Add Kaltura Media as an Instructor in D2L Brightspace

Overview

Within Kaltura MediaSpace, you can upload media, share media files, and use/download the Kaltura Capture desktop application.  As an instructor, you may use MediaSpace to store presentations, lectures, and other materials. Check out how to upload your media file to Kaltura MediaSpace to learn more.

As an instructor, you have three options to add media from MediaSpace in to your D2L Brightspace course:

1. Use the Existing Activities menu in Content to add as a new topic page.
2. Use the Insert Stuff button within the HTML Editor to embed media alongside other content.
3. Use the Insert Quicklink button within the HTML Editor to add a URL link alongside other content. 

After you have embedded the media file within the HTML Editor, students enrolled in your course can view the media file, as long as they have access to the item within D2L Brightspace.

Embed media as a content topic page (Existing Activities > Kaltura Media)

Follow the actions below to add a media file from your Kaltura MediaSpace account as a new Content topic. 

1. Navigate to the Content tool within your D2L Brightspace course.
2. Click on the content module where you want to create the new content topic.
3. From the Existing Activities drop-down menu, select Kaltura Media.
   
4. In the Add Activity window, the media files from your MediaSpace account will display. 
5. Click Embed next to an existing media file from your MediaSpace account.
   
6. A newly created External Learning Tool topic is created at the bottom of the module.
7. The content topic’s title by default is the name of the MediaSpace media.
8. You may edit the content topic properties and/or restrictions as needed.

Embed media alongside other content (HTML Editor > Insert Stuff > Kaltura Media)

You can add a media file from your Kaltura MediaSpace account anywhere you have access to the HTML Editor within D2L Brightspace (e.g. a discussion post, a content HTML topic, an announcement item, assignment feedback, etc.). 

1. Navigate to your D2L Brightspace course.
2. Create or edit the item or file that will contain the media file.
3. In the HTML Editor, click the Insert Stuff icon.
   
4. In the Insert Stuff window, click Kaltura Media.
   
5. Your media files from your MediaSpace account will display. 
6. Click Embed next to an existing media file from your MediaSpace account.
   
7. You may preview the media file. Click Insert when ready.
8. The media file is embedded within the HTML Editor. 
   
9. Remember to save, update, or post your item, depending on the workflow.
10. Students in your course will now have access to the embedded video within the page.

Insert a link to media alongside other content (HTML Editor > Insert Quicklink > URL)

1. Navigate to your D2L Brightspace course.
2. Create or edit the item or file that will contain the media.
3. In the HTML Editor, place your cursor where you want the quicklink to appear in your content.
4. Click the Insert Quicklink icon. 
5. Enter the URL link of your media page into the URL field.
6. Enter the Title of the media.
7. Select whether you want the linked item to open in the Whole Window (keeping elements such as navbars present when an individual is viewing the quicklink), the Same Frame (opens in the content pane), or a New Window.
8. Click Insert.
9. Save the content topic page.