YouTube is what most people think of when posting a video online. However, it has some drawbacks for educational materials, worth noting. Firstly, it permits public or unlisted videos only. Secondly, it contains advertising and links to other ‘related videos’. And thirdly, it is dependent on an individual account rather than being associated with your official university account. You will need to create a personal Google account to be able to upload materials to this location.

Although Blackboard allows the uploading of videos, this can use up quite an amount of storage space over the long run, and it is better to use the fact that we have now integrated Kaltura and Blackboard. You can access the ‘Media Gallery’ in Blackboard in the content sections and upload videos straight into Kaltura through this. Find out about using Kaltura on Blackboard.

This is essentially an in-house YouTube-style resource in which you can post videos but also control access to them, restricting to specific groups, or making them public. Everyone with an NUI Galway computer account has their own space on MediaSpace and videos posted there can also be accessed and presented in Blackboard. Find out about Kaltura MediaSpace. 

As part of our Office365 tenancy, we also have access to Microsoft Stream and Office 365 video. This is another video service where people can upload, view, and share videos securely.

Find out more about Microsoft Stream in the ISS website.  and about Office 365 Video.