Kaltura Virtual Classrom

Kaltura Virtual Classroom is a new utility that has been provided free for 90 days of use by Kaltura to customers that have been affected by the COVID-19 virus. We have enabled the Virtual Classrom functions within our environment and they are available for you to test-drive. Any teaching faculty this semester should be already enabled to be an instructor using this utility, all other users will automatically enter as participants. 

Contents

  • Features of Kaltura Virtual Classroom
  • Getting started with a test drive of Kaltura Virtual Classroom
  • Want to use Kaltura Virtual Classroom for your class?
  • System Requirements
  • Using your own Virtual Classroom

Features of Kaltura Virtual Classroom

  • Digital Whiteboard
  • Cloud Recording
  • Screen Sharing
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Real Time Notes
  • Live Quizzes
  • Cloud Storage
  • Focus Detection
  • Up to 25 Live Cameras

 

Getting started with a test drive of Kaltura Virtual Classroom

  • In a web browser, open https://video.olivet.edu
  • Click Guest User in the upper right
  • Click Login
  • Enter your username (NOT username@olivet.edu) and password
  • Click My Channels
  • Click on "Kaltura Classroom Test 2" or "Kaltura Classroom Test 3"
  • Click Launch Live Room
  • Classroom will launch
    • To end the classroom, Click Back above the classroom stage, or click the back browser button
  • To invite other participants
    • Click on the 3 dots next to Participants in the menu
    • Click Invite
    • Click Copy to copy out the URL for the room
    • Send the URL to other participants

Keep in mind these are experimental rooms:

  • Content is persistent. Anything uploaded or adjusted will remain available within the room to other participants that join. 
  • There is no end time set for these rooms. 
  • All teaching faculty are shared owners of these rooms. 

 

Want to use Kaltura Virtual Classroom for your class?

  • Put in a request with IT to enable a production virtual room
    • Rooms can be created for your department to share
    • An individual room can also be created for individual instructors
  • Please provide the name of the department or instructor. This will be the name that appears on the room, and the Kaltura channel.
  • Provide a list of usernames of individuals that need to be instructors/moderators of the room.

 

System Requirements

Virtual Classroom is supported on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome, iOS and Android
Full recommendations by Kaltura can be found here

 

Using your own Virtual Classroom

  • Request a new room (see bullet point above)
  • In a web browser, open https://video.olivet.edu
  • Click Guest User in the upper right
  • Click Login
  • Enter your username (NOT username@olivet.edu) and password
  • Click My Channels
  • Click on "Virtual Classroom: {Name}" (if you cannot see the channel listed, type "virtual classroom" in the search field)
  • Copy the URL in the browser when the page loads and save this link to access the channel/room directly
  • Click Launch Live Room
  • Classroom will launch
    • To end the classroom, Click Back above the classroom stage, or click the back browser button
  • To invite other participants
    • Click on the 3 dots next to Participants in the menu
    • Click Invite
    • Click Copy to copy out the URL for the room (this URL should not change at all, so copy and save this to share later)
      • Attackers are targeting open meetings. It is very highly recommended to avoid sharing this link in any publicly available​​​​​ space such as social media.
      • Consider adding a password for additional security
    • Send the URL to other participants
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