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There are times when you only want certain students to view content in Blackboard. There are a few ways to make content available to select students.

 

Sharing Echo360 Videos

There are a few different ways to share Echo360 videos with select students. You can create groups at echo360.org and share with select students or you can create adaptive release rules on a folder in Blackboard and share the videos in Blackboard. Read this post for the different ways to share Echo360 recordings with students.

 

Adding a Co-Viewer to a Kaltura Video

If you need a student to view a video that you have uploaded to Kaltura, you can add them as a viewer in Kaltura. 

Step 1: Add Your Video to Kaltura

You first need to be sure that your video is in Kaltura.

If you are recording a class session using Zoom, this is automatically done.

You can also upload media that you created to Kaltura. 

Step 2: Add a Co-Viewer to Your Video
  1. Go to video.uark.edu.
  2. Click Guest in the upper right corner.
  3. Click Login.
  4. Login with your UARK email and password if prompted.
  5. Click your name in the upper right corner.
  6. Click My Media.
  7. To the right of the video you want to share, click the pencil icon.
  8. Click Collaboration.
  9. Click + Add Collaborators.
  10. Type in the email address of the users who you would like to grant access to and click their name when it appears. Note: if their name does not appear, they may need to login to video.uark.edu to activate their account.
  11. Check the box next to Co-viewer.
  12. Click Add.
  13. If you need to delete someone, click the X to the right of their name. This will revoke access.
  14. The collaborators can access the videos by logging in to video.uark.edu and viewing their media.

 

Step 3: How to View a Shared Video

Here are instructions for co-viewers to acess the shared videos:

  1. Go to video.uark.edu
  2. Click Guest in the upper right corner.
  3. Click Login.
  4. Login with your UARK email and password.
  5. Click your name in the upper right corner.
  6. Click My Media.
  7. The video should appear in the list. If you cannot find it, you can filter by videos where you are a viewer.

 

Add Content and Videos to Adaptive Release Folders in Blackboard

You can also use adaptive release rules in Blackboard, to make content and videos available only to select students of your choosing. You will first need to create a folder that has an adaptive release rule for membership and add the content to that folder. You can also see who can view the folder by looking at “user progress.” This is ideal if you have different types of content to share with many students.

Step 1: Add your Content

For synchronous recordings:

  • We recommend using Zoom to record your live synchronous/ineractive sessions and the recordings will be sent to Kaltura.
    • A note about synchronous/interactive class recordings: the recommended method for making synchronous sessions – those used for remote teaching – available to select students is to use Zoom to record because the recordings are automatically sent to Kaltura which allows for easy embedding and adaptive release in Blackboard.While it is possible to adaptively release content that is recorded with Collaborate Ultra, it is a lot more difficult to achieve because these videos are automatically published to the course and allow for students to view the content as soon as it is available. You then need to download, delete, and upload to Kaltura. Because of this, we do not recommend using Collaborate Ultra for this purpose.

Asynchronous Recordings:

Files and other Content:

  • For all other content (files, weblinks, etc), you can simply upload to the adaptive release folder as you would in other course areas.
Step 2: Create a Content Folder with an Adaptive Release Rule
  1. In the left menu of the course, Click the section where you want the recordings to appear (ex. Content, Recordings, etc.)
  2. Click Build Content.
  3. Click Content Folder.
  4. Name the Folder and make sure that “Yes” is selected for Permit Users to View this Content.
  5. Find the Folder (it should appear at the bottom of the page).
  6. Click the arrow to the right of the folder name to edit.
  7. Select Adaptive Release.
  8. Scroll to the Membership section.
  9. Click Browse and check the box beside the student names that you would like to have access to the content.
  10. Click Submit.
  11. You will see that the folder says “Item is available, but some students or groups may not have access.” This is correct.

See it in action!

 

 

 

 

Step 3: Check Which Users Can View the Folder

To see which students can view the folder

  1. Click the arrow beside the folder.
  2. Select User Progress.
  3. This shows you who can see the content and who cannot. If there is a line through the eye, students cannot view the folder or its contents.

See it in action!

Step 4: Add the Content to the Folder

You can now add content to the folder. To add files you can click Build Content then File to upload your documents.

For Echo360 videos, see the section on sharing videos with adaptive release in this post.

For class recordings or video in Kaltura:

  1. Upload your recordings to Kaltura if necessary.
  2. Click the Name of the Folder.
  3. Click Build Content.
  4. Click Item
  5. In the content editor click Mashups. Note: you may need to expand the menu by clicking the icon in the far upper left corner if you do not see Mashups.
  6. Select Kaltura Media.
  7. Click the Embed button next to the video you wish to upload.
  8. Click Submit.
  9. Repeat for additional videos. Note: we do not recommend uploading several videos to a single item. Each video should be created as its own content item to prevent errors and issues from occurring.

See it in Action!