About
The Browse, search and embed (BSE) tool lets you easily search through My media, Media Gallery, Shared Repository, and playlists, and embed them on your page. It’s simple to use - no training required. You can embed media in rich-text areas like Announcements, Forums, and Assignments, making it easy to add or repurpose media wherever you can publish text.
Key features of the BSE tool
- Upload videos directly from My Media to a course or lesson.
- Add Media Galleries or Playlists to your course.
- Embed single videos or playlists with ease.
- Automatically integrate video quiz results into your grade book.
- Embed media anywhere you can publish text, such as announcements or forums.
This article pertains to the Browse Search and Embed tool v3.
The Browse Search and Embed tool is set up by your system administrator in the Browseandembed module.
How to embed Kaltura media
- Click on a menu item in which the rich-text editor is available. For the purposes of this article, we're clicking on the Announcements menu item.
- Click the button to add (here we clicked the + Announcement button).
- Click the embed Kaltura media icon.
- The Embed Kaltura Media window displays.
The page associated with that menu item displays. For the purposes of this article, we're showing the Announcements page.
The rich-text editor displays.
You can browse and search media to embed from My Media or any other source configured (Media Gallery, Shared Repository, and Media Gallery Playlists, for example), then embed it into a content type of the hosting application.
In order to embed Media Gallery playlists, your administrator must enable the channelplaylists module or (optionally) set a dedicated playlist player, and the course owner must create a Media Gallery playlist.
You can add new media or select from existing media.
Refresh button
The "Refresh" button in the Embed Kaltura Media window updates My Media, Media Gallery, Shared Repository, and Playlists to show recently added entries. If something doesn't appear due to caching, just hit refresh to display the latest uploads.
Add new media
1. Choose the appropriate source (for example, My Media, Media Gallery, Shared Repository, or Media Gallery Playlists). The Kaltura Media Search is available in every tab.
2. Click the + Add New button to see the list of options for adding media. See 'Add New' menu for more information.
3. After upload is complete, you change the embed settings by clicking on the settings icon
. Access to change the embed settings depend on your site's configuration. If configured, you can select different players and player sizes that have been pre-configured by your system administrator for the type of media you choose to embed.
4. Click the </> Save and Embed button.
Select from existing media
1. Choose the appropriate source (for example, My Media, Media Gallery, Shared Repository, or Media Gallery Playlists). The search field is available in every tab.
2. For the desired menu item, you change the embed settings by clicking on the settings icon
. Access to change the embed settings depend on your site's configuration. If configured, you can select different players and player sizes that have been pre-configured by your system administrator for the type of media you choose to embed.
3. Click the </>Embed button.
After media has been added or selected, you can:
- type a topic title.
- choose where to post this media.
- add attachments.
- make additional configurations related to posting time, comments, podcasts, and likes.
4. Click Save.
In Canvas, the API supports up to 100 items per page, which may limit course selection for publishing/embedding media. See this reference.
If you encounter an "Access Denied" error, check out our guide on resolving it after a course has concluded.
