Kaltura: Channels

Overview

Kaltura is Oregon State University's video platform. Channels allow content owners to group media together in MediaSpace and restrict access to that media to only a defined list of users based on ONID usernames. Note: if you publish your media to a public category, adding that same media to a Channel will not restrict who has access to it.

Issue/Question

• How do I create a Channel?
• How do I add media to a Channel?
• How do I remove media from a Channel?
• How do I restrict access to a Channel?
• How do I approve or reject content submitted to a Channel?

Environment

• Oregon State
  • MediaSpace

Resolution

How do I create a Channel?

1. Visit My Channels in MediaSpace
2. Click "+ Create Channel" to create a Channel
3. Enter a name and description
4. Select the privacy setting for your channel; the options are:
   • Open - A user must be logged in (with their ONID username and password) to view content but only admin-role users and channel members can contribute content
   • Restricted - A user must be logged in (with their ONID username and password) to view content and only channel members can contribute content
   • Private - Only members of a channel can view or contribute content
   • Shared Repository - Only members of a channel can view and contribute content and content may be published to other channels
   • Public - Anyone can view content without logging in but only channel members can contribute content
5. Click Save

How do I add media to a Channel?

From the Channel's page:

• Visit My Channels in MediaSpace
• Select the Channel to which you'd like to add your media
• Click + Add Media
• Select a piece of content from the collection of content that you own
• If you have not yet uploaded your content, you will have the opportunity to do so here
• Click Add

From your media's page:

• Visit My Media in MediaSpace
• Click on the media you'd like to add to the Channel
• Select Publish from the Actions menu underneath the media
• Choose Published
• Choose the Publish in Channel tab
• You will be presented with a list of Channels to which you may submit content
• Check the box for the desired Channel or Channels
• Click Save

How do I remove media from a Channel?

A content owner can remove any of his media from a Channel to which it had been previously submitted. Channel managers can remove any content that has been previously submitted to their channel.

If you're a content owner:

• Visit My Media in MediaSpace
• Select the media you'd like to remove from a Channel
• Click the Publish tab underneath the media
• Choose Publish in Channel
• You will be presented with a list of Channels to which you may submit content
• Remove the checkbox next to the Channel from which you wish to remove your content
• Once the checkmark is removed, the media is removed from that Channel

If you're a Channel manager:

• Visit My Channels in MediaSpace
• Select the Channel from which you'd like to remove media
• On the left-hand side, you will be presented with the media currently in this Channel
• Pass your mouse over the media you wish to remove and click Remove
• Confirm that you want to remove this media by clicking Yes

How do I approve or reject content submitted to a Channel?

Channels must have moderation activated in order to approve or reject a submitted piece of media. Only a Channel manager or moderator may approve or reject content submitted to a Channel. To do this:

• Visit My Channels in MediaSpace
• Click Edit underneath the Channel you wish to delete
• Click the Pending tab
• Select the piece of media you wish to approve or reject
• Click either the Reject or Approve button

How do I restrict access to a Channel?

Upon creating a Channel, you determine if that Channel is Open, Restricted, Private, Shared Repository or Public. To modify a Channel's privacy:

• Visit My Channels in MediaSpace
• Click the Edit link underneath the desired Channel
• Select the privacy setting for your channel; the options are:
  • Open - A user must be logged in (with their ONID username and password) to view content but only admin-role users and channel members can contribute content
  • Restricted - A user must be logged in (with their ONID username and password) to view content and only channel members can contribute content
  • Private - Only members of a channel can view or contribute content
  • Shared Repository - Only members of a channel can view and contribute content and content may be published to other channels
  • Public - Anyone can view content without logging in but only channel members can contribute content
• Click Save

Depending on your choice, you are then required to define who is a member of your Channel if you wish them to access the content therein. You do this as follows:

• Visit My Channels in MediaSpace
• Click the Edit link underneath the desired Channel
• Click the Members tab
• Click Add Member
• Enter the ONID username of the person you'd like to add as a member
• Determine the permissions you would live to give to this member. They are:
  • Member: May view content in the Channel
  • Contributor: May view content in Channel and submit new content
  • Moderator: May view content in the Channel, submit new content, and approve submitted content if the Channel is moderated
  • Manager: Same permissions as the creator of the Channel; May view, submit and approve content, as well as Edit permissions, modify details of the Channel, or delete it outright
• Click Add

How do I delete a Channel?

Only a Channel manager may delete a Channel. To do this:

• Visit My Channels in MediaSpace
• Click Edit underneath the Channel you wish to delete
• Click the Advanced tab
• Click Delete Channel
• Confirm that you want to delete this Channel by clicking Yes

For assistance, contact the IS Service Desk.