Choosing the Best Video Creation and Hosting Platform for Online Course Delivery

Determining the Perfect Video Production and Storage System for E-Learning Course Delivery 

Introduction

The digital learning environment of today relies on video for online education. The video creation and hosting platforms that it has in place allow instructors to convert lectures into multimedia-friendly format, not too distant from the 1940s Edgrams made in front of a camera by then-president Harry S. Truman of the American Institute for Learning. Not only this, but these platforms also encourage the students of today to use video as a medium to express their own learning in assignment submissions. Platforms for both video and those just-obtained video tools that encourage use by students are interactive. They are what is called for in the online education of today.

Platform Analysis

Canvas Studio

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1. Full integration: Canvas Studio is fully integrated within the Canvas LMS so that instructors and students can seamlessly access it within the environment they are already accustomed to. This offers the added benefit that no additional sign-on is required for users.

2. Tools for the creators: Canvas Studio provides the necessary tools for content creators to construct, upload, and serve video content to their audiences in a manageable, efficient way. In fact, Studio is designed to be an authoring platform so that any type of video content can be created and then served directly within Canvas.

User-friendliness: The platform is designed for easy use by all within the Canvas ecosystem. It has a straightforward interface that allows both instructors and students to achieve some level of video recording and sharing with minimal effort.

Expense: An institution's Canvas subscription includes access to Canvas Studio at no additional charge, meaning the cost of using Canvas Studio is baked into an institution's overall LMS package cost.

Institutions that use Canvas receive a wealth of resources to help train their instructors and support their students. Not only does Canvas provide very extensive training materials, but it also makes them available on a 24/7 basis. If you have a problem at 3 PM or 3 AM, there's a Canvas community out there to help you.

Canvas Studio makes accessible education possible. Whether it's the use of closed captions or the clarity of a screen reader, you can rest assured that the content you've created in Studio is accessible to all students.

Panopto

Features: Panopto is a powerful system for managing video content, renowned for its effective methods of capturing lectures, live streaming, and working alongside many types of LMS platforms. It boasts automatic captioning, in-video searching, and interactive quizzes.

Usability: Although Panopto has a host of advanced features, its interface can be somewhat difficult to initially navigate. However, once users familiarize themselves with the platform, it allows for a nearly limitless video experience.

Cost: Panopto has a subscription-based pricing model, usually necessitating an institutional license. The price you pay hinges on how much you need to store and the way you actually use it.

Accompaniment and Tutelage: Panopto provides very comprehensive training materials, a vault of knowledge, and very dedicated customer service.

Accessibility: This system fulfills the accessibility standard because it does three vital things: it provides automated captioning, it provides audio descriptions, and it provides transcription services.

Kaltura

Features: Kaltura is a highly adaptable video platform that can support many different media formats and can also support live streaming as well as video with interactive elements. It integrates with a number of LMS platforms, most notably Blackboard, but also including Moodle and Canvas.

Kaltura is an interface that is rich in features, much too many for new users to comfortably navigate. In contrast, its myriad of options allows institutions to customize Kaltura to an extent that it becomes an almost unrecognizable platform compared to itself.

Pricing: Kaltura has a pay-as-you-go or subscription-based pricing model. Depending on the level of usage, this makes Kaltura one of the more costly options on the market.

Assistance and Instruction: Kaltura offers instruction materials, forums for community interaction, and various forms of support to ensure successful implementation of their products.

Access for all: The platform provides closed captions, allows for screen reading, and otherwise is in compliance with WCAG standards.

Conclusion

Once we assessed Canvas Studio, Panopto, and Kaltura, we found that the best choice for an institution truly depends on specific institutional needs and the existing LMS infrastructure. Canvas Studio is the ideal tool for any institution that utilizes the Canvas LMS. This is for many reasons, not the least of which is the seemingly effortless integration that Canvas Studio achieves within the Canvas platform itself. Not only does Canvas Studio function well with Canvas,

But it also offers a suite of video tools that are both powerful and user-friendly.

For organizations that want a straightforward, all-in-one video solution with excellent customer service, Canvas Studio is the clear winner for making online courses more watchable. But if you need a platform that can work with many LMSs, has some decent embedded analytics, and can serve as a content hub for enterprise video in addition to being hacker-proof, then Panopto is a good option.

Comparison Table

References

How to download a Panopto video and upload to Canvas Studio [Video]. (2024, July 31). YouTube. https://youtu.be/itxLV0F0miQ?si=TY44YRYw054TjZ8x

Panopto in canvas editing video and adding a table of contents [Video]. (2021, August 12). YouTube. https://youtu.be/YS2cwpVkaf0?si=HCKUIuvw19ZA6Yk4

Using Kaltura media in Canvas [Video]. (2021, July 12). YouTube. https://youtu.be/IfH6HAGHjbk?si=uykgla9NnBa6dHcy

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