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Kaltura Drexel Streams -- Channels

Introduction

Channels let you organize videos you have saved under your account in Kaltura or Drexel Streams.

It's debatable how useful they are.

Create a Channel

Click link above to collapse this area.

  1. Login to Drexel One with Drexel userid and password.
    https://one.drexel.edu

  2. Click "Campus+Community."
    Campus and Community link in DrexelOne.png

  3. Scroll down under "Technology Services," click "Drexel Streams."

    Drexel Streams link in DrexelOne.png

  4. On the new webpage, click your name in the upper right.

    Your name will appear instead of "Michael Galloway."

     Name link in upper right in Drexel Streams.png

  5. Click "My Channels" link under your name in the upper right.

    Your name will appear instead of "Michael Galloway."

     My Channels link under Name link in upper right in Drexel Streams.png

  6. Click "Create Channel."

    Create Channel button on My Channels page in Drexel Streams.png

     

  7. Enter a Name, Description (optional), and Tags (recommended but optional).

    1. Separate "Tag" words or phrases by commas.

       Name Description Tags fields in Create a New Channel page in Drexel Streams.png

       

  8. Select "Private" under "Privacy."

    1. Unless you want others to be able to add videos to this channel.

      Private selection under Privacy section in New Channel page in Drexel Streams.png

       

  9. Click "Save" at bottom of page.

     Save button on New Channel page in Drexel Streams.png

     

  10. A message will save "information saved," meaning the new channel is created.

    New Channel saved succesfully message.png
     Your channel will not be named "Skype Video Test Channel."

  11. Click the "Back to Channel" button at the bottom of the page, if you wish to start adding videos to the channel.

    Back to Channel button on a Channel page in Drexel Streams.png 

Adding Audio or Videos to a Channel

  1. Navigate to the Drexel Streams channel you wish to add videos to.

    1. If you are not looking at this Drexel Streams channel, and do not know how to find a channel, click the link below.

      1. FindingYourChannel
      2. Then return here. Above link simply takes you further down this webpage.

  2. Click the "Add to Channel" button.

     Add to Channel button on channel page in Drexel Streams.png

     

  3. Type text in the "Search" box to search for videos to add to the channel.

    1. Press Enter/Return on the keyboard after typing in search words or phrases.

       Search for videos to add to channel in Drexel Streams.png

       

  4. Wait 10-20 seconds for results to load.

  5. Select videos to add to the channel from the search results.

    1. Check the box next to each video you wish to add.

      You can check/select other videos or checkboxes, of course, and you will likely not be searching for "Skype" videos.

       Select videos to add to channel in Drexel Streams.png

  6. Click "Publish" to add the selected videos to the channel.

    Of course, you will likely not be searching for "Skype" videos.

    Click Publish to add selected videos to channel in Drexel Streams.png 

  7. Wait 10-20 seconds for videos to be added to channel.

  8. A green "All media was published successfully" message will appear at the top of the webpage.

    1. This means the videos have been added to the channel.

      Your channel will not be called "Skype Video Test Channel."
      All media was published successfully on channel page in Drexel Streams.png

Finding Your Channel

  1. Login to Drexel One with Drexel userid and password.
    1. https://one.drexel.edu

  2. Click "Campus & Community."

     Campus and Community link in DrexelOne (1).png

  3. Scroll down under "Technology Services," click "Drexel Streams."

    Drexel Streams link in DrexelOne (1).png

  4. On the new webpage, click your name in the upper right.

    Your name will appear instead of "Michael Galloway."

     Name link in upper right in Drexel Streams (1).png

  5. Click "My Channels" link under your name in the upper right.

    Your name will appear instead of "Michael Galloway."

    My Channels link under Name link in upper right in Drexel Streams (1).png 

  6. Search for a channel.

    1. Or "View Channels I Manage" and choose to see channels you are a member of, or are subscribed to.

  7. Click the channel title link form the search results.

Sharing Your Channel

A Drexel faculty or professional staff member or active adjunct or instructor has to login to Drexel Connect or DrexelOne and visit the Drexel Streams webpage *before* they can view a video, no matter if the "Open" or "Restricted" or "Private" option is selected for the channel.

Doing so creates a Drexel Streams profile that is needed for accessing any videos shared this way on Drexel Streams.

A Drexel student is *not* able to watch any Drexel Streams video in a channel, unless

  • it's embedded in a Bb Learn course shell, 
  • or Drexel ITG (central Bb Learn office) modifies that particular student's Drexel Streams or Drexel online profile
  • or possibly if that video own permissions are set to "Unlisted," which makes the videos viewable by anyone with a direct link to the video.

Drexel students cannot access Drexel Streams by default, so they cannot create a profile.

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