ℹ️ Engaging Students with Remote Technologies

Brightspace by D2L, Zoom, and Mediaspace are three tools that are often used to engage students in online, flexible, or flipped learning. 

D2L Brightspace Resources
For questions on D2L and Zoom. This site has quite a bit of information about D2L - the status of the system, a link to the system knowledge base, the D2L community site, etc.
http://minnstate.edu/system/ims/index.html

Zoom  
Zoom is Minnesota State’s online web conferencing system and collaboration tool open to students, faculty, and staff. It provides multimedia capabilities for activities like interactive classes, group work, online office hours, and meetings. Log on to Zoom for video conferences.   

You can find self-service guides at the Zoom Help Center or watch some of the Zoom Video Tutorials. Additional training opportunities are listed on SCSU’s knowledgebase article on Zoom.  

Zoom Help  

• Minnesota State “How to” for Zoom   
• Request assistance directly from Zoom 24 x 7, including public holidays  
• Contact the Minnesota State service desk during posted business hours  
• Contact St. Cloud State University’s HuskyTech service desk during posted business hours

MediaSpace
Kaltura MediaSpace is a service that converts and distributes video, audio, and other media formats. It is integrated into D2L for easy upload, creation, or use in courses. MediaSpace includes Kaltura Personal Capture, a desktop recording and capture tool. Contact anyone in the SCSU Online team for assistance with Kaltura MediaSpace.
Sign-in to Minnesota State Kaltura MediaSpace.

How-to guides:

• Uploading Video and Audio to MediaSpace (PDF; maintained by SCSU)  
• Embedding your MediaSpace Video into D2L Brightspace (PDF; maintained by SCSU)
• MediaSpace How-to Videos (playlist; maintained by Kaltura MediaSpace)  
• Kaltura Personal Capture (playlist; maintained by Kaltura MediaSpace)  
• How to Edit Captions - Kaltura Learning (video; maintained by Kaltura MediaSpace)