Kaltura Video Overview

While all NIC Kaltura con­tent will con­tin­ue to be host­ed on Cana­di­an servers, as of Jan­u­ary 2026 all BCNet insti­tu­tions, includ­ing NIC, will align with the U.S.-based Kaltura SaaS, allow­ing NIC to receive reg­u­lar plat­form updates in line with Kaltura’s main release cycle. Kaltura oper­ates under provin­cial and fed­er­al shared ser­vice agree­ments for post-sec­ondary insti­tu­tions.

Many of the 25 post-sec­ondary insti­tu­tions in BC have their own Medi­a­Space instal­la­tions, often inte­grat­ed into their learn­ing man­age­ment sys­tems. Like YouTube, Medi­a­Space allows users to add and share media and auto­mat­i­cal­ly adjusts video res­o­lu­tion for dif­fer­ent devices. Unlike YouTube, Medi­a­Space has no adver­tise­ments and does not store con­tent out­side of Cana­da. It is ful­ly BC FIPPA com­pli­ant.

What Can Kaltura Do?

NIC employ­ees and stu­dents can under­take any of the activ­i­ties list­ed below through My Media in Bright­space or through NIC Medi­a­Space. Stu­dents and fac­ul­ty can share video with their class­es via Brightspace’s Media Gallery or through an embed­ded video link.

*TIP: Access Kaltura Learn­ing Videos for a col­lec­tion of videos to find sup­port on how to use the plat­form.

This video pro­vides an ori­en­ta­tion to the use of Kaltura, what you might use it for and the basics of how to access and locate your col­lec­tion for upload­ing and embed­ding media.

Uses of Kaltura for Instructors

  • Embed­ding a video on an HTML page in the Bright­space Con­tent area
  • Embed­ding a video to an assign­men­t’s or dis­cus­sion’s instruc­tions area
  • Adding video to a Bright­space course’s Kaltura Media Gallery so stu­dents can see an entire col­lec­tion of course videos in one spot

Uses of Kaltura for Students

  • Mak­ing a video to intro­duce them­selves to their class by embed­ding it in a dis­cus­sion post OR adding it to the course’s Kaltura Media Gallery
  • Cre­at­ing a video or pod­cast for an assign­ment and then embed­ding it in the assign­ment sub­mis­sion area
  • Shar­ing a video with a class­mate or the instruc­tor via the email tool by embed­ding the video in the mes­sage