Course Capture

Instructor Getting Started

For Spring 2026, instructors will need to opt into Course Capture in order to for their courses to be recorded. For multiple instructor courses, each instructor must individually opt in before recordings will be scheduled. All official instructors meeting in a Course Capture eligible room will receive an announcement email to opt in and to adjust their Course Capture at least two weeks prior to instruction start. Please review the following steps below if you want to use Course Capture.

What to do prior to semester start

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Kaltura Media Deletion Process Changes

November 26, 2025

My Media in bCourses (and in Mediaspace) now provides a "Recycle Bin" feature that allows you to delete media you own with an option to restore later (within 30 days of being deleted). If you don’t want to wait 30 days for media to be fully and permanently deleted, it’s just a few steps to go into the Recycle Bin and delete from there. Our article on deleting...

Course Capture FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions and Issues Common Questions Are my discussion sections included?

All secondary sections are treated seperately from the primary section. Your departmental scheduler will need to assign an instructor, usually the GSI, to a secondary section to make sure they can access any recordings or to make any changes to recording and sharing options.

I do not wish to use Course Capture, what should I do?

For Spring 26, Course Capture will only record courses where instructors have opted in. You can log into Course...

Home Page Explained

Starting Spring 2026, Course Capture has return to an opt-in model. This means instructors must take action to opt in their courses in order for these courses to be scheduled for recording. All instructors teaching in a Course Capture eligible room will be emailed at least 2 weeks prior to instruction starts. For courses with mutliple instructors, all instructors must opt-in.

Instructors can view and change their Course Capture settings by logging in from the Course Capture Home Page...

Course Page Explained

Starting Spring 2026, Course Capture has return to an opt-in model. This means instructors must take action to opt in their courses in order for these courses to be scheduled for recording. All instructors teaching in a Course Capture eligible room will be emailed at least 2 weeks prior to instruction starts. For courses with mutliple instructors, all instructors must opt-in.

Instructors can view and change their Course Capture settings by logging in from the Course Capture website...

Departmental Schedulers Getting Started

Departmental Schedulers Getting Started with Course Capture How to look for a room with Course Capture capabilities and features For Course Capture rooms with cameras, but without operators, search for 06: AV-Course Capture
For Course Capture rooms with camera AND an option for an camera operator, it is only available in Wheeler Aud and Pimentel. Who to add as instructors Instructors are defined as users in the TNIC, TIC, or the NTIC role All primary and secondary courses should have at least one instructor (so the instructor can access the recording) If it is...

Options to stop recording with Course Capture

All classes with a listed instructor are automatically recorded. Listed instructors (from the Student Information System) will be emailed at the start of every semester as a reminder to review and update their Course Capture settings if desired. Secondary sections, such as discussions or labs, do not inherit the lecture's Course Capture setting. If your GSIs are the listed instructor of the secondary section, they will get their own email as a reminder to review and update their Course Capture settings.

Stop recording for a full course, current semester, or all future semester:

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Kaltura v7 player upgrade coming in May

March 25, 2025
Update — 5/19/25: The upgrade to the v7 Player has been completed

Please see our KB article, “What's new in the Kaltura v7 player?”. If you encounter any issues with Kaltura media players, please email kalturahelp@berkeley.edu

What’s going to happen?

During the...

Kaltura in bCourses changes due to upgrade to LTI 1.3

December 28, 2023
Judy Stern

Be prepared for some minor changes to the Kaltura integration with bCourses as we have upgraded, largely for security reasons. More specifically, we have upgraded from LTI 1.1 to 1.3. To learn more, see "Why Platforms and Tools Should Adopt LTI 1.3".

While the security improvements that come with the upgrade may not be obvious, the upgrade has led to one user interface change that will likely impact your use of Kaltura: thelocation of My Media ...

Willa Chan

Streaming Media Coordinator