Creating and Sharing a Video Assignment

Overview

Faculty can assign students video assignments for class. Metro State has several technologies that can be used to complete video assignments. This article provides information on how to create a video, store the video, and then submit the video within D2L Brightspace.

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Provisioning your MediaSpace Account

All students, staff, and faculty have the ability to create and use a Kaltura MediaSpace account.

  1. Go to MediaSpace (mediaspace.minnstate.edu) 
  2. Log in with your StarID (only) and password

Once you have logged in, your account has been provisioned. You can store your videos and easily share your videos from MediaSpace.

MediaSpace Resources

  • See MinnState's About Kaltura Mediaspace (KA #1733) (requires using your Microsoft login).
  • For more about Kaltura's Express Capture, visit their knowledge center. Express Capture allows you to create videos, however, we recommend the use of Zoom for recording videos as the consistency across the different operating systems and mobile platforms make it an easier product to use and support. 

Recording your Presentation using Zoom

One option available to you as a student, staff, or faculty is to record your presentation sharing your screen and/or camera.

To record in Zoom:

  1. Go to Zoom (minnstate.zoom.us) 
  2. Select the Host button
  3. Log in with your StarID (only) and password
  4. Take the time to set up your PowerPoint. When you are ready, from Zoom, use the green Share button at the bottom center of Zoom or use the keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+S (PC) or Command⌘+Shift⇧+S (Mac).
    1. From the Share window, you can select a Screen, it will show EVERYTHING on your screen, or,
    2. From the Share window, select your PowerPoint presentation. This option will only share your presentation.
    3. If your shared content has audio within (perhaps a video clip within your PowerPoint), make sure to select the Share sound in Options.
  5. Once you are set up and ready to record, select Record from the menu bar. Most likely, if you are sharing your screen, it will be within the More (ellipses) dropdown.
  6. It is important you select "Record to the cloud." Short cuts are Alt + C on PC or Command⌘+Shift⇧+C on Mac.
  7. Upon completion of the recording, simply use the same short cut again (in step 6) to quit recording.
  8. Close out of Zoom when done. When Zoom is closed the video will be processed in Zoom. Once processing is complete, Zoom will send a copy of the recording to your MediaSpace account.
    Please note, if you skipped provisioning your MediaSpace account, the Zoom video will not transfer.

You will receive an email in your Metro State email account from Zoom when your video has processed through Zoom. You will receive an email notification about captions being completed through Zoom. Finally, you will also receive an email from Kaltura saying your video is processed in MediaSpace. It is at this point, you can move on to sharing your recording.

Zoom Resources

Sharing Zoom Recording through MediaSpace

There are three different means of sharing a Zoom recording through MediaSpace. Two are applicable to students and all three can be applicable to faculty.

Sharing MediaSpace as a Link (Student and Faculty)

 The link to a video is an option that works with any mode of communication. It will work on a website, an email, as a link in D2L, in an assignment note field or within a Word document submitted to an assignment folder.

  1. Go to MediaSpace (mediaspace.minnstate.edu) 
  2. Log in with your StarID (only) and password
  3. Select the title of the video you want to share from your media list
  4. Ensure you have the video published
    1. From the Actions dropdown menu, below the video, select Publish
    2. Below the video again, select Unlisted as the publish option.
    3. Select Save
  5. Grab the link to share
    1. Select the Share tab located to the left of the Actions menu
    2. A link will be displayed. Copy the link (Ctrl+C (PC) or Command⌘+C (Mac)
  6. Place the link where you would like by using the short cut for paste: (Ctrl+V (PC) or Command⌘+V (Mac)

Sharing MediaSpace Video Embedded in D2L (Student and Faculty)

The HTML editor allows for you to embed videos within just about everything in D2L: Announcements (faculty), HTML Content pages (faculty), Discussions, Assignments, Quizzes, gradebook feedback (faculty), and several other places. 

  1. Go to D2L Brightspace (metrostate.learn.minnstate.edu).
  2. Navigate to your course (either through the waffle, select a course widget, to the left of your name in D2L Brightspace or by scrolling down and locating your course in the My Courses widget).
  3. Navigate to where you want to place the video, any of the D2L tools mentioned above.
  4. In the editor, place your cursor where you wish to embed your video.
  5. Within the editor the button you are looking for is about midway through the upper line of the editor and is labeled Insert Stuff. The button itself contains what looks like a Play Pause Record and Stop button:
    Screen shot of Insert Stuff button: a combination of old VCR buttons Play Pause Record and Stop buttons.Select Insert Stuff.
  6. From the list, select Kaltura Media.
  7. Kaltura will connect and you can search for the video you wish to use in your MediaSpace library.
  8. When you have found the video you wish to use, select the Embed button.
  9. D2L will bring you to a preview panel, select the Insert button. Your video will embed where you had your cursor.
  10. When you have finished adding any contextual comments, make sure to select Save/Save and Close (depending on the tool).

Sharing MediaSpace Video in D2L Content (Faculty)

  1. Go to D2L Brightspace (metrostate.learn.minnstate.edu).
  2. Navigate to your course (either through the waffle, select a course widget, to the left of your name in D2L Brightspace or by scrolling down and locating your course in the My Courses widget).
  3. Navigate to the Content section of the course. (Content is found in Materials dropdown menu.)
  4. Select the Existing Activities button in the module you want the video.
  5. Select Kaltura Media. (You can search for your media using the search media field.)
  6. On the video you wish to embed, select the embed button to the right of the video.
  7. D2L will place an external learning tool link within that module. You have successfully linked your video into D2L Brightspace Content.

Creating a video from PowerPoint

To start, you will need to narrate your presentation. There a couple different ways to narrate a PowerPoint. Once the narrations are created, you can export your PowerPoint in video format (mp4) and upload it to MediaSpace for sharing.

Create a recording from the beginning

  1. Select Record from the menu ribbon and then select From Beginning.
  2. Follow on-screen prompts to start recording

Record audio on each slide

  1. Select Insert on the menu bar and then select Audio 
  2. Select Record Audio. Here you can record the audio for just the slide
  3. Complete all the slides that need audio

Import audio from your computer

  1. Using your own audio recording solution, you can embed mp3s or wav files into PowerPoint.
  2. Select Insert on the menu bar and then select Audio
  3. Select Audio on my PC (Audio from File... on Mac)

What may be necessary with this option is to enter times manually for slides.

  1. Select the audio icon. 
  2. Find the length of time the audio is.
    1. This is done by either hovering your mouse over the time line that will present it self on selecting the audio icon
    2. OR, play the audio and find the time displayed at the end of the audio
  3. On that slide then, on the Transitions tab, place a check mark in After and enter the time needed for the slide: minutes:seconds.milliseconds

Hiding your audio icon for the presentation

Audio Icon

The audio icon is normally placed in the center of the slide, however you do not want to display that icon in a video of your slides. You could drag the icon off the slide or use a hide feature. To hide your icon during the slide presentation:

  1. Select the audio icon (shown above) on the slide
  2. On the navigation bar, select Playback
  3. Place a check mark in "Hide During Show"

Exporting your Presentation to Video

  1. Select File
  2. Select Export
  3. Select Create a Video
  4. Choose video quality
  5. Select Use Recorded Timings and Narrations
  6. Select Create Video
  7. A pop-up window will appear, allowing you to choose where to save the export. Name your export, select Export. Sit back and wait.

PowerPoint Resources

Uploading a video to MediaSpace

Creating your own video using your own method or by using PowerPoint to export your video, we recommend using MediaSpace to distribute your video through one of the methods previously discussed in sharing your video.

  1. Go to MediaSpace (mediaspace.minnstate.edu) 
  2. Log in with your StarID (only) and password
  3. Select Add New (upper right corner)
  4. From the dropdown menu select Media Upload
  5. Drag your video into the upload Media box or use the finder to locate your video
  6. MediaSpace will start uploading your file. You can watch the progress of the upload.
    1. Take the time to make sure your Publish status is Unlisted.
  7. When complete, select Save. Then choose a means to share your video.
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