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Adding the Default LMS/Mediasite Channel to Your LMS Course

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Deb Allen
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Overview

Every course in Blackboard has an automatically generated Mediasite course channel. This channel can be accessed and maintained through MyMediasite.

This is different from the channel created by Multimedia Services when a course is recorded in classroom. However, material can be moved from the MMS-created channel to the automatically generated course channel to keep everything in one place.

Procedures or Details

Adding the Mediasite Course Channel to your course

  1. In the course, add content to your course from the Content Market.
  2. In the list provided, find Mediasite Course Channel and click the + next to the name.
    Image shows the large Mediasite Course Channel option in the content market, with an arrow pointing to the + sign in the lower right. 
    OR
     Image shows the small Mediasite Course Channel option in the content market, with an arrow pointing to the + sign on the left side.
  3. The course channel will be added to your Course Content. By default, is has the name "Mediasite Course Channel" and is hidden from students.
    Image shows the course content page, with the default Mediasite Course Channel name and default settings, hidden from students.

Customizing the Mediasite Course Channel display in LMS

  1. From your Course Content page, navigate to your Mediasite Course Channel, then click the three dots menu, and select Edit.
    Image shows the Mediasite Course channel in the Course Content page, with arrows pointing to the three dot menu on the right, with another arrow pointing to the open menu and the edit option.
  2. In the dialog box displayed you can change the default name of the channel, change the visibility, and add a description. Visibility can include a timed release for the entire channel, based on specific release conditions. Click Save when done.
    Image shows the editing dialog box for the Mediasite Course channel. An error points to the pencil icon with instructions to click to change the name. An arrow points to the drop down for visibility. An arrow points to the description box. An arrow points to the save button with a reminder to save when done.

Adding material to the Mediasite Course Channel

By default, the channel has no material to view. You will need to add videos in order for them to be accessible to students. Any presentations you have access to in Mediasite--either ones you have recorded/uploaded or ones shared with you by the Multimedia Services Teams--may be added to your course channel.

  1. In the Course Content page, click on your channel name to launch it.
    Image shows the Mediasite Course Channel in the Course Content page, with an arrow instructing to click the name to launch the channel.
  2. You will automatically be authenticated to Mediasite and the channel will be loaded. The first time you access the channel, it will be empty.
    Image shows the upper left section of the launched channel where an Add Presentation button is visible.
  3. To add a presentation or presentations, click on the Add Presentation button.
  4. From here, you will be able to either record a new presentation which will be saved in your channel, or select from presentations you own or which have been shared with you.
    Image shows the options for adding a presentation, with an arrow pointing to the Record button to record a new presentations, and another arrow pointing to the Add button next to a listed presentation with instructions to click it to add an existing prseentation.

    1. To record a new presentation

      1. Click Record, then fill in the information in the dialog box. This will use Mediasite Capture (Recording Video Using Mediasite Capture) to record the new presentation.
        Image shows the Add Presentation dialog box for recording, with an arrow and instructions to fill in the title and description, then click start recording.
      2. When you are done recording, and return to LMS, please wait for the video to finish processing.
        Image shows the result after recording, which shows that the Test Recording is currently processing.
      3. You will have the option to add the video to your channel when processing is complete. This will make your video viewable to your students.
        Image shows a completed Test Recording, with an option to Add Video to the course.
      4. Your video will then be available in your channel
        Image shows the Mediasite Course Channel with the new presentation added.

    2. To add an existing presentation

      1. The default filter is restricted to presentations you own. To see presentations which have been shared with you, such as classroom recordings, select Shared With Me under Owner, then click Apply.
        Image shows the filter drop down which currently has Presentation and My Items selected.
      2. As a large number of results may be returned, we highly recommend utilizing the Search bar to search for a specific phrase within the title of the presentation you are seeking. Click Add next to the presentation(s) you wish to add to your channel.
        Image shows the search box with sample text of "opening" to search for, in order to limit the number of presentations returned, with instructions to search and then Add.
         
      3. Once a presentation has been added to your channel, it will show in the search results tagged as Added and there will not be an Add button available.
        Image shows a searched presentation which has already been added, which shows an Added note with a checkmark rather than an Add button.
      4. The presentation will appear in your channel after being added. Sometimes there is a delay between adding and when it appears due to processing on the server. It should not take longer than 5-10 minutes.
        Image shows the Mediasite Course Channel with the newly selected presentation added.

 

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Last Reviewed: 2026-Mar-31

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