YuJa is a video platform that allows users to host video content and record video lectures that can be used as part of curriculum deployment.

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Pinned Article * Contacting YuJa Support *

This article contains the contact methods available to seek direct assistance from YuJa's Support team.

Adding/Editing Captions in YuJa

YuJa offers integrated AI captioning with a 90-95% accuracy rate (free for all to use) and human captioning (by request only). This process automatically creates closed captions for any YuJa video, which are available during video playback on any device. The automated voice-to-text captioning process also creates transcripts that can be downloaded by the viewer, as well as edited by the Content Owner. This accessibility feature provides for Section 508 compliance.

Allow Students to Publish to Your Course Channel in YuJa

Instructors can set permissions to allow students to publish to a specific course in YuJa.

Create a Link in Blackboard to Public or Shared YuJa Videos

How to create a link in your Blackboard course to other users' public or shared YuJa videos.

Create a YuJa Recording in Blackboard

For instructors and students: How to launch the YuJa Software Capture application from within Blackboard, set up and create a recording, and share it in any Content Area, assignment, discussion board, or any other area with a text editor inside of your Blackboard course.

Creating a Recording in YuJa

You can create a YuJa recording in Blackboard or directly through YuJa.  The following steps are to create a recording in YuJa.

Download & Install the YuJa Software Station

How to download and install the YuJa app for Mac, PC, and mobile devices.

Editing YuJa Recordings

Links to various tutorials on how to edit Yuja videos.

How to Access YuJa

YuJa is a video platform that allows users to host video content and record video lectures that can be used as part of curriculum deployment.

Identify, Bulk Download & Store Media from YuJa

Audience: Instructors
How to identify and bulk download your videos and media currently housed on YuJa – archive on OneDrive or save locally for later use.

Instructors: How to post YuJa videos to your Blackboard course

After your YuJa video has been created or uploaded to your media folder, you will need to deploy it to in your Blackboard course. This article demonstrates the different methods available for courses in Bb Ultra (direct link and embed video) and Bb Original (YuJa Media Chooser, CIM Tool, Course Channel, & Embed Code/Direct Link URL).

Publish YuJa Recordings to a Course Channel

YuJa recordings are stored in the recording owner's folder in YuJa instead of being tied to a specific course. There are multiple ways to link YuJa recordings within a Blackboard course, you add a Course Channel and then Publish the videos to the appropriate course channel.

Unable to Full Screen a YuJa Video Inside of Blackboard

Troubleshooting steps to use if you are unable to view a YuJa video in full screen.

Uploading & Sharing YuJa Content

YuJa is a great tool for students and instructors to upload video lectures/assignments to share with the rest of the class.

YuJa Archive Restoration

Archived YuJa recordings can be restored by accessing the video under My Archive in the left navigation of YuJa's My Media area. Users can hover their cursor over the desired video and click Restore. Recordings should be accessible after the restoration process completes in 2-4 days, depending on current processing load of the archive storage service.

YuJa Content Management

A guide to content management for YuJa users: upload content, edit existing content, manage available storage space (downloading & deleting content), and view storage quotas.

YuJa Media Management and Content Clean-Up

You can manage a variety of media content in the YuJa Platform. Management tools within Manage Media allow you to handle a variety of administrative tasks, including editing, sharing, deleting and publishing video content.

YuJa Tutorials and Help Guides

Helpful tutorials on using YuJa.

YuJa Video Creation and Content Sharing for Faculty

The YuJa Enterprise Video Platform is an all-in-one video experience to securely create, manage, discover, collaborate, and deliver video content across any device, at any time. This article contains resources for faculty getting started with YuJa.

YuJa Video Creation and Content Sharing for Students

The YuJa Enterprise Video Platform is an all-in-one video experience to securely create, manage, discover, collaborate, and live stream video content across any device, at any time. This article contains instructions and resources for students to get started using YuJa.

YuJa Video Editor: How to Edit the Video Index

YuJa automatically generates an index (text-based outline) for every video by scanning its audio and visual content. The video's index is made available to viewers during playback to help them navigate directly to desired topics. Because the index is automatically-generated, it is always a good idea to review and manually edit it before sharing your video. Please see this article for more information about how users can edit their video's index.

YuJa: Enable Downloads for All Videos in Course Media Channel

Information on allowing downloads for all recordings published in a Course Media Channel, removing the need to individually activate downloads on recordings.

YuJa: How to Download Videos & Other Media

How to download videos from YuJa using the media player or the file browser. Files may be downloaded individually, or in batches.

YuJa's Picture-in-Picture Mode

Audience: students & instructors
How to use YuJa's picture-in-picture mode (stacking the primary and secondary video feeds within one player window).

YuJa: Enable Downloads for Individual Videos

YuJa has the ability for the recording owner to allow created content, such as video recordings, as well as uploaded media to be made available for download. The download option must be enabled for each individual recording or media file.

Publishing a YuJa Video to a Course Channel - Students

Instructions for students on how to publish YuJa recordings to a course channel.

YuJa Quizzing - Gradebook Responses Listed Under Anonymous

If student results for a YuJa quiz embedded in Blackboard are being listed under Anonymous, they will need to enable third-party cookies and take the quiz again.

YuJa Software Capture Service Not Running (Windows 10 Error)

The YuJa Software Center may encounter an error where the underlying services stop running. This error requires the services to be restarted to allow a YuJa recording to upload.

Changing or Uploading YuJa Content Thumbnails

Thumbnails may be selected or uploaded for all types of YuJa media.  This article contains a link to information on the process, supported image file types, as well as image resolution recommendations.