Version: 5.103.03

Date Released: December 21, 2020

What's New

• Kaltura Meeting – Site Admins are now able to select how Kaltura Meeting Rooms will be opened - in a new tab or in the same tab. If the new tab option was selected, Admins will be able to select the Site domain (kaltura.com option) or newrow.com domain. Read more in the Enable Live Rooms article.
• KMS/KAF admin:  Login As – The Login As action in the Manage Users page of the admin page has been added to allow site admins to login as any specific user.
  This is a very important tool that allows for better and faster support and investigations, and is also very useful for the site admins when testing new features and preparation for new releases.
  Note that in KAF, this feature is not the same as using the LMS's impersonation tool inside a course, but instead it  allows the admins to reach the My-media section for the users. See User Management for additional information. (KMS-21677)
• KMS/KAF admin:  Block User – The Block user action in the Manage Users page of the admin page has been added that enables site admins to block any user, without  deleting them from the site.  See User Management for additional information.(KMS-21783)
  
• KMS Navigation
  • Label – A new type of item is available, allowing the KMS admin to set a non-clickable navigation bar item, that can hold clickable sub-items. (KMS-22070) See the Navigation module for more information.
    
  • Group/Users restriction – This feature allows KMS admins to set restrictions on any navigation bar item, showing the item only for permitted users. (KMS-21837) See the Navigation module for more information.
    

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.100.66

Date Released: November 16,  2020

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.100.64

Date Released: October 12, 2020

What's New

• Language and Translations 
  The "Language Exception" field was added to the Languages module.  Admins can now change specific language text/string to any other language directly in the module, without having to upload a new MO file.
  Admins will need to download the English PO file, search for a specific msgid text, and fill in a new string for it in the module. (KMS-21675) See Localization for KMS/KAF Administrators - How to Change Your Kaltura Application Language?  for more information.
• KMS Admin - Additional instructive text was added to the Staticpages module providing additional information regarding supported directives and guidance on writing Static page code. (KMS-21705)
• Design - Improved design of "No Results Found" alert in the Search feature. See KMS Search Functionality for more information on Searches in KMS. (KMS-21343)
  
• Galleries 
  • We added the ability to remove (via the "Delete Gallery" button in the Edit Gallery Page) and add galleries (via the "Add a Sub Gallery" menu item in the Edit drop down menu of an existing gallery). Deleting a Gallery will also delete any sub galleries of the deleted gallery, if they exist.  
  • Changed the "Back to Category" button to "Back to Gallery".
    See My Channels/Media Gallery for more information on the Media Gallery. (KMS-21551)
• Caliper - more events
  Added the following Caliper events to the player:
  • AssessmentItemEvent
  • MediaEvent
  • NavigationEvent
  • ViewEvent
    See Support for Caliper - How Caliper Works with Kaltura Extensions and KAF for more information. (KMS-21336)
• KMS GO - A new feature was added to KMS Go allowing the Admin to select users for which recorded content will not be saved on their mobile device. The feature is configured in the deleteRecordedContent field of the Kmsapi module. (KMS-21425)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.100.29

Date Released: August 10, 2020

What's New

• Webcasts
  • To improve creation flow, after creating a webcast event (after clicking the Create Event button), users are redirected to the Edit Webcast page where they can edit the event's settings. (KMS-19806)
  • Owners can now configure and display the SIP stream source in the Kaltura Video Conference Integration (VCI). (KMS-21051)
• Maintenance – Streamlining of admin pages
  • Some legacy fields were removed from the Client module in configuration management. (KMS-21615)
  • The Bootswatch module was removed from the applications, as the module was deprecated and has not been supported since 2018. (KMS-21528)
• Analytics – Using the playerIdv2 field in the Userreports module, Admins can now select what player to show in the analytics page. (KMS-21198)
• Edit Media Page - Fields were added to the Edit Media page side bar. (PSVAMB-15540)
• UI - The channel page header and menu UI was adjusted. Buttons and styles related to Kaltura Meeting and Subscriptions are properly aligned. (KMS-21190)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.100.10

Date Released: July 27, 2020

What's New

• Publish Available in the Edit Media Page – As part of a series of UI flow changes (some of which will be introduced in future releases), users may now publish media from the Edit Media Page. (KMS-21376)
  
• UI Enhancements:
  • Updated tab displays in KMS and KAF. For instance, see the new tab display in the Media Entry Page below. (KMS-20842)
    
  • Updated button sizes and fonts. (KMS-21370)
  • Added a dark background to the Channel's header banner to make it more visible. See My Channels. (KMS-21538)
  • Made small changes to the tab margin and spacing. (KMS-21520)
• Video Path Analytics – Path analytics are now available in KMS and KAF. (KMS-20737)
  
• EntryDesign Module in KAF – The EntryDesign module, which allows the styling of each entry separately, is now available in KAF. (KMS-21155)
• xApi – Kaltura Meeting event is now shown on the xapi module list. See xAPI Analytics Guide. (KMS-21211)
• Static Page Support for V7 player with KS – Allows KMS admins to create a static page in KMS with automatically generated KS. (KMS-20765)
• New Presenters Design - New design for the live events presenters. (KMS-21232)
  

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.120

Date Released: July 21, 2020

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.116

Date Released: July 14, 2020

What's New

• My Media View Analytics Button – A View Analytics button is now available next to each entry on the My Media page, allowing users to reach the Entry Level analytics dashboard with one click. (KMS-20758)
  
• Caliper 1.2 Compliant – Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) is now Caliper 1.2 compliant. (KMS-20472)
  See IMS Global Learning Consortium for more information. 
• Playlists 
  • Playlist Embed Type – The user may now choose the type of embed when embedding a playlist. See Share and Embed Playlists. (KMS-19669)
    
  • Users can no longer modify the order of the "Watch Later" playlist via the Edit Watch Later window, but they can still remove media from the playlist by clicking the Remove (minus) button to the right of the media. See Edit Playlist Details. (KMS-21277)
    
  • Edit Playlist page UI – The separation line between the "Add Items To Your Playlist" section and the "My Playlist" section was lengthened. (KMS-21318)
  • Playlists are now supported in KAF's setup with context security. (KMS-21166)
• UI Changes
  • Edit Media Page – Structural changes were made to the upper portion of the page. Further changes to the remainder of the Edit Media page are planned for the near future. (KMS-20682)
    
  • Media Entry Page - Small UI changes were made, such as font style and size and margin sizes. (KMS-20951) 
  • My Channels - 
    • Removed the line under the channel page description. (KMS-21191)
    • Changed color and size of Channel Actions button. (KMS-21193)
    • Header’s thumbnail is now set to 9:16 ratio. (KMS-20934)
  • Removed the double lines in the BSE’s Embed Settings page. See Using the Kaltura Browse Search and Embed (BSE) Feature. (KMS-21209)
• KMS Live – Admins can now use both liveentry and kwebcast modules in the same KMS. This is in preparation for the new Live Capture event that will handle its own entries. (KMS-20732)
• Publish From My Media - When a user clicks Save to complete the process of publishing media from My Media, they are now redirected to the My Media page. See Publish Media in MediaSpace. (KMS-21002)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.102

Date Released: July 5, 2020

What's New

• Playlists – The following UX and UI changes have been implemented:
  • Added friendly images for alerts and search results
  • More focused steps for creating a new playlist
  • Added tool tips on each of the media items in the “Add to Playlist” component
  • Switched sides of the “from” and “to” columns in the “Add Items To Your Playlist” component
    
• UI Update – enhanced the application UI to conform all button sizes and fonts in the application, and adjusted the weight of thumbnails text  (KMS-20531, KMS-20963). 
• Quiz Average Score - The average score was added to the VQ analytics, under the Quiz Users tab (KMS-21112).
  
• KMS Admin – Admins can now search for categories using free text in the relevant modules of the applications admin pages (KMS-21165).

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.85

Date Released: June 21, 2020

What's New

• My-Media – Table View  Display – A new Table view is available for all users in the My Media page. Admins may control what columns to show or hide, and also choose the default view for My Media from the new My-media module. (KMS-21088).
  
• Search – The (i) Information icon is available on all search pages. Admins may set the information text for the Search box in the Search module. (KMS-20940)
  
• Design and UI changes
  • The Live indications and buttons’ colors now match all colors of the Liveentry and Kwebcast modules. (KMS-21014)
  • Channel Header changes – Vertical white gaps have been removed and the elements' alignment have been adjusted. (KMS-20948)
  • The Home Page thumbnails behavior on hover is aligned to match the gallery’s thumbnails (PSVAMB-13602)
• Accessibility – Many accessibility enhancements have been implemented. Please see in the Resolved Issues section for details.
• xAPI – We added 2 Kaltura Meeting (aka Newrow) events (KMS-21078):
  • The Room owner data that was missing was added to the private room statements.
  • The Parent quiz completed ID statement has been modified and includes the room ID and room owner.
• Statistics icons (Like and 5-Stars Rating) – The statistic icons are also displayed in the Search results in Mobile View (PSVAMB-13657)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.68

Date Released: June 2, 2020

What's New

• Category Analytics - The new category analytics is now available in KMS and KAF. This page is similar to the KMC Category Analytics Dashboard, and will provide all the essential analytics for category owners. (KMS-20869)
  • Category analytics are available for all categories - KAF’s Media Gallery, KMS’s Channels, and now, also Galleries.
  • The KMS Gallery analytics will also display analytics from sub galleries.
    
• Channel Sorting - A new channel sorting option  "Update Date"  has been added to the ChannelsSorting field in the Channels module of the KMS admin. Admins may now set this sorting options the default.  "Update Date" displays the most recently updated channel first on the list. See the channelsSorting field in the Channels module of KMS admin for configuration details (KMS-20748).

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.45

Date Released: May 19, 2020

What's New

• Home Page Carousel - UI enhancements to the three carousel versions on the KMS home page (KMS-20241):
  • Added 'Duration' to all versions.
  • Aligned the title text and icons. 
• Accessibility - 
  • HTML items now have unique IDs. (KMS-20601)
  • Like and Play buttons on carousel now have alternative text. (KMS-20503)
  • Tabs are now correctly ordered on the Edit Entry page. (KMS-20575)
  • Non-interactive elements should not be focus-able and keyboard-tabbed, therefore the entry description field in the search results is not focus-able or keyboard-tabbed. (KMS-20958)
  • All of the Edit page Description text options and text box are SR readable. (KMS-20928)
  • Added aria-labelledby attribute to the collapsed global search icon in KMS. (SUP-21836)
• KMS Admin - 
  • KMC users who login to KMS using the Kaltura Auth will now automatically logged into KMS Admin. (KMS-20793)
  • Because the Watch Later Playlist is now available in both KMS and KMS-Go, we removed the Notice under the Module Info in the Watchlater module. (KMS-20932)
  • Added support for partial search and autocomplete for Groups Search. (KMS-20862)
  • Manage Groups page – Users who are associated with creation mode=automatic are now displayed correctly (Automatic or Manual) in the Creation Mode column of the Groups Management table. (SUP-21934)
• Entry Theme - 
  • In the Display tab of the Edit page, when the user unchecks the Sidebar option under Show elements, the player expands to fill the sidebar space. (KMS-20850)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.38

Date Released: May 11, 2020

What's New

• Translations - A new translation file for KMS and KAF was added, mainly covering translation for the new playlists pages and the  webcast registration feature. (KMS-20945)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.37

Date Released: May 4, 2020

What's New

• Webcast Home Page - Anonymous users may now access the Webcast Home Page. This provides an opportunity to put the registration feature to great use.
• Accessibility - The following are now SR supported:
  • 'Subscribe to Channel' button and link. (KMS-19987)
  • '3 dots' menu on top of the thumbnails in the category pages. (KMS-20838)
  • Edit page fields. (KMS-20776)

Resolved Issues

May the fourth be with you!

Version: 5.99.23

Date Released: April 20, 2020

What's New

• Webcast Features – Kaltura is pleased to release several new Webcasting features in KMS.
  • Scheduling – Google Calendar support has been added. Now, when a user selects the "Add to Calendar" menu item from the Actions pull down menu, they can add the Webcast Event to their Google Calendar in one easy step, instead of having to download an .ics file and manually importing it into the Google Calendar. Please see Kaltura Webcasting Attendees Guide for more information. (KMS-20733)
  • The “last archived” box may be added above each live event. When enabled, this box displays a link to the last archived video from the live entry. Please see Kaltura Webcasting Administrators Guide and Editing a Webcasting Event for more information.  (KMS-19837)
    
  • To allow plugin control from the player, the application will no longer push the dual screen player flash vars for Webcast entries. (KMS-20717)
  • Enable Preview Live - This configuration has been added to the Live Stream Details tab in the Edit Webcasting Entry screen. When enabled, the user must click on the Go Live button from either the Producer Application or from the KMC Real-Time Dashboard. For more information see Editing a Webcasting Event. (KMS-20459)
• Channel Members List – The ability to download a CSV list of the channel's users has been added, and some minor UI changes have been made. Please see Managing a Channel in Kaltura MediaSpace for more information. (KMS-19916)
  
• Caliper – The Caliper feed now supports Quiz events. (KMS-19985)
• Channel Playlists – A new component has been applied in the workflow that enables a user to add media to a channel’s playlist directly from the thumbnails in the Channel Page. Please see Create and Add Media a Playlist for more information.  (KMS-20256)
  

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.05

Date Released: March 31, 2020

What's New

• Live Stream Details Tab -  The Live Stream Details tab for editing Live  and Webcasting entries has been modified and now includes additional data.  (KMS-20459). Please refer to the Webcasting documentation for more information.
  
  

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.99.04

Date Released: March 24, 2020

Introducing the Kaltura MediaSpace and KAF New Entry Analytics Page! See Getting Started Guide.

Note: The Analytics change will be deployed with this version due to deployments delays.  

What's New

• KMS and KAF Analytics - The KMS/KAF Entry Analytics page is available for each individual media entry.
  The KMS/KAF Entry Analytics are very similar to the KMC analytics. The analytics information provides an in-depth understanding of the media viewership and interactivity of users with the media.
  On the release date, the new and enriched analytics page will replace the current analytics page and will be available for all KMS and KAF applications.
  • If you would like to turn the feature on ahead of the release date, please contact your Kaltura representative. 
  • For detailed information about the new entry level analytics, see the Entry Level Analytics (KMS/KAF) article.
    
• Download Capabilities - We have added the ability to download the video part of Webcast entries with VOD recording available on it. (KMS-19814)
• Playlists - Additional new features and improvements to Channel/Media Gallery playlists:
  • Ability to create new playlist from the Channel/Media Gallery header menu. (KMS-20251)
    
  • A new 'create playlist' button and UI changes to the playlist table on the Channel/Media Gallery edit playlist page. (KMS-20257, KMS-20264)
    
  • New Edit page for Channel/Media Gallery playlists. (KMS-20258)
    
    

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.98.27

Date Released: March 16, 2020

Note- The Analytics change will be deployed on the next version (March 23rd) due to deployments delays.

But no need to wait, you can contact your Kaltura representative and ask them to manually switch today. 

What's New

• KMS and KAF Analytics - The KMS/KAF Entry Analytics page will be available for each individual media entry in the next version. 
  • If you would like to turn the feature on ahead of the release date, please contact your Kaltura representative. 
  • For detailed information about the new entry level analytics, see the Entry Level Analytics (KMS/KAF) article.
• Playlists - The following enhancements have been implemented for playlists:  
  • Ability to add Channel/Media Gallery Playlists directly from the Category's home page Edit menu (KMS-20251).
  • Creating and Editing a Channel/Media Gallery Playlist now uses the new Playlist Edit page. (KMS-20257, KMS-20258).
• Search - The 'Show More' button is now available for all search results, even if keywords are only found in the name or description.
  

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.98.11

Date Released: March 2, 2020

What's New

This week’s release primarily focuses on Playlists improvements.

• Watch Later Playlist – The Watch Later Playlist feature is available for each logged in user in their My-Playlist page.  The Watch Later Playlist is used to collect content to watch later and is shared with the KMS Go application. This playlist cannot be deleted and cannot be published. (KMS-19906(
  
• Create Playlist Button – This important button can be found on the top of the My Playlists page, and allows users to create a new playlist directly from the My Playlists page. (KMS-20183)
• Add-to-Playlist Component – The Add-to-Playlist component is now available in each playlist. When editing your playlists (Personal or Channel/Media Gallery playlist) you can add content without the need to browse for content on the site. (KMS-20287)

(Double click to watch full screen)

For Personal playlists: You can add content from My-Media or from any other content that is available to you through searching for content.
For Channel or Media Gallery playlists: This capability will be added in an upcoming release, Users will be able to add content from the category content itself, or from My-Media. If content from My-Media is chosen, it will be added to the playlist and also be published to the Channel or Media Gallery at the same time.

• Channel Playlists Improvements:
  • Back to Channel Button– This UX change allows a better flow for navigating from the Channel Playlist or Media Gallery Playlist back to the category page itself. (KMS-20252)
    
  • Changes to the Channel’s Playlists Table – The Channel’s Playlists table has been enhanced. All of the the actions have been merged info one column called “Actions”, with tool tips for each one of the actions.  The Delete icon Was changed to a Trash Can icon, and the icons have been aligned to the KMS/KAF style (KMS-19670)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.97.24

Date Released: February 18, 2020

What's New

• Event Registration – An early release of the Event Registration Feature is available. Please contact your Kaltura representative to enable Event Registration on your account. The full release is intended in one of the next coming releases.
  Event Registration documentation can be found here. 
• Icon change - While Videos show the Play icon and stats, Image type media now shows the Views icon and stats.
  

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.97.13

Date Released: February 10, 2020

What's New

• Pre-load Parameter – We have changed the 'preload' parameter max-age value from 30 days to 365 days. (SUP-20553)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.97.08

Date Released: February 3, 2020

What's New

• Quiz Re-take Capability – Added re-take quiz capabilities to the grade book integration in Blackboard Ultra and Sakai LTI. This enables users to create quizzes that allow for re-takes. Read more in the Quiz Articles. (KMS-20002)
• UI –  Added an image to accompany error messages in KMS/KAF "Session Data"/logs, and also a "copy message" for the session's string. (KMS-19981)
  
• Text Changes – 
  • Changed the filter text in My Playlists Page from "Media" to "Playlists". (KMS-20181)
  • Changed the Delete Entry alert text to warn users that the action is irreversible and the deleted items are unrecoverable. (KMS-20266)
    
  • Added information to header, enabledHsts, and securePlaybackWithIprestrict areas of the Security module in the KMS Admin (/admin/config/tab/security). (SUP-20661)
  • Corrected grammar in the message that displays for unauthorized users on the MediaSpace homepage. (SUP-20743) 

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.96.26

Date Released: January 14, 2020

What's New

• Chrome 80 Default SameSite Policy Update – Chrome version 80 (to be released in February 2020) will introduce changes around the default "SameSite" cookies policy, i.e. under which circumstances the browser sends 3rd party cookies. For more detailed information, see https://web.dev/samesite-cookies-explained. In this version, Kaltura has configured all Kaltura products to function properly with this update. (KMS-19983)
• Add to Playlists Functionality – A new "Add to Playlist" button was added to My Media and single entry pages. This functionality allows addition/removal of content from the playlist and also allows users to create new playlists on the spot. The ability to search for playlists was also added here. (KMS-20229)
  
  Stay tuned for more to come in Playlists, Watch Later playlists, Rule-Based Playlists, and Channel/Media Gallery Playlist enhancements. 

Version: 5.96.17

Date Released: January 7, 2020

What's New

• Browse, Search, and Embed (BSE) Playlists – A new feature was added to the LMS plugins allowing course owners to use the BSE to embed the media gallery playlists into the course content. Turn on Channel Playlists, then navigate to the BSE module to choose players. 

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.96.06

Date Released: December 30, 2019

What's New

• KMS and KAF admin pages changes – As part of ongoing efforts to improve the administration pages, legacy and unused modules have been removed, for example uiV2, the “showMediaURL” & “emailShare” fields from the 'Embed' module were deleted for security reasons, and typos have been corrected. (KMS-20204, KMS-20109, KMS-19973).

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.95.06

Date Released: December 23, 2019

What's New

• Playlist Adjustments  - Many small adjustments to the recently released playlist feature. More large items to come in the next sprint. Stay tuned! 
• BSE Video Submission - A new optional endpoint in the LMS integrations, allowing for a new Video Submission flow.
  A new button displays to allow submission flow (where the embedded content is cloned) without the need for a pop up. (KMS-19889). This new endpoint is now available in the following LMSs:
  • Canvas XML page - two new XML items were added for the assignment flow and also for the Quick Ingest. (KMS-20079)
  • Brightspace by D2L
  • Sakai LTI
  • Blackboard - BBUltra courses only

For Moodle and Blackboard Learn the new feature will be available in the next plugin/extension releases.

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.94.15

Date Released: December 16, 2019

What's New

• Playlist - Channel playlists are embedded through the new playlist embed function. See Manage Channel and Media Gallery Playlists and Playlist Administrator's Guide. (KMS-20131)

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.94.11

Date Released: December  2, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to MediaSpace and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.94.11, released December 2, 2019.

What's New

• Playlists -  Kaltura now offers a new and improved playlist experience, including:
  My Playlists Page:
  
  Two new playlist pages for playback and viewing playlist details:
  
  A new Share and Embed Page:
  
  More features and capabilities will be released soon, including BSE playlist with LMS integrations, rule-based playlists, search, and more.

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.93.19

Date Released: November 25, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to MediaSpace and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.93.19, released November 25, 2019.

What's New

• Multi-Authentication - If multi-authentication is set up on your KMS, admins can now set up direct links to each authentication method. For more information see Authenticating Using Multiple Authentication Providers to Access Kaltura MediaSpace. (KMS-19272) 
• i18n - The 2019 November language pack was updated for both KMS and KAF. (KMS-19993)
• xAPI - We are now sending the information that a “playback speed” selection was made by a user. (PSVAMB-9058) 

Resolved Issues

Version: 5.92.11

Date Released: October 28, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to MediaSpace and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.92.11, released October 28, 2019.

What's New

SAML Authentication – A dedicated logout URL to which users are redirected when they logout of KMS may now be added in the SAML module. (1)
For more information on the SAML module, see Kaltura MediaSpace SAML Integration Guide. 

Enhanced SSO Security – Our current SSO Gateway implementation was enhanced from SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm) to a stronger SHA-256. (2)
To turn it on, use the "hashAlgorithm" field in the AUTH module. 

Channel Subscription – Users may now copy and share a link to use for channel subscription. A KMS user copies the subscription link (as shown below), sends the link to another KMS user, that user then clicks on the link and is automatically subscribed to the channel. (3)

The link displays in two locations: 

Next to the subscribe button:

In the Channel Edit Page:

The link is built in the form of:

https://{KMS_URL}/channel/{Channel_Name}/{Channel_ID}/subscribe

Example: https://sample.mediaspace.kaltura.com/channel/Sample+channel/12345678/subscribe

See Channel Subscriptions for complete information. 

New Sakai Tool – A new Sakai integration named “Kaltura LTI Tool for Sakai” is now available. In the future, this tool will replace the current Sakai video plugin. Using this new LTI tool, Sakai Admins utilize the built-in LTI placements capabilities within Sakai 12, instead of installing additional plugins. (4)

Documentation and announcements will be sent separately.
Please follow the new Sakai pages for the latest information: 

UI Changes

• Ownership and collaboration indicators are now available within My Media which give a user insight into why this media displays in their list. The new indicator also shows if the collaboration is given personally to the user or via a group collaboration (see image below). (5)
• We have moved the media publishing status indication of "private" from the thumbnail to be available on the right of the thumbnail, above the tags - for Consistency and for Accessibility. (5)
  
  

“Actions” buttons update – Adjustments have been made to the icons on the Actions drop down list. (6)

New Features & User Stories

 Resolved Issues

v5.92 References

(1) KMS-19805, (2) KMS-18811, (3) KMS-19799, (4) KMS-19901, (5) KMS-18654; KMS-19761, (6) KMS-19854

Version: 5.91.05

Date Released: October 7, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to MediaSpace and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.91.05, released October 7, 2019.

What's New

• Time & Date – We consolidated all the fields in the Admin that pertain to the way time and date show in KMS/KAF, and merged them all into one field.  (1)
  This unification allows you to control the way time and date shows in KMS/KAF using the “dateFormat” field under the application module.
  We are also introducing a new field called "uploadDateStyle"  under the application module, to allow the Admins to choose whether to show the explicit date, e.g. "September 1st, 2019" instead of "2 days ago". (2)

• UI Changes – Under each entry, an icon showing the number of plays is presented. The current "eye" icon was changed to the triangle play button to make sure the visual representation is correct, as “eye” usually represents “player impressions” and not “plays”. (3)

• Styling Module – We added a new addition to the styling capabilities – “Dropdown Menu Background Color (:active)”.
  This new field modifies the background color when a dropdown menu element is active. (4)
• Quick Ingest – While still in open Beta, we have added the new “Add from Library” option to the list, now presenting Add New, YouTube, Webcam, and From Library. (5)
  This option takes you to the BSE page, showing your My Media and other options.

• Support – We are adding an easier way to collect support logs without using any external tools or the browsers' developer tools.  See more in the Collecting Support Logs within the App guide. (6)

New Features & User Stories

 Resolved Issues

References

(1) KMS-19537, (2) KMS-19536, (3) KMS-19757, (4) KMS-19762, (5) KMS-19812, (6) KMS-19834

Version: 5.90.18

Date Released: September 18, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.90.18, released on September 18, 2019.

New Features and User Stories

Cross Application Publishing – Currently, you can see all of the Kaltura applications into which media is published in the My Media Page by clicking on the green Published button.

Now, you are also able see this information on each individual media’s publish section just above the Save and Cancel buttons. (PSVAMB-8500)

We have also added a new feature in the media publish section called “Unpublish from all applications”. This feature comes in the form of a button below the Published state radio button. Clicking this new button removes the media from ALL applications, including the current one, and makes the media entry completely private. 

Don’t have the feature turned on yet? Turn it on using the external applications guide. 

Coming Soon - Changing the UI

Notice, too, the small changes made to the visual appearance of the categories. 

Currently their appearance is similar to tags (shown below) which may cause some confusion to the user. 

Their appearance is changed to the following.

Version: 5.89.12 

Date Released: August 13, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.89.12, released on August 13, 2019.

In this release, we are focusing mainly in bug fixes for KMS and KAF. Pay special attention to some additional accessibility bug fixes. Take a look at the coming soon section, to learn more about what are we working on behind the scenes.

New Features & User Stories 

KMS Support Tickets 

Version: 5.88.27

Date Released: July 23, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.88.27, released on July 23, 2019.

What's New KMS & KAF

• URL for Filtered Results / Channel Topics (1)

This is a 2 in one feature. Specific URLs for all pages that have data filtered have been added (except for the category pages).

Each time you search or use filters for My Media, Global Search, or All-Channels, the URL changes accordingly to reflect your search/filtering results. You can save the URL in your favorites or send it to someone else.

An important use case for the filters’ URL feature is the Channel Topics. The Channel topics filter may be used to add and filter topics for channels in the “All Channels” and “My Channels” Pages.

The URL created by filtering channels by topics provides a new way to create dedicated channel pages per topic.

For additional information see Creating and Using Topics for Channels for KMS and KAF.

• Themes - Additional capabilities for Theming are available in KMS/KAF. (2)
  • Admins may setup sets of players to use in a category.
  • Each category owner (channel, gallery, media gallery) can decide what set of players to use for their category.  This option is configured in the ChannelTheme (for both channels and media galleries) and Categorytheme modules (for galleries).
    

Note: If you have the Theme Preference set up you may choose which option overrides the other. For example you can select the single entry theme to override the category theme or vice versa.

• Subscribers - A  column has been added under the Members page for Categories. The “Subscribed” column, indicates whether a user has subscribed to the category or not. (3)
   You can see subscribers that are members as well as subscribers that are not members.
• Carousel Type – The Home page has a new carousel type available. Turn it on from the Home module. (4)
  
  
  
• Quick Ingest – This Quick Ingest feature, is a new addition to the BSE family. It can compliment the BSE feature, or replace it. It is basically a BSE without the Browse and the Search. As this is currently released in Open Beta mode, we will release more information after we go live. (5)
  
• All new KMS/KAF instances will be created with players marked with version “Latest”. (6)
• Unnecessary Flash Vars have been removed from the embed code to speed up the embed process. (Webcasting) (7)
• RAPT/PATH: KAF users can now embed interactive videos from BSE. (8)
• A new and improved translation file is available. (9)

Resolved Issues

References

(1) KMS-19534, (2) KMS-19492 (3) KMS-19548 (4) KMS-19005 (5) PSVAMB-7603 (6) KMS-18560 (7) KMS-19373 (8) KMS-19546  (9) KMS-19659

Version: 5.87.13

Date Released: June 24, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.87.13, released on June 24, 2019.

What's New KMS & KAF

KMS Admin Text Changes

Text has been revised in the KMS/KAF admin to make it clearer. Modules: sortMediaBy, logoImageUrl, channelEmbed, galleryEmbed, Channeltopics (1) 

 Groups Management

The following new features were added to the amazing Manage Groups tool:

• Import Users – Allows the admins to add new users to a group in a bulk. You can drop a list of user IDs separated by comma or semicolon. Note: The users will be imported with only their user-ID. Other details can be passed on login via SSO authentication. (2) 
  

  

• Copy Group – The ability to copy a group saves time when creating groups with almost the same user list. Create a basic group of users, clone it, and then add the missing users to each cloned group. (3) 

• Added groups’ support for the EntryDesign, Kalturacapture, Recorder, and Quiz modules (4) 
  
  See the article Managing Groups from the MediaSpace or KAF Admin Console for more information .

Topics Module Improvements 

As part of our enhancements to add new capabilities for channel categorization, the channelTopics module now provides the ability to setup a new filter to display for channels. Each channel can be added to a topic chosen from a predefined list. (5) 

New Features & User Stories

 Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Playlists - changes to the way playlists are created, viewed and managed in KMS/KAF.

References

(1) KMS-19491, KMS-19512, KMS-19519, KMS-19266 (2) KMS-19521; (3)  KMS-19565; (4) PSVAMB-7557, KMS-19523; (5) KMS-19266

Version: 5.86.11

Date Released: May 26, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.86.11, released on May 26, 2019.

What's New KMS & KAF

In-Video Quiz – Multiple Attempts

Multiple attempts is now available for the KAF LMS extensions and plugins quizzes (1) . For more information see the section about Multiple Attempts in the Kaltura Video Editing Tools - Quiz Tab article.

Please make sure to update all your players  in the Kaltura Management Console Universal Studio.  More information may be found in the IVQ documentation.

CaptureSpace End-of-Life

CaptureSpace will reach end-of-life on June 1st, 2019. At that point, Kaltura Capture will replace CaptureSpace and CaptureSpace will no longer be supported by Kaltura.

To enable Kaltura Capture, follow the information in the Kaltura Capture documentation.  Additional information about the transition may be found in the FAQ page.

Embed

MediaSpace sharing capabilities have been enhanced, allowing end users to share a video while pointing it to a specific time start and/or end time:

You can send a link to a media page with a specific portion of the media so only a concentrated portion of the media is shared. Use on of the following methods:

• Use the Start at time or End at time field to enter the viewing start and end times.
• Use the icon next to the field to sync the time that is currently on the media player. 
• Manually input the start and end times into the link by adding st=$ed=

  .

Groups Management: 

Additional features have been added to the groups’ capabilities; a checkbox for Specific Users/Groups has been added to support groups in the admin console for fields that contain check box types for permissions. (2)  

Check the Specific Users/Groups box and enter the Users/Groups information.

For those using the Samlgroupsync – KMS now is able to handle special characters in the group name. (3)

In the next sprint we intend to add the ability to import new users directly to groups. (4).

Home Page – Trending Videos

A new playlist type "Trending" is now available in the Home page setting. Set the option in the Home module carousel type in the KMS admin.

The Trending playlist presents the set of the most played media in the past 30 days, 7 days, or last 48 hours on the MediaSpace home page. (5)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Playlists - changes to the way playlists are created, viewed and managed in KMS/KAF.

References

(1) KMS-18581; KMS-18584; KMS-18583; KMS-18580; KMS-18582 (2) KMS-19186; (3) KMS-19393; (4) KMS-19221; (5) KMS-18836

Version: 5.85.17

Date Released: May 5, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.85.17, released on May 5, 2019. 

What's New KMS & KAF

Groups Management: The ability to manage groups is now available directly from the KMS/KAF admin. This is another important step allowing groups to become super useful, and to allow faster and better control over a user’s permission in a bulk.

For more details, see the following articles about Managing Groups:

• Managing Groups from the MediaSpace or KAF Admin Console
• Group Support in Kaltura Applications and Kaltura Groups FAQ

New Channel type – “Public, Open”: We have added a new type of public channel. A public channel is a channel that is available to guests just like the galleries (assuming your KMS is open for anonymous users). The ability to add content to the existing public channel was restricted to channel members. The new Public Open channel is opened to any logged in user with the private Only role and above, and can add content to it without being a member of the channel. (1)

Express Capture – HTML Webcam Recorder: Several UI enhancements were made; such as making the text style, line separators, alignment of icons, and changing the text from “Save a copy” to “Download a copy”.

We also added a message that indicates that the upload is complete, and when so made sure that the webcam is released after the recording is completed.

Email Notifications: Introducing a new look to the old page, with preparations for the new features that will be added later – per instance notifications. These are currently in a closed-beta, and will be introduced in later sprints as a self-serve upgrade to all instances.  (2)

xAPI Additions: Adding more features/actions to the xAPI statements we are sending (3): 

• Added actions: Resume play, pause, seek 
• Added info: Length of Video 
• Added configuration: Send user info or account info
  

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Playlists - changes to the way playlist are created, viewed and manged in KMS/KAF 

References

(1) PSVAMB-6745; (2) PSVAMB-4944 (3); PSVAMB-6880, PSVAMB-6882, PSVAMB-7056

Version: 5.84.19

Date Released: April 1, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.84.19, released on April 1, 2019. 

What's New In-Video Quiz

A new release of the In-Video Quiz (IVQ) feature is now available. 

Please see IVQ release notes page for more information. 

The new features include a new Analytics Table, the ability to Remove Attempts of a user, the ability to allow Multiple Attempts for each quiz, and a brand-new question type – Open Text Question.

What's New KMS & KAF

BSE Embeds

• We changed the "No source video was found" message for entries that are in conversion process to a new meaningful message. (1)
  
  

 Accessibility

• The “Load More” button was added to more pages when enabled. Also, a new link was added to the Accessibility module where admins can enable the button. (2)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Manual Groups management – Currently available as an Open Beta in the KMS/KAF admin pages.

References

(1) KMS-19199; (2) KMS-19325; KMS-18666;

Version: 5.83.14

Date Released: March 4, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.83.14, released on March 4, 2019. 

What's New for KAF & KMS

 Browse Search and Embed 

• A Timeline has been added to the Kaltura Browse Search and embed feature. Use the timeline to select a start and end time for your media using the embed settings. (1) 
• BSE Status message – An informative message about the status of the BSE embed has been added. (2)

Express Capture 

• The Download a Copy option has been added that allows you to download a copy of your recording before uploading and saving it to KMS. (3) 
• Keyboard shortcuts have been added to Kaltura Express Capture. Keyboard control. (4)
• An audio indicator has been added to indicate that you are recording Audio only. (5) 

Groups-Management

• In the KMS admin in any location where you can set a role, you can now add users/groups. (6)
• Change Media Owner– You can set a “Group” as the owner of an entry. (7)

Other

• KMS Gallery/Channel theme - First Tab Load - Admins and category managers can control which tab to load into the category first. Enable this option in the KMS  Admin Console through the Categorytheme module or Channeltheme module.. (8) 
• New Translation Enhancements have been applied to the KMS and KAF applications. (9) 

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin.

References

(1) KMS-18776, (2) KMS-18775, (3) KMS-19006, (4) KMS-18744, (5) KMS-18741, (6) (KMS-18104), (7) KMS-17396, (8) PSVAMB-5905/ PSVAMB-5745, (9) KMS-19130

Version: 5.82.15

Date Released: February 4, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.82.15, released on February 4, 2019. 

 What's New for KAF & KMS

• Kaltura Express Capture - HTML Webcam Recorder  – A new Big Red Button has been added to the Kaltura Capture suite. This new feature is now available for all KMS and KAF instances. Kaltura Express Capture enables recording content directly from the browser, with no need to install any additional software.

  Admins: Give it a try by going to the instance admin and enable the new “Recorder” module. (1)
  Note the Player version must be v3. A new v3 player will automatically be created in the module when you turn enable it.

  The new webcam recorder will replace the Flash recorder, which is anticipated to be removed from KMS and KAF later this year. (An announcement will be sent.)

  For more information on how to use the Webcam Recording option to add media,  see the article Kaltura Express Capture.
  
• BSE (Browse Search & Embed) “Advanced Settings”
  
  For Admins: The Embed Advanced Settings feature may be enabled on all KAF instances by choosing a new BSE version – V3. When enabled, the Kaltura Embed Media page is displayed with an entire new set of embed features (more to come). See the Browse Search and Embed Administrator's Guide for more information.
  To try it out, login to the KAF admin page, select the browseandembed module and turn on the v3 version in the enableNewBSEUI field. Please note, the v3 version will replace previous versions, that are intended to be removed later this year (A separate announcement will be sent with more information). (2)
  
  For Users: Please see the articles Browse Search and Embed for information on how to launch the BSE feature,  and the article Using the Kaltura Browse Search and Embed (BSE) Feature for more information.
• Collaboration, Co-Viewer – A new collaboration type is now available – “Co-Viewer”. This option allows users to share videos with other team members or groups without the need to publish the video or make it unlisted. (3)
  
• Optimization – We have enhanced the API for several pages, making them load smarter and faster (There are no changes from a UI perspective, except for a faster load).(4) 

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin.

References

(1) KMS-18728; (2) KMS-18133; (3) KMS-18667; (4) KMS-18702 ; 

Version: 5.81.08

Date Released: January 7, 2019

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.81.08, released on January 7, 2019. 

What's New for KAF & KMS

• KMS Header Dropdown Menu –Admins can create a dropdown of items in the navigation bar. For example, you can add a list of channels. This new feature is available in the Navigation module.
   Select the “Add items” button to add the dropdown items. (1):
  

• Custom Data Display – We made changes to the way Custom Metadata is displayed on the entry page. It is now displayed vertically, and the ‘Related Entry’ images are displayed (if available) (2):
   

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• HTML webcam recorder – We are replacing the Flash recorder with a new HTML one.
• BSE enhancments – We are adding some new capabilities in the BSE allowing player selecetion and more. 
• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin.
• Collaborator – new collaborator type: "Viewer".

References

(1) PSVAMB-5524; (2) KMS-15082; 

Version: 5.80.14

Date Released: December 14, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.80.14, released on December 14, 2018. 

What's New for KAF & KMS

• Accessibility – Additional changes to support accessibility were introduced: 
  • Contrast button for our LMSs – This is a great step with accessibility, that’s allowing our LMS integrations to provide contrast mode. Turning the feature on is a simple click of a button from the accessibility module in your KAF admin. (1)
  • Login Page Text Boxes – To make it more accessible, we took the text out of the box. This change is only relevant for KMS instances not using SSO (which will be using an external login page). (2)
  • Small fixes – see in the Resolved Issues table. 
  • Multi languages – Each language can be read by a SR.
    
• Groups - We added a new Group Sync module, similar to the SAML one, that will allow all you SSO gateway users to be assigned automatically to groups. See the new module information here. (3)

• Workflows – We are improving the publishing workflow right after upload. A new tool tip allows users to know what they need to do before they can publish the video. (4)
  
  

• UI v2 – 

  • Channel Carousel – Introducing a new feature available in the UI v2 only. The Channel Theme currently holds the first feature that allows channel owners to customize their channels. Adding a Channel Carousel displays a playlist of videos on the top of the channel, instead of a static image. (5), This option is configured in the Channeltheme module.
  • Language Flags vs. Text - Since a language can be used in many countries, we added the ability to use text instead of flags when using multiple languages in KMS. Set the new ‘showLanguageFlag’ field to “No” to activate this behavior. (6)
    

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• HTML webcam recorder – We are replacing the Flash recorder with a new HTML one.
• BSE enhancments – We are adding some new capabilities in the BSE allowing player selecetion and more. 
• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin.
• Collaborator – new collaborator type: "Viewer"

References

(1) KMS-18476; (2) KMS-17505; (3) KMS-18704; (4) KMS-17500; (5) PSVAMB-141; (6) KMS-18712;

Version: 5.79.19

Date Released: November 19, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.79.19, released on November 19, 2018.

What's New for KAF & KMS

• Flash Dependency – Flash components in KMS/KAF have been removed. Components on KMS/KAF and the KMS/KAF admin that contained Flash elements were replaced with a non-Flash component.(1)
  The Webcam recorder, will be replaced with HTML recorder in the next sprints. Of course, non-flash Kaltura Capture is available to all our clients.
  
  
• Super-Fast Upload – We have been working on decreasing the upload time. It is now 7 times shorter (as our tests show).
  Our upload process sends chunks of a file in parallel, thus utilizing the bandwidth to the max and increases the upload speed. (Relevant for KMS and KAF).(2)
  
  
• Add User –The Add User interface has been enhanced to allow multiple selection of users and groups with one click. This enhancement is part of our general Groups improvements. A visual component has been added to the groups and users that will let you differentiate between the 2 types.(3)
  The change will take effect in the following locations:
• 
  
  • Add member to a channel/gallery
  • Add Collaborator to an entry
  • Change Media Owner
    
• Caliper 1.1 upgrade –  Caliper integration has been upgraded and supports Caliper 1.1.(4)
  
  
• LTI Advantages (aka LTI 1.3) support – Kaltura’s KAF is an early adopter of LTI Advantages. This will allow us to enable better teaching and learning experiences.(5)
  Please refer to the IMS Global informationhttp://www.imsglobal.org/lti-advantage-overview, for more information.
  
  
• Accessibility – Additional changes to support accessibility were introduced(6): 
• 
  
  • Changed the WAI-ARIA role, state or property.
  • Set the language of page.
  • IE11 – Fixed the issue where the contrast button is removed upon page refresh.
  • Changed the way “Bold” tags are used to format

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin.
• HTML webcam recorder – We are replacing the Flash recorder with a new HTML one.
• Collaborator– new collaborator type: "Viewer"

References

(1) KMS-14019; (2) KMS-18481; (3) KMS-17767; (4) KMS-17512; (5) KMS-18377; (6) SUP-14136; SUP-14138; SUP-15549; SUP-14135;

Version: 5.78.10 

Date Released: October 15, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.78.10, released on October 15, 2018. 

What's New for KAF & KMS

In this version, we have mainly added more features to the new search:

• Browse Search & Embed (BSE) Enhancement – We are continuing to enhance the BSE feature and changed some of the BSE workflows to improve performance and usability.
  We reviewed all the BSE workflows to make sure they work seamlessly and added the “Save & Embed” button to follow the end users while navigating through the different BSE pages. The “Save & Embed” button will ensure users’ continuous progress while working with the BSE pages. (1)
• Kaltura Search - We have added support for the new search in the following pages: Entry Page, Add to Channel/Gallery, and IVQ Creation Page (2)
  We also added the Recent search feature, which allows you to see your search history on the search text bar (3)
• SAML Group Sync – We corrected and made some changes to the SAML Group Sync module for the error handling, and support. If an error occurs, the end user is presented with a meaningful message, and debug info they can send to their admin or to Kaltura Support. (4)

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin and in the ‘Add User’ pop up.

References

(1) KMS-16735; (2) KMS-16801; (3) KMS-14853; (4) KMS-18465, KMS-18511, KMS-18466

Version: 5.77.14

Date Released: September 26, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.77.14, released on September 26, 2018. 

What's New for KAF & KMS

In this version, we have mainly added more features to the new search:

• Captions Filter– A common request to have the ability to filter entries containing closed captions was added to the new search capabilities. (1)

• Added new search support – The new search has been added to the following pages:Create new IVQ page, Entry page, and Add to Channel/Gallery page. (2)

• Custom Metadata Filters Selection – While you may filter your search acccroding to Custom Metadata, it is possible that not all custom fields should be used. We added the ability to select which fields should be set as filters. This feature is configured in theCustomdatamodule.(3)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin and in the ‘Add User’ pop up.

References

(1) KMS-18090; (2) KMS-16944; KMS-16895; KMS-18173; (3) KMS-16722;

Version: 5.76.12 

Date Released: August 27, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.76.12, released on August 27, 2018. 

What's New for KAF & KMS 

BSE Workflows Enhancements– We listen! After feedback from you, we have made many improvements to the BSE (Browse, Search & Embed). The changes are diverse, from simply adding a Refresh button, to other complex changes like faster loading time. The following lists the current changes:

• New Upload– We added the ability to drag and drop files when uploading via the BSE. Currently, the drag and drop works for only 1 video at a time, but bulk upload is on its way. Good news – this feature is also available in KMS.  (1)
• New Refresh Button– We added a “Refresh” button on the BSE main page. This allows better support for Kaltura Capture and CaptureSpace workflows.(2)
• Faster BSE– Changes to the backend to use less API calls provide better BSE performance.(3)
• Minor Style Changes– We changed some buttons colors and made some alignment changes to elements(4)

New Search Items- Additional changes and improvements have been made to the new search feature.

• Added the Shared Repository filters to the custom data filters. The little cog will no longer be visible, and the Shared Repository filters will be included with the rest of the filters.(5)
• All irrelevant filters for chosen options are now hidden (e.g. the duration is hidden if images are selected).(6)
• Support for default sorting value in galleries.(7)

What's New for KAF

KAF Security Enhancements– Additional layers of security have been added to all KAF applications.

• Disabling the “allow anonymous” mode for KAF instances.(8)
• Enhanced entry URL security, so users cannot get to an entry by guessing the entry ID.(9)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Groups Support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin and in the ‘add user’ pop up.

References

(1) KMS-17462; (2) KMS-17463; (3) KMS-17994; (4) KMS-18149; (5) KMS-18174; (6) KMS-18257, KMS-18260; (7) SUP-14912; (8) KMS-18221; (9) KMS-17591;

Version: 5.75.17

Date Released: July 30, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.75.17, released on July 30, 2018. 

What's New for KMS

• New Search – The look and feel of the new search filters has been enhanced to better support accessibility features and to display better.(1)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• BSE Enhancements – We will be smoothing theworkflows and adding new capabilities.
• Groups support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin and in the ‘add user’ pop up.

References

(1) KMS-17906; KMS-18007; KMS-17266; KMS-17818; KMS-17919;

Version: 5.74.30

Date Released: July 8, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.74.30, released on July 8, 2018. 

What's New for KMS

• Revamped Search Engine – The new and improved Search includes additional new filters and search capabilities such as partial search, synonyms and more. The new search is now available on KMS and KAF.(1)

  For more information please see:

  • Kaltura Media Search Admin Guide
  • Kaltura Media Search User Guide 

• KMS-KAF Interoperability– As the first phase in the larger effort implementation of KMS-KAF interoperability – we added the ability for end users to see where content is published outside the current application. If content is published to another KMS, LMS, or both, users will be able to see where else media is published.

  This new feature is available from the Categories module. Additional documentation will be added later.(2)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues 

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• BSE Enhancements – We will be smoothing theworkflows and adding new capabilities.
• Groups support – We are adding additional group capabilities in the KMS admin and in the ‘add user’ pop up.

References

(1) KMS-15925; (2) PSVAMB-2555;

Version:  5.73.24 

Date Released: June 4, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.73.24, released on June 4, 2018. 

What's New for KMS

• Automatic Groups sync via SAML– A new feature has been added that allows the admins to setup KMS to map SAML groups to Kaltura groups.
  This is the first phase in the larger effort to add automatic and manual groups' management. Additional features are planned for later this year to enrich groups' capabilities in KMS and KAF.
  For more information see  the  Group Support in Kaltura Applications and Kaltura Groups FAQ.(1)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Search. New and enhanced search capabilities will be added to KMS and KAF. Enhanced filters, additional results information and support for custom metadata fields will be added with the new search.

References

(1)KMS-16579;

Version: 5.72.10

Date Released: May 7, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.72.10, released on May 7, 2018. 

What's New for KMS & KAF

Policy Controlled Features (1) – There are many changes in feature policy management that are rolling out across browsers vendors and have already taken affect in Chrome. These changes allow site authors to selectively enable and disable use of various browser features and APIs.

One of the changes in the policy-controlled features include the ability to enable setting permissions for various attributes across contexts (iFrames), such as auto-play, encrypted media playback, use of camera and microphone and others.

Kaltura is working to make sure that these changes are compatible with Kaltura products and has therefore implemented additional permissions to Kaltura iframe embeds

More information can be found here. A list of features that will require explicit enabling can be found here 

Resolved Issues   

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Search. New and enhanced search capabilities will be added to KMS and KAF. Enhanced filters, additional results information and support for custom metadata fields will be added with the new search
• Other items that we are secretly working on are more IVQ accessibility additions, new Reach capabilities, and more in the Kaltura Video Editing Tool department.  

References

(1) SUP-13974;

Version: 5.71.16

Date Released: April 9, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.71.16, released on April 9, 2018. 

What's New for KMS

• Responsive embed – Users can grab responsive embed code that enables the embedded player to resize according to the browser’s dimensions. The embedResponsiveness field in the Embed module should be used to configure this feature. (1)
• Multi-Auth– We added the “logout” URL in the KMS admin ‘AUTH’ module; Just in case you can’t find it in the Multi-Auth guides(2)

What's New for KMS & KAF

• Interactive Video Quiz –Admins can configure the new Quiz options using theenableQuestionsV2and allowedRolesQuizin the Quiz Module. For more information see the Kaltura Interactive Video Quizzes Administrator's Guide.
• Player Accessibility–Additional changes to support accessibility standards for the player have been implemented: 
  • Testing and adjusting screen reader support for Chapters and Slides has been implemented (3)
  • Verified that the keyboard focus does not change location when in a dialog screen (4)

New Features & User Stories

Resolved Issues 

Coming Soon

Here is a sample of items to be released on our upcoming versions:

• Search. New and enhanced search capabilities will be added to KMS and KAF. Enhanced filters, additional results information and support for custom metadata fields will be added with the new search

References

(1)PSVAMB-1654; (2) KMS-17181; (3) FEV-155; (4) FEV-152; 

Version:  5.70.18

Date Released: March 12, 2018

Overview

These release notes pertain to Kaltura MediaSpace (KMS) and Kaltura Application Framework (KAF) version 5.70.18, released on March 12, 2018. 

What's New for KMS

• Multi-Authentication- KMS provides support for the following types of authentication methods: LDAP, SAML, SSO Gateway, and Kaltura authentication. Until now, only one type of authentication method was supported, and combinations of the different types of authentication methods were not available. KMS is now able to support multiple types and combinations of authentication methods and allow users to login through different authentication methods. A common use case for example, is for external users, who do not have the same access as internal users. With this new feature, external users may login with LDAP credentials, and internal users with SAML credentials. Read more about it in the article Authenticating Using Multiple Authentication Providers to Access Kaltura MediaSpace see the  Kaltura MediaSpace Setup Guidefor setup instructions..(1)