g., PowerPoint with presenter’s video turned on, etc.), or a single stream of your choice (e.g., screen, camera, or audio).
Auto-Captions: Upload your recorded media to the My Media website to have auto-captions added.
Canvas Integration: Seamlessly integrate your media into Canvas courses for students to view.
Interactive Quizzes: Incorporate interactive quizzes to engage students.
Student Assignments: Add a video component to student assignments.
- Shows automated captions and a searchable corresponding transcript within Kaltura.
General Information
Kaltura Capture allows you to record videos on your computer and upload them to My Media in Canvas, where you can store videos for sharing with others or for submitting video assignments in Canvas. To learn how to utilize your videos after they are uploaded to Kaltura, see: Using My Media and Media Gallery
Resources
See the Getting Started Guide for Kaltura Capture.
Cost: Free
Status: Available
How to Access
Instructor: Navigate to My Media on the Global Navigation Menu within Canvas or on the VT Kaltura website and click Add New to access the Kaltura Capture software.
Student: Navigate to My Media on the Global Navigation Menu within Canvas and click Add New to access the Kaltura Capture software.
Get Help
Search for documentation in the Kaltura Personal Capture Knowledge Base.
Check Creating a Video with Kaltura Capture Desktop Software for answers.
Want to talk with someone at Virginia Tech? Go to the 4Help Portal, sign in, and select Get Help.
Or schedule a consultation with TLOS.