Overview
Kaltura allows you to add specific other UCSD community members as "collaborators" for any piece of media. You can allow them to publish, edit, or just view your media, but in any of those cases they'll see it in their "My Media."
These instructions apply to all UCSD Kaltura community members with active directory credentials.
Collaborators can be added in Canvas or in MediaSpace.
Critical Concepts
- Role definitions. See the table below for information about each collaborator role.
| Role | Definition |
|---|---|
| Co-Viewer | Can see your video in their "My Media" but can only view it. |
| Co-Publisher | Can see your video in their "My Media" and publish it to other courses (Canvas) or channels (MediaSpace) of which they're a member. Not able to edit the entry. |
| Co-Editor | Can edit all the details of your video - title, description, captions, etc - and download it. Not able to publish it. |
- You can assign multiple roles. A co-editor alone can't publish that piece of media, nor can a co-publisher alone edit it. But you can assign a user as both a co-editor and a co-publisher if you want.
- The user must have an existing Kaltura account. For Canvas users, this means they must have visited "My Media" or a Media Gallery at least once. In MediaSpace, it means they need to have logged into the site at least once.
- It's on a video-by-video basis. If you want to add collaborators to more than a few videos, let us know at kaltura@ucsd.edu and we can perform this bulk action on the back end.
Steps to Take
| In Canvas | In MediaSpace |
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- Locate the video you want to share, and click the pencil icon on the right side of its row.
- Click the Collaboration tab under the video preview.
- Click + Add Collaborator.
- Search for and select the username of whom you'd like to add as a collaborator. (Remember that they need to have a Kaltura account in order to find them, as mentioned in the "critical concepts" section above.)
- Identify the role(s) that you want the other user to have. (Use the descriptions above if needed.)
- Once you've identified the user and the role, click Add. You'll be brought back to the previous screen and you should see the user listed with the appropriate role below.
You can revoke the permissions that you've provided to any collaborators by removing them from the respective role in the table at the bottom of the "Collaborators" page.
If you still have questions or need additional assistance, feel free to contact us at kaltura@ucsd.edu.