Kaltura – Multimedia Open Source Tools in MoodleAna Thompson – Casper College

WHAT IS IT?

Kaltura

Open source originated from Israel

New York-based company founded in 2006

Video management, creation, interaction, and collaboration

IntegrationMoodle, Blackboard, Sakai, Drupal,

Joomla, WordPress, Wikipedia, Facebook, Ruby, PHP

Who is using Kaltura?

User Options

Commercial site http://corp.kaltura.com/solutions/education_videoOn-Prem - Self-hosted Enterprise

EditionSaaS – Software-as-a-ServiceOEM – Self-integration

Kaltura Community http://www.kaltura.org/CE – Community Edition

Use Samples

Video editing and annotation:

http://corp.kaltura.com/technology/editing_and_annotation

MOODLE PLUGIN

Moodle Releases

Kaltura CE Alpha 1.0First public release May 5, 2009

Moodle Plugin Official Release January 21, 2010

o 100% free community-supported, self-hosted

o Video extension based on Kaltura's SaaS platform

CASPER COLLEGE PILOT

Casper College

Using Moodle since 2007Self-hosted optionAdmin support provided by Remote

Learner Started using Kaltura Moodle

plugin July 2009 – Alpha versionSaaS model

o 5 GB max uploadso “Unlimited” bandwidtho KMC for admins

Components

Video Presentation resourceUses PowerPoint widget

o .doc, .docx, .pdf, .xls, xlsx .ppt, .pptx, .odt, .ods,

Video resourceNon-editable

o *.flv, *.asf, *.qt, *.mov, *.mpg, *.avi, *.wmv

Editableo Standard Video Editor (images, audio,

transitions)

Kaltura assignmentVideo submissions by studentsGrade and feedback

Components (cont.)

Resource Menu

Activity Menu

Adding Video Resource

Upload Video

Video Presentation

Video

Assignment

REWARDS AND LESSONS

LessonsCommunicationPilot environmentUpgrades

RewardsSaaS

o No on-site maintenanceo Video bandwidth off-siteo Captioning opportunity

Contribute to community

QUESTIONS??