Media stitching in Canvas

About

Would you like to combine multiple videos and images into one video? It's very easy with Kaltura's Media Stitching tool. This tool allows you to easily create new, original videos by stitching together existing content.

Prerequisite

Your administrator must first enable the mediastitching module.

Let's stitch

1. Access My Media.
2. Click the Add New menu and choose Stitch videos.



The Stitch video page displays. 



3. Type a name for your new video in the New video name field.



4. In the Choose media to stitch section on the left, choose the media that you want to stitch together by clicking the add buttonsnext to the items (if you have a long list, you can use the Search option to locate items). 



5. The selected items on the left show a check symboland move into the Media to stitch together section on the right. If you decide you don't want that item, just click  again to remove it.

You can stitch media that you are the owner or co-editor of.

You must select at least two items, and no more than five.

6. To manually reorder media in the list, grab the two lines to the left of the media and drag to the desired position. 



You can also click the three dots menu next to an item, and move it to the top or bottom of the list, or remove it from the list.  



The duration of a stitched video can't be longer than five hours.

7. When you've added all your media, click Create.



You will be navigated to the Edit entry page where you can add a description and tags to your new video.



8. After you have filled in the metadata, click Save.



You can click Go to Media to see your new content or you can view it in My Media.

The image below shows a stitched video. A timeline break is visible as the player transitions from one segment to the next.

If you'd like to edit the stitched video, see our article Kaltura video editing tools.