Video Building Block for Blackboard

What is the Kaltura Video Building Block?

A video application that opens up a whole new set of engaging teaching possibilities - from integration of lecture capture and video materials, to video assignments, and sharing of student and faculty video content. Kaltura’s out-of-the-box solution is fully integrated into the Blackboard Learn platform, so that you can upload, publish, create clips from existing video content, and share video directly from your Blackboard environment. This translates into time and money saved for your organization, improved student engagement, creativity and learning results, as well as ease of use for students, faculty and Teaching Assistants. Visit the demo site to see it in action.

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Why use it?

Streamline video management - rather than relying on central media and LMS teams, allow students and faculty to upload and manage media independently.

Extend your LMS with video capabilities - enable students and faculty to experience video as they would documents and other course objects. Content is secured and all existing Blackboard permissioning is applied to media files.

Ensure top quality media delivery and protect LMS performance - with Kaltura's tier 1 hosting, and CDN, give students a high quality viewing experience and prevent your LMS from stalling under the weight of video files.

Features and Benefits

• Integration with Native Content Tool - allow authorized users to easily ingest videos and display video in the Blackboard content tool.
• Student and Faculty Engagement - allow students and faculty members to upload videos, images, audio files and documents, create video clips and to create and assign video assignments.
• User friendly media management within Blackboard – every Blackboard user has their own media space where content can be uploaded, managed, based on user permissions.
• Lecture Capture Integration - videos from lecture capture systems, libraries, and live events can easily be added to the LMS through the Kaltura Building Block.
• Global Playlist - create a list of videos to be featured on your top page in the form of a video module for viewing by all LMS users.
• Optimal Playback Experience – with our adaptive bitrate technology.
• Mobile support  – Support for video playback on mobile and tablet  devices (including iPhone and iPad)
• Configurable player branding and features
• Clipping Tool -  Students and faculty across the entire institution can create video clips from existing content, if permitted by the content owner, in order to remove redundant parts or to create highlights of the larger video.