Kaltura Video Tool for Blackboard Ultra Dual Course Mode Environment

When your Blackboard Ultra environment is configured to support both Original Course View courses and Ultra Course View courses it is commonly referred to as a Dual Course Mode environment.  You can think of this as actually two LMS environments deployed together that are wrapped by the Blackboard Ultra experience navigation.  As these course modes have different frameworks, they require different integration approaches to support them. 

Blackboard Ultra Original Course View courses utilize Blackboard's Building Block (B2) technology.

The B2 technology supports the following Kaltura components found within Blackboard Ultra Original Course View courses:

  • Course Media Gallery
  • BrowseandEmbed (Mashup Tool)
  • Video Quiz
  • Shared Repository

Blackboard Ultra Course View courses utilize LTI Tool Provider technology.

The Kaltura Tool Provider domain supports the following Kaltura components found within Blackboard Ultra Original Course View courses:

  • Course Media Gallery
  • Kaltura Embed
  • Video Quiz

Shared Repository is not currently supported using an LTI  ToolProvide

The Blackboard Ultra experience navigation utilizes LTI Tool Provider technology.

The Kaltura Tool Provider domain supports the following Kaltura component found on the  Blackboard Ultra experience navigation page

  • My Media
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