Once you have used Kaltura Capture to record your video presentation, there may be parts you would like to edit. This article explains the different features available through Kaltura's Native Editor, as well as recommended software and workflows for using editing tools outside of Kaltura.
Kaltura Native Editor
Kaltura comes with basic editing functionality that can be accessed directly through your My Media portal in Canvas, and it does not require you to access the downloaded videos on your local machine. Kaltura's video editing tools offer various features including:
- Clip, trim, chop, and splice videos (e.g. Allows you to remove parts of the video, such as dead-air at the beginning and end (trim), or a cough from the middle (chop & splice).
For an step-by-step overview of Kaltura's Native Editor, please reference the help article: Overview of Kaltura's video editing tools. For a video tutorial Overview of Kaltura's Video Editor, please see the video below.
Using Editing Tools Outside of Kaltura
Before and After
Before you begin, you will need to save a copy of your video on your machine so you can import it into an editing tool and make your modifications. There are two ways you can do this:
- How to download Kaltura media items that you already own
- How to find Kaltura Capture Recordings on your local machine
After you have completed your video edits, you will want to upload your new video into Kaltura and embed it within your course.
Alternative Video Editing Software
Kaltura's Native Editor is limited in its features. For example, in a scenario where you want to combine multiple videos to create a single video file, we recommend utilizing other video editing software to complete this task.
For information on alternative video editing software recommendations, please reference the help article: Self Service Video Editing Software.
Sample Scenario Work Flow
Dawn recorded a 25 minute lecture for her Fall course which was current at the time. It is now Spring and her lecture slide at the 7-minute mark is no longer accurate. She would like to update just the outdated part without re-recording the entire lecture.
If Dawn does not need to re-record the slide within the context of the lecture presentation she should use the Chop and Splice tool within the Kaltura Editor to remove the outdated segment.
If Dawn wants to replace the outdated information with a new video recording, she should:
- Use Kaltura to record a new video that contains just her updated content.
- Download both the original video and her updated video from Kaltura (or make copies of the locally saved versions).
- Import the videos into Clipchamp or iMovie to remove the outdated segment and insert the updated video where needed.
- Merge and export these video segments as one new video.
- Upload it into Kaltura, and embed it within her course.