What's a Mediasite channel and why should I post one?
A Mediasite channel is a landing page that houses a course's complete library of lecture recordings. Posting a Mediasite channel on your course page is the most efficient way to give your students access to lecture recordings. Channels group all recorded lectures in one convenient location, and instructors are not required to post individual links to their recordings each week by hand.
Mediasite channels will always start with the following: https://vums-web.villanova.edu/Mediasite/Channel/ Any URLs containing "mymediasite" or "sharedfolders" are attached to your personal account and cannot be accessed by students.
Where can I find the link to my Mediasite channel?
- In the recording confirmation email instructors receive from CIT@villanova.edu after opting into Classroom Lecture Capture (CLC).
- MyMediasite: log in and type your course name into the search field in the top right-hand corner of the webpage. Add an asterisk (*) to the end of your search term if you get no results at first. You can also use the filter in the top right of the window and set the search type to "Channel" if your search returned multiple content pages (see image below).
If you teach multiple courses in a semester, you can favorite channels for easy access from your MyMediasite homepage. To learn how to favorite channels, read our step-by-step guide: 'Favorite a shared folder or channel on MyMediasite'.
Where and how do I post the channel to my course page?
Ideally, instructors will post the channel within the main navigation menu or another equally prominent place on their LMS course page. If you'd like the Learning Technologies team to assist you with this process, please submit a request for 'Assistance with adding content to Blackboard'.