Using My Media

1. Login to Blackboard with your BU username and password.
2. Select your course from the Courses tab
3. Select a content folder where you’d like to display the media
4. Hover your cursor over Build Content
5. Click Kaltura Media from the dropdown
6. Within the Kaltura window, select Add New and choose Media Upload
7. Follow the prompts to select the media from your computer, or drag and drop it into the window
8. Allow your media to upload [upload times can vary depending on the length of your video and the speed of your network connection] While the media uploads, you can change the default title, add a description, and add any tags that are specific to MyMedia (optional)
9. Once the upload has completed, click Save and Embed. 
10. You will be brought back to Blackboard where you will be asked to title the media.  Click Submit to add the video to your course site 

1. Hover your mouse cursor over the ‘ + ‘ icon in the navigation menu
2. Select Tool Link
3. Choose Media Gallery from the tool list, give it a name, and make sure it is ‘Available to Students’

The Media Gallery is explained in more detail here

1. Login to Blackboard with your BU username and password.
2. Select your course from the Courses tab
3. Select a content folder where you’d like to display the media
4. Hover your cursor over the plus ( + ) icon
5. Click Content Market from the dropdown
6. Scroll down and click on Kaltura Media (Ultra)
   
7. Follow the prompts to Embed existing media, or Add New to upload new media.
8. Once added to your site, you can edit the item to change the title or edit the student facing description.

Similarly to other gradable items in Blackboard Learn courses, you are able to create assignments that allow students to submit their own videos using the MyMedia system. The main difference in assignments that allow video submissions is you providing instructions to students to upload their video(s) through MyMedia.

To create the video assignment in Blackboard Ultra, follow these steps:

1. Login to Blackboard with your BU username and password. Select your course from the Courses tab.
2. Click the purple plus icon under the content folder where you’d like to display the video assignment. Then, click Create.
   
3. On the right-hand side navigation, click Assignment.
   
4. Type in a name for your assignment at the top using the pencil icon.
   
5. Insert instructions for your assignment by clicking the plus icon under “Create your assignment.”
   
6. Click Add Text.
7. Provide specific directions here for students to upload their submissions. Instruct them to click the text box under Submission, use the “Insert Content” (+) button inside of the editor, click Content Market, and find Kaltura Video in the list to open the MyMedia Repository. On the page that appears, students can select existing media or upload a new video to select by clicking “Add New” and then “Media Upload.” To attach the video to the assignment, students must click the Embed button.
   
   The previous steps can be repeated if additional media needs to be attached to the assignment submission. Click Save to complete the instructions and save to the assignment. Students can find more information on how to submit an assignment using MyMedia here.
8. After filling in the assignment instructions, click the dropdown menu Hidden from students in the upper right hand corner, and select visible to students when you are ready for students to have access to the assignment.
   

The following steps will walk you through uploading media to your My Media repository within Questrom Tools.

1. Login to Questrom Tools at http://questromtools.bu.edu with your BU username and password
2. Select the My Media tab within a Course site.
   
   Continue to Step 3 below

Continuation from above

3. Select the Add New button.
   
4. Select Media Upload from the dropdown menu.
   
5. Select the Choose a File to upload button on the Upload Media screen. This will allow you to browse for the content you wish to upload.
   
6. Highlight your Video file and select open to upload your content.
   
7. You will see a Progress bar while the videos are transferred. The wait time is dependent on the size of the file being transferred.
   
8. Add the title and description to your content. Select Next to add your video to
   MyMedia in the Blackboard Media library.
   
9. You have now completed the Media Upload. Enter your Description and Tags to complete the form, finally click Save.

The following steps will walk you through adding My Media tool to a course site in Questrom Tools.

1. Login to Questrom tools at http://questromtools.bu.edu with your BU username and password
2. Select a course site from the site tabs at the top.
3. Go to Site Info from the left Menu bar and select “Edit Tools”.
   
4. Select “My Media” from the list of tools, click on Continue and Finish.
   

You may edit your video options, including details (name, description, tags), collaborators, options (clipping and comments), and more.

1. To edit your video, go to your My Media area and select the video you wish to edit. Click Edit.
   
   
2. This will bring you to the Edit area. Here you may preview the video, see the publishing status, and edit your video details and options.
   
3. Click the Details tab to edit details, such as the video title, description, and tags.
   
4. Click on the Collaboration tab to allow others to collaborate on your video. (You can only collaborate with people who have already uploaded video to Kaltura My Media before.)
   
5. Click on the Options tab to allow others to create clips of the video and to enable or disable commenting.
   
6. Click on the Captions tab to upload a captions file.
   
7. Click on the Thumbnails tab to create or replace the video’s thumbnail image.
   
8. Click on the Trim Video tab to trim your video.
   WARNING: Trimming video will replace your original media!
   
   
9. Once you have finished, click Save.

1. To create a clip of your video, locate your video in My Media and click to open. This will bring you to the video. 
   
2. Click the Create Clip button.
   
3. Set the starting point and ending point of your video, complete the metadata, choose whether your video should be private or published, and click Create Clip to save your changes.
   
   

1. To add content to the Course Media Gallery, select the video you wish to add. Click the Actions button and select Publish.
   
2. Select the Course Media Gallery to which you would like to publish and click Save to publish your video.
   
3. By default, your instructor will need to approve the content before it is added to the Course Media Gallery.

1. To download a copy of your video, select the video and click Edit.
   
2. On the Edit Video screen, click the Downloads tab. This will give you the option to select the video format(s) you would like to make available for download. If you are not sure which one to choose, check Source File.
3. Click Save.
4. Click Go to Media (or return to your My Media repository and click the video you enabled downloads for).The download button will now be visible.

1. To view analytics for a specific video (including number of views, average view times, people who viewed, etc.), locate your video in My Media and click to open. This will bring you to the video.
   
2. Click the Actions button and select Analytics.
   
   
3. This will bring you to the Analytics area. Here you may view the total number of visits, number of views, drop off rates, average view time, and the top engrossed viewers.