Uploading Videos to Perusall Using Kaltura or OneDrive

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Perusall is an e-reading platform for collaborative annotation of assigned readings. Students can highlight text, add comments or questions, and converse with classmates and the instructor. Faculty can pose classwide questions before or during the reading, answer student questions, and join discussions—making assignments more interactive and collaborative while directly shaping students’ understanding. Faculty can also add quizzes or individual assignments via the Quiz tool.

Perusall tracks time spent and amount read to promote accountability. Instructors set grading parameters—or exclude grading—while Perusall assigns scores (which instructors can override) and imports them into Canvas. Students can comment on books, PDFs, videos, podcasts, webpages, and more. Advanced tools include assigning different materials to different students and enabling peer and instructor feedback on student writing. Perusall also offers text-to-voice and other accessibility features.

Prerequisites

• Access to your course on Perusall
• A video uploaded to either Kaltura or OneDrive
• The ability to modify course materials in Perusall

Step-by-Step Instructions

Uploading a Kaltura Video to Perusall

To upload a Kaltura video to Perusall, do the following:

1. From your browser, access https://media.csuchico.edu/.
2. From the menu on the upper-right, select Login and enter your portal id and password.
3. From the menu on the upper-right, select My Media.
4. Locate the video you want to upload and select the Edit pencil icon. (You can also click the video link and then choose Actions > Edit.)
   
    
5. From the Edit window, select Downloads, and check the box next to the highest quality HD option.
6. Select Save and then select Go To Media. 
   
7. Go back to your My Media Main List and open the video. Click on Actions then Publish.
8. Click on Unlisted then Save.
   
9. Next select the Download tab.
   Note: If you do not see the Download tab, select Source in the previous step. 
10. Right-click on the Download button under Actions in the far right box and choose Copy Link to copy the download URL.
    
11. Access Perusall via Canvas or directly and go to the course where you want to upload the video. 
12. From the Perusall course content library, select Add Content
    
13. Paste the link into the Video URL field.
    • The link should look similar to this: https://media.csuchico.edu/downloadmedia/index/download/flavorid/1_ltbrr0xw
    • This add the video with the url as the name. You can select the video and choose Edit. Replace the video url with a more user friendly name.
       In the example above, the video Wall of Sound was renamed using this method. 

Now the video will be available in Perusall, and students can interact with it using Perusall's built-in tools.

Uploading a OneDrive Video to Perusall

If you prefer to use OneDrive, do the following:

1. Upload your video to OneDrive.
2. Once uploaded, right-click on the video and select Share.
3. In the sharing settings, make the video publicly accessible by choosing Anyone with the link.
4. Copy the sharing link provided by OneDrive.
5. In Perusall, paste this link into the Video URL field of your course material.

Now the video will be available to students using Perusall's video player. OneDrive's storage limitations may be a consideration if you have large videos or extensive storage needs.

Troubleshooting

• If the video isn't playing in Perusall: Ensure the video link is correctly copied, and the permissions (for OneDrive) or download settings (for Kaltura) are properly configured.
• Video quality issues: Make sure to enable the highest resolution when using Kaltura to ensure the best playback quality in Perusall.