UmU Play gives you as a teacher opportunity to create and manage video directly in Canvas

UmU Play-My media and UmU Play can be found in the Canvas navigation menu when you are in a course. UmU Play is a tool in Canvas that is activated in settings. As a teacher, you activate the tool in the usual way via Settings and by dragging the tabs for UmU Play up to the visible navigation menu. Don't forget to save.

Insert UmU Play in the text editor

The easiest way to insert videos from UmU Play is to upload them via the text editor.

If you want to insert video without uploading in My Media, you click on the this icon in the editor:

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Then you select

a. Upload or create new videos in the editor or

b. Inbed already existing video

UmU Play-My Media

My Media is your personal video library where you can upload your videos. You can later publish the videos.

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This is your personal video library where all your videos are stored. Here you can upload a video you have already created from your computer, create a video quiz or make new recordings using a program called Kaltura Capture. You do this under the dropdown menu that appears if you click on the Add new + button which is highlighted in yellow. You can also manage some simple functions for each video you uploaded by tapping the edit icon that the arrow points to.

UmU Plays gallery

UmU Play is a media gallery where you can see all published media files. These can be divided into different playlists.

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UmU Play allows you to create a course gallery with movies that can only be viewed by the participants in the current course site. When you click on a video, you have the opportunity to watch it, comment and share it.

If you have many videos that you want to group together, you can create a playlist. The yellow in the picture above, indicate a playlist. When you click in the right corner you can edit to create a playlist, create an description or activate the setting for reviewing the videos before publishing.

To create a playlist:

Click on Playlists.
Then Create New.
Choose Manual Playlist.
In the menu, give your playlist a name under Set Details and then go to Add media.
Click add for the videos you want to create a playlist with
Choose save and a new playlist is created

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UmU Play is a good tool to let students see recorded material or be able to upload it themselves. In the remaining manuals there is more information about UmU Play and how it works with canvas