YuJa recordings are stored in the recording owner’s personal folder instead of being tied to a specific course. To make recordings available to students in Blackboard, videos must be published to a Course Channel or shared individually within a course.

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• What are YuJa Course Channels
• Publish as an Instructor
• Publish as a Student

What are YuJa Course Channels?

Course Channels are automatically created when an instructor launches YuJa from a Blackboard course. Each channel is linked to a specific course and serves as a centralized location for sharing recordings with enrolled students. By default, student publishing to course channels are disabled. Students will need to be given permission by their instructor to publish content on a channel. Please visit YuJa's support page on how to enable student permission to publish to course channels.

Publishing Options

YuJa recordings are not course-specific by default and must be explicitly shared. Instructors can use one of the following methods to share content:

• Publish the videos to the course's channel: Publishing videos to a Course Channel groups all recordings in a single location. A single link can be added to Blackboard, allowing students to access all published videos from one page. Steps to do this are below for both Instructors and Students.
• Share individual videos: Videos can also be shared individually by linking or embedding recordings directly within Blackboard content. This method allows instructors to direct students to specific recordings.

Publish as an Instructor

Create a Course Channel Link in Blackboard

A Course Channel must be created in each Blackboard course where you want YuJa videos to appear.

1. Access the Blackboard course where you would like to share YuJa videos.
2. To create the YuJa link item in your course, click the plus icon (+) in the content area and choose Content Market.
3. In the Content Market window, select the plus icon (+) in the tile titled UND YuJa. This will install a link to YuJa in the course.            
4. In the Content area, make the new YuJa link visible to students for easy access. 
5. Finally, select the UND YuJa link to automatically create a course channel. Doing this will also bring you directly to the folder in YuJa for the course channel. 

Publish Recordings to a Course Channel

Once you have created the Course Channel link, recordings can be published and made visible to students through the Blackboard course menu.

1. Select the YuJa link in the Content area (link created above).
2. Select Manage Media at the top of the screen, and locate the content you would like to publish to a course. Note: some recordings may appear in your Default Collection.
3. Publish Recordings.
   1. Single Publish: hover over a video and select Publish.
   2. Bulk Publish: share several recordings at once. Click on a recording to select it (a blue box will appear around it), and hold down the shift key (or click and drag) to select multiple recordings. Then, click the More Actions (…) drop-down in the top menu, and select Bulk Publish.
4. In the Publish window, locate the appropriate course under All Channels and click Select and then Save.
5. The published recordings will now be available to students through the YuJa course channel link in Blackboard.

Publish as a Student

By default, student submissions to an instructor’s Course Channel are disabled; students will need to be given permission by their instructor to publish content on a channel. If you do not have permission to publish, please reach out to your instructor!

Publish Recordings to a Course Channel

1. Log in to Blackboard, and navigate to your desired course.
2. Click on the YuJa link provided by your instructor. If no link is visible, open View Course & Institution Tools from the menu on the right. Selecting UND YuJa will open the YuJa dashboard, where you can view and manage your recordings.
   1. Note: You may also log in to YuJa directly at und.yuja.com, and sign in with the same username and password as Blackboard.
3. In YuJa, click on Manage Media at the top of the screen. This will open a page where you can view and edit all uploaded or recorded videos.
4. Locate the video you want to publish. If no folder was selected during recording, the video may be in your Default Collection.
5. Once you have found the video, hover over the video and select Publish.
6. A Publish to Channels pop-up window will appear, listing all of your YuJa-enabled courses. Select the appropriate course from the list of available channels. Then, click on the rightward-facing arrow or use the Select button to move to the Selected Channels list. Finally, click Save to publish your video to that course.
7. The publish window will close, and a confirmation message will appear once the video has published successfully. To verify publication, hover over the video’s thumbnail, and click on the More (…) menu option. Select Media Details and review the Published To section; you should see the course listed there. 

The selected recordings will now be available to your instructor and other students when they click on the YuJa link in your Blackboard course.

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