Video Portal and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF)

Version: 5.149.x

Date Released: March 24, 2025

What's new?

Enhanced calendar invites – more customization, easier management

Managing calendar invites is now easier and more customizable for all invitations to meetings or sessions in the Kaltura Rooms, webcasts, Simulive, and VOD with an upcoming schedule. These updates ensure attendees receive the right information with improved clarity around event details.

• Edit invite title & location – Admins can now update the title and location in calendar invites sent after registration to provide accurate details.
• Send invites via email – Users can have calendar invites sent directly to their email instead of downloading them manually. Admins can enable this feature in the Configuration Management console. (KMS-30854)
• Customize invite text – Admins can modify the text in calendar invites that users receive when adding scheduled sessions to their calendars. (KMS-31028)
• New iCalendar module – Admins can now manage all the 'Add to calendar' settings in one centralized place within the video portal Configuration Management console.

 For more information, check out the iCalendar module and the EmailTemplates module.

Resolved issues

Resolved accessibility issues

Version: 5.148.x

Date Released: March 10, 2025

What's new?

• Seamless compatibility with Moodle 4.5

The updated Kaltura Moodle plugin now fully supports Moodle v4.5 (LTS), ensuring a smooth transition for institutions upgrading their LMS version. This update also maintains compatibility with Moodle 4.3 and 4.4.

New enhancements are available as part of this update:

More automated student activity tracking (ILMS-705)

• Instructors can now set a rule requiring students to submit an assignment before an activity is marked complete. Adding “Make a submission” as a requirement in Moodle’s activity settings improves tracking accuracy and reduces manual effort. This eliminates the need for instructors to manually check submissions before marking activities as complete.

  

Set reminders for video-based tasks

Students and instructors can now schedule reminders in Timeline for Kaltura Video Assignments and Video Resources, helping them stay on top of deadlines, improving time management, and reducing missed submissions.

Quick access to My Media (ILMS-707)

Admins can now add My Media to the user menu, giving students and instructors a direct shortcut to their personal video libraries. This update simplifies navigation, making it faster and more convenient to find and manage media.

For more information on how to set this up, read here.

• Easier video labeling with search in Theming

Adding custom tags and labels to videos helps improve discoverability, making content easier to find and use across relevant contexts. As metadata lists grow, selecting the right labels can become time-consuming. To streamline this process, we added a searchable dropdown for listType - Multi, allowing faster and more efficient metadata selection, especially for organizations managing large video collections:

• Interactive video embedding is supported in Player v7

Instructors and content creators can now embed interactive videos (AKA RAPT or Interactive Video Paths) in their Video Portal and LMS Video using Kaltura Player v7. This update enables seamless integration of decision-based learning experiences, making interactive content more accessible and engaging.

Resolved issues

Resolved accessibility issues

Version: 5.147.x

Date Released: February 24, 2025

What's new?

New Theming pages and enhancements!

Video Portal (KMS) & LMS Video

Channel / Media Gallery additions

• Search - Search is now available on Theming Channel/Media Gallery pages, allowing users to find media and playlists within it quickly and easily. Read more here.
• Media filters - Filters are now available in the Media tab of the Theming Channel/Media Gallery page. Use filters to refine your media results based on specific attributes for easier content discovery. Read more here.

  

Video Portal (KMS)

The new Kaltura Room experience

The new Kaltura Room is now available in the Video Portal, with major enhancements over the legacy room (Newrow): A beautiful, modern interface for a more engaging user experience, advanced branding options; rich, powerful chat & collaboration tools, with quick polls, quizzes, survey questions, and a private backchannel chat for moderators; interlude templates (customizable transition videos with music and live countdown), and a private green room for speakers and admins to collaborate during breaks.

The Kaltura Room is unique in that it is a persistent room built for learning, offering special features like Storyboard (allowing instructors to prepare the session in advance, by uploading materials into the room and organizing them sequentially), whiteboards, Miro boards, breakout rooms, and more.

Adding the room to your video portal will allow you to train, upskill, and collaborate in real-time directly within your video platform, having recordings automatically ingested and curated, and creating a seamless, more secure user experience, eliminating the waste and risk of platform switching.

The new room has two modes: interactive (up to 25 on stage/100 total participants) and webinar (10 on stage/300 total participants).

Learn more here.

Revamped and unified Channels page

We’re excited to introduce the revamped, Theming-based, Channels page! To streamline the experience, All Channels and My Channels have been combined into a single unified page, making it easier to browse and find channels in your video portal. Read more here.

LMS Video (KAF)

New publishing flow in Theming - The new Theming publish flow is now available in KAF!

• Publish your media directly from My Media (now with bulk publish support).
• Publish from the Media Page itself for a more streamlined experience. 

Read more here.

Quiz analytics enhancements!

(Available in both KMS & KAF)

To improve support for larger user groups (over 500 participants), the quiz analytics feature has been enhanced with the following updates:

• New report available: A new report is now accessible, making it easier to handle and review data from a larger number of quiz submissions.
• Submissions ordered by 'last submitted': Quiz submissions are now automatically sorted based on the most recent submission, allowing for quicker tracking of recent activity.
• Improved user information flow: Accessing individual user details has been streamlined for a more efficient and intuitive experience when viewing quiz attempts and scores.

Read more here. (KMS-30836)

Resolved issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.146.x

Date Released: February 10, 2025

What's new?

• Clickable links in PDF document entries - We’re excited to share that PDF links are now clickable within document entries! This enhancement improves accessibility and streamlines navigation for users. Read more about document entries here.

• Video Portal Theming now applies to C&C - With this enhancement, Video Portal's Theming design system is now automatically applied to C&C, eliminating the need for duplicate updates. Any changes made to Video Portal Theming will now seamlessly be reflected in C&C. (KMS-27836)

Upcoming

• Theming for the All Channels page.
• New Search and Filters in Channel Theming pages.
• BSE work to provide better BSE embeds in different sizes/aspect ratios on all LMSs. (KMS-30542)
• Kaltura’s new Room with chat and interactions in the video portal.

Resolved issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.145.x

Date Released: January 28, 2025

What's New

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Search in Video Portal and LMS Video!

This powerful enhancement builds on our advanced search capabilities, making all content in your central video repository fully searchable. OCR allows users to find information based on text visible within the video itself—such as text displayed in slides, charts, graphs, or other visual elements—helping students and employees locate what they need instantly, boosting productivity and efficiency.

Enhance your content accessibility and discoverability today with OCR!



To enable OCR search, configure the Search module in your KMS/KAF admin.

Read more about OCR in search here.

• Drive registration and engagement with clickable videos in your playlist component

  Admins can now make videos in restricted playlists clickable on public template pages. Clicking prompts users to log in to watch the video, turning previews into a powerful tool for driving registration and engagement.

  Enable this feature by using the clickableThumbs field for the playlist component in the TemplatePages module in your KMS admin. To learn more, click here. (KMS-30606)

Upcoming

• Theming for the All Channels page.
• New Search and Filters in Channel Theming pages.
• BSE work to provide better BSE embeds in different sizes/aspect ratios on all LMSs. (KMS-30542)
• Kaltura’s new Room with chat and interactions in the video portal.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.144.x

Date Released: January 14, 2025

What's New

• Publish from upload - Users can now update the media publish status (private/ unlisted/ publish) directly from the upload page, simplifying the process and enhancing workflow efficiency. This feature makes it easy to choose the publish status immediately after uploading media. Visit Upload media for information.
  

• Add support for Kaltura messaging service - We have added the latest Kaltura Messaging Service to KMS email sending capabilities (configured from the emailService module). This messaging service is based on SendGrid, and once enabled, can be applied to any registration emails, password recovery emails, or email invitations. (KMS-29222)
  With this update, KMS aligns with other Kaltura products already using his service, and future plans are to expand its use to include the notification services. Visit EmailService module for information.

• Security improvements - 
  • Removed unsafe-eval from the Content Security Policy on all Theming pages, improving overall security (KMS-30118).
  • Improved security measures for video replacement processes to ensure better protection (KMS-30457).

Upcoming

• Theming for the All Channels page.
• BSE work to provide better BSE embeds in different sizes/aspect ratio on all LMSs. (KMS-30542)
• New Kaltura room with chat and interactions in the video portal.
  
  

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.143.x

Date Released: December 29, 2024

What's New

• Resume playlists from where you left off with the V7 player - The V7 player now lets you pick up exactly where you left off in a playlist. Previously, the history module allowed users to resume playback only within a single video, saving the last watched position. This update extends that capability to playlists, so you can continue seamlessly from where you stopped, whether in a video or an entire playlist. (KMS-26170)
• Cleaner and better-looking mobile registration pages - Registration-related pages have been improved for mobile devices. These enhancements fix alignment issues and reduce unnecessary spacing on the Post-registration, Login, and Forgot Password pages, ensuring a smoother and more visually appealing experience. (KMS-29678)

Upcoming

• BSE work to provide better BSE embeds in different sizes/aspect ratio on all LMSs. (KMS-30542)
• New auth method allowing quicker access to the event sites.
• New Kaltura room with chat and interactions in the Video Portal.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.142.x

Date Released: December 16, 2024

What's New

• ‘Media I own’ filter in My Media - The updated Ownership filter in My Media now allows users to search specifically for content they own, separately from content owned by groups they are in. (KMS-29612)
  
• My Media - Bulk publishing - Another missing piece of the puzzle has been added to Theming-based My Media: the ability to publish multiple media items at once. This feature will be automatically enabled for any instance already using Theming-based My Media.(KMS-27697)
  
• 'Created from' indicator - A new indicator, showCreatedFromIndicator, is now available for Theming-based media pages. This feature allows admins to display the original content from which media was created, such as clips or quizzes.
  
• Custom Share modal configuration - The Theming-based Share modal box can now be customized, enabling admins to choose which elements to display in the sharing modal on the media page (KMS-29377). This update also introduces new sharing options, including Line and Pinterest.
  
• Improved Speaker information display - The UI has been enhanced to display speakers' titles, company, and name in full, eliminating the need for tooltips. This improvement applies to the Groups components, session cards, and Profile pages. (KMS-30509).
  
• Template Pages - Playlist component channel filter - A new filter has been added to the channel playlist component on template pages. This feature allows page creators to filter channel content, specifying VOD only or other types of content.
  
  
  

Upcoming

• BSE work to provide better BSE embeds in different sizes/aspect ratio on all LMSs. (KMS-30542)
• New auth method allowing quicker access to the event sites.
• New Kaltura room with chat and interactions in the Video Portal.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.141.x

Date Released: December 2, 2024

What's New

• Theming-based Channel moderation (DS) -  (Available in Video Portal and KAFs) - The moderation page for channels is now available with Theming-enabled channels. This feature allows the channel owner to review content submitted by other users, and decide whether to approve or decline the publication of it to their channel. Any instance with Theming enabled for channels with channel moderation already activated will automatically receive the new page. To learn more, explore our articles Channel Moderation - Theming and Moderate Media Gallery Content - Theming.(KMS-30102)
  

• Secure embed - Support for third-party cookies - Authentication via Pop-up (Available in Video Portal) - To better support instances with IDPs that do not allow the auth page to be loaded in an iFrame, we've updated the flow for configuring autoRedirectIframe (set to “no” to open the auth in a new tab).
  
  Previously, this flow could break due to third-party cookies being blocked or incorrect referrer settings. With this update, authentication will now occur in a pop-up. This resolves both issues, ensuring that users with blocked third-party cookies can log in directly from the page where the embed is located. (KMS-30433)

• Theming-based Publish - Added icons for category types - Icons have been added to indicate category types (channel or gallery) when publishing content. This improvement makes it easier to identify where your content is being published at a glance. (KMS-29111)
  
  
  

Upcoming

• Ability to control elements on the Theming-based sharing modal loaded on the media page. 
• New auth method allowing quicker access to the event sites.
• New Kaltura room with chat and interactions in the video portal.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.140.x

Date Released: November 18, 2024

What's New

• Theming-based Channel moderation (DS) - Will be available next release. 
• Theming My Media (DS) - Publish single media action (Available in Video Portal and KAFs) - Now content owners can publish individual content items from their DS-based My Media (KMS-28910).



• Translations - Translation assets have been updated for all supported languages, incorporating translations for new phrases and text added since the last language update. (KMS-30398)  

• Document Replacement (Available in Video Portal and KAFs) - Media of type 'Document' can now be replaced using the replaceMedia feature set. This allows owners to update a document with corrections without the need to create a new media entry. (PSVAMB-70983)

Upcoming

• New auth method allowing quicker access to the event sites.
• New Kaltura room with chat and interactions in the video portal.
• Theming-based Channel moderation (DS) -  (Available in Video Portal and KAFs) - The moderation page for channels will soon be available with the Theming channels. Channel moderation allows the channel owner to go over content added to the channel by other users, and decide whether to approve or decline the publication of it to their channel.
  Any instance with Theming enabled for channels with channel moderation already activated will automatically receive the new page. (KMS-30102)
  
  

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.138.x

Date Released: November 4, 2024

What's New

• Template pages - Sessions component (available for Kaltura Events) - This new component for template pages allow event owners to show sessions from the channel’s agenda or from a dedicated playlist. This new component will allow event managers to place a list of sessions in the form of an agenda on their template pages, whether homepages, landing pages, or Coming Soon pages. Currently only available on custom Kaltura Events templates, it will be available to configure from Kaltura Events in the upcoming weeks. Learn more in the template page article.



• Media page speakers location - On the Theming-based media page, the speakers component will now show above the custom data. This will not affect any instances where custom metadata is not in use, and will provide better visibility of the speakers for instances where it does.  (KMS-29599)
• Gallery moderation and permissions - To enhance the gallery offering, we have cloned a few features from the channels to the galleries:
  • Gallery moderation - This allows admins to choose the default moderation status for newly created galleries, and to disable the ability to remove the moderation by gallery owners. (KMS-30179)
  • Creation of galleries - Admins can now choose what the roles are and who can create new sub-galleries. (KMS-30180)
• Session cards (available in Kaltura Events & Video Portal) - (Correction from previous release, this feature release was 5.138.x, and not the previous version.) The new Theming module session cards display scheduled sessions in different locations, such as the channel page, the template pages, and more. We have enhanced these cards in two ways:
  • The "Join Now" button will now update automatically when the event starts, without needing to refresh the page. Admins can also set a specific time before the event begins for the "Add to Calendar" button to automatically change to "Join Now," allowing users to join ahead of the start time.
  • Speaker information will now be visible directly on the session page, eliminating the need to navigate to the speaker’s profile. This applies to speaker icons on media pages as well, and users can view this information without logging in.

  

• AuthBroker Role Mapping - We have added to the AuthBroker module support for mapping of KMS roles based on multi values lookup in addition to the singular fields support that already exists. (KMS-30311)

Upcoming

• Theming-based Channel moderation -  (available in Video Portal and KAF) - The moderation page for channels will soon be available as part of Theming. This feature allows channel owners to review content added by other users before publishing it, and choose whether to approve or decline it. Instances with Theming already enabled for channels, and with channel moderation enabled, will automatically receive the new page.
  
• Document entry - Replacement of document entry is now available from the media editing page. Learn more about document entries in our article View and manage a document entry. (PSVAMB-70192)
• New auth method allowing quicker access to the event sites.
• New Kaltura room with chat and interactions in the video portal.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.137.x

Date Released: October 22, 2024

What's New

• Session cards (available in Kaltura Events & Video Portal) - Please note that this feature was introduced on this version accidentally, and it is actually released in version 5.138.x. 
• Template pages - Banner component (available in Kaltura Events & Video Portal) - A new setting has been added to the banner component, allowing admins to choose whether the CTA (Call to Action) opens in a new tab or the same tab.

Upcoming

• A new component for template pages is coming up, that will show sessions from the channel’s agenda.
• The Theming-based “channel moderation” page, that allows channel owners to moderate content before presenting it on the channel. 

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.136.x

Date Released: October 8, 2024

Upcoming

• Work on a new component for the template page that will show sessions from the channel’s agenda.
• Theming-based “channel moderation” page, allowing channel owners to moderate the content before presenting it on the channel. 

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.135.x

Date Released: September 23, 2024

What's New?

• Canvas - The use of ‘publish from my-media’ by LMS admins is designed to allow admins to publish to many courses in one click. Now, using the improved Canvas API, we are increasing the number of courses these admins will see from 100 to 200 (ILMS-701).
• Browse & Embed - Player V7 - We have added new default sizes for the v7 player settings in the BSE module, in the desire to provide a simpler and more accurate embed and playback experience (ILMS-694).
  
  

Upcoming

• More accessibility work! Stay tuned for more updates.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.134.x

Date Released: September 9, 2024

What's New?

• Kwebcast - The "manage events" button is now available in the theming based media pages for kwebcast moderators (KMS-29609).

Upcoming

• Canvas - Planning to increase the number of courses seen in the publish from My-Media flow.
• More accessibility work! Stay tuned for more updates.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.133.x

Date Released: August 26, 2024

What's New?

• Accessibility - As part of our Q3 efforts and in preparation for the VPAT, we are releasing the next batch of Core a11y accessibility fixes for DS (Theming Module).

• iCal invite post webhook registration - While iCal (Calendar invite) already exists for post-registration and post-invitation, admins can now send a calendar invite post-webhook registration (KMS-29944).

• Template pages - Texts and bullets: Admins can now choose for the text component on template pages not to be centered by default. Additionally, we’ve resolved an alignment issue with bullet points and numbering. (KMS-29597)

• Theming based channel banner reset - Admins can now revert the channel banner to its default with a single click on the channel edit page. (PSVAMB-62811)

• Attachments links - Added the target="_blank" to the attachments links, ensuring they open in a new tab. (KMS-29665)

• REACH Task ID - We have added the task ID in the request details for our users’ convenience. (REACH2-1233)

• Landing page - The recently released 'landing page' feature is now updated to use Templatepages instead of Custompages. This change simplifies the setup and eliminates any confusion. To re-enable, admins should re-select the pre-created template page. (KMS-29647)

Upcoming

• More accessibility work! Stay tuned for more updates.

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.132.x

Date Released: August 12, 2024

What's New?

• Accessibility - First batch of Core a11y fixes for Theming-based elements and pages have been released.

• New filter - External applications - Once enabled,Content owners using the new theming my-media (DS) can now filter by external applications in My-media, allowing them to see how their content is used in other applications. If you haven’t used this feature yet, you can enable it from the categories module (KMS-29374). This is particularly useful when you have multiple instances, such as a KMS video portal and a KAF integration in an LMS, enabling the customer to see where each media is used within all apps.
• Moodle 4.4 release - A new Moodle plugin version to support Moodle 4.4 has been released. As a part of this version, we fixed several known bugs. The plugin supports Moodle versions 4.1(LTS), 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4. (ILMS-637)
• Load more in Channel playlists - In Theming-based channels, a 'Load More Playlists' button will appear when there are many playlists. This feature helps to speed up the channel's loading time. (KMS-29048)
  
  

• REACH Task ID - We have added the task ID in the request details for our users’ convenience. (REACH2-1233)

Upcoming

• More accessibility enhancements on Theming pages!

• Landing page - The recently released 'landing page' feature will be updated to use Templatepages instead of Custompages. This change simplifies the setup and eliminates any confusion. To re-enable, admins should re-select the pre-created template page. (KMS-29647)

Resolved Issues

Resolved Accessibility Issues

Version: 5.131.x

Date Released: July 29, 2024

What's new? 

• Theming-based My Media and Publish - The My Media page is the latest to join the long list of Theming-based pages. In addition to the slick new UI, the page contains new vertical filters (the same as used in the Global search page), a new Explore section, and new bulk capabilities, allowing owners to change ownership and collaborators in one bulk action. See our article My Media - Theming for more information.
  
  Additionally, the new My Media page also features an updated UI for Publishing capabilities. Now available on both My Media and the single media pages, the UI provides a quicker way to change and view publishing statuses. 
  You can turn on the new feature from the Theming module. See Publish media - Theming for more information.
  An example of the theming based my-media 
  
  The new publishing capability will automatically appear on the media page if you're already using the Theming-based single media page, as shown below:
  The new publish flow in the single media page 
• Template pages, Registration component - An adjustment to the component now allows the registration to open on the template page, and not the "/register" page. (KMS-29730)
• Registration page - All drop-down fields now have a search function in them, allowing users to search for the right value. (KMS-28644)

Resolved issues

Resolved A11Y issues

Version: 5.130.x

Date Released: July 16, 2024

What's new? 

• Landing page - We are making some changes to the landing page. Please note that if you turned it on, you will need to re-enable it. (KMS-29664) The changes are:
  • Configuration UI was changed to a single landing page only. 
  • Replaced the option to choose a custom page with a template page. 
• Express Capture - Added a config to allow removing the "download a copy" button from the UI.  (PSVAMB-62305)

What's cooking? 

• Theming-based Publishing combined with a new Theming-based My Media page. Stay tuned for the official release date. 

Resolved issues

Resolved A11Y issues

In this release, 22 issues have been resolved around accessibility, including but not limited to

1. keyboard focus for tooltips. 
2. making sure that <li> elements are contained in a <ul> or <ol>.
3. fixing incorrect tabbing sequence for search in the header. 

Version: 5.129.x

Date Released: July 2, 2024

What's cooking? 

• Theming-based Publishing combined with a new Theming-based My Media page. Stay tuned for official release date. 

Resolved issues

Resolved A11Y issues

Version: 5.128.x

Date Released: June 23, 2024

What's new?

• Publish - Previously, if a collaborator published your content in a channel or category you didn't have access rights to, you couldn't unpublish it. Now, as part of our theming-based publishing updates, you can unpublish your media from any category or channel.(KMS-26945) 
• Multiple homepages and a new landing page -This new feature in the navigation module allows admins to select a dedicated landing page for guests. Previously, guests would see either the login page or the same home page as all users, depending on the authentication settings. Now, you can create a specific page just for guests. For logged-in users, multiple homepages are available based on user groups. Different groups will see homepages tailored to their specific needs. See Navigation module fo more information. (KMS-28907).
• Channel Subscription - Admins can now choose to enable Channel Subscription by default for all channels from the Channelsubscription module. (KMS-29021)

Resolved issues

Resolved A11Y issues

Version: 5.127.x

Date Released: June 3, 2024

What's new?

•  Magic link type - A new mode for using the magic link was added, showing users a "click to enter" button instead of instant login. (KMS-29352) 
  
• Profile page's watch list - Session cards on the profile page's watch list now show schedule info (KMS-29016).
  

Resolved issues

Resolved A11Y issues

Version: 5.126.x

Date Released: May 27, 2024

What's new?

• Reach language support - The Reach modal box will now open with the system text that is chosen on the application by the user. (REACH2-1269) 
• Auto Channel context playback - A new channel feature, designed for media in only one channel to gain the context of the channel automatically, even if the media was reached using a direct link or via the search. (KMS-28950)

Resolved issues

Resolved A11Y issues

Version: 5.125.x

Date Released: May 6, 2024

What's new?

• Navigation - new custom page navbar item - Admins are now able to connect the custom/template pages to the navbar and control the navbar item directly from the page itself using the page's published status. (KMS-28962) 
  
• Playlist + Document entry -  For administrators who choose to enable it, the playlist player can now show document entries. The player shows the link to the Video Portal where the document can be viewed outside of the playlist. (KMS-28646)
  
• Template pages analytics - A new field heroPlayerAnalytics in the templatepages module now allows administrators to disable the player analytics on the template pages hero banner. (Note that the default is 'off'.)  (KMS-28981)

Resolved issues