Kaltura: Download Kaltura Videos

Kaltura

Sometimes you may like to save a copy of your videos to a new computer, or to allow students access to download videos to view offline.

If you have uploaded video to Kaltura My Media and would like to download a copy of your media, you can do so as follows:

In your Canvas course menu, click on My Media.
To the right of the video you would like to download, click the pencil icon.
The Edit video page comes up. In the black bar below the video, click on the download icon. The video will download to your computer.

If you would like to allow students to download your videos from Kaltura , you can do so as follows:

In your Canvas course menu, click on My Media.
To the right of the (published) video you would like to allow downloads for, click the pencil icon.
The Edit video page comes up.
1. Select the Downloads tab below the video.
2. Check the box next to "Original (Source)"
3. Click the Save button.
The video is now downloadable by students. To disable this feature, repeat the above steps, but uncheck the box in B above.

If video download has been enabled, you can download a video as follows.

In your Canvas course menu, click on Media Gallery.
In the list of videos that comes up, click on the video that you would like to download.
On the video page that comes up, below the video is a Details button. If the Details button includes a drop-down with a Download option, then the video owner has enabled downloads. Click on Download.
A list of available download options will display. Click on the download icon. The video will download to your computer.

To learn more about Kaltura, contact ctl.helpdesk@ubc.ca.

UBC Okanagan Centre for Teaching and Learning Kaltura Directory

Updated July 2020