Managing your digital footprint: Kaltura Media

Aug. 21, 2026

Kaltura is a cloud-based media content management system available to staff, faculty, and students at UAA and UAF (including the UA System Office). It provides tools to create, upload, edit, collaborate on, and share video and audio content.

Key Features

  • Automatic backup of all Zoom recordings to Kaltura
  • Integration with Blackboard and Canvas using Kaltura LTI tools
  • Tools for screen recording, video quizzes, and automatic captioning
  • Access through KPC, UAA, and UAF branded MediaSpace portals

Why does this matter?

First, the University of Alaska does not currently impose storage limits on Kaltura or enforce a media retention policy. However, as many cloud providers begin charging for storage—similar to recent changes with Google—this will likely change in the future. To prepare, we encourage everyone to review their media library and remove content that is no longer needed. Zoom recording backups account for a significant portion of our Kaltura storage, and most of these recordings see little or no use. While Kaltura is a great tool for managing active media content, it should not be treated as a long-term archiving solution.

Second, as an institution, we want to proactively take steps to comply with the updated that will now go into effect for UA on April 24, 2027. These updates to Title II of the ADA require that all published video content have accurate and , including content that’s published within an LMS, like Blackboard or Canvas. We can each approach this strategically by first removing or unpublishing old media that no longer needs to be accessed. Then we can prioritize where we need to for accuracy, and where including may be necessary. Most media in Kaltura is automatically captioned with high-quality machine captioning, and there are now tools available in Kaltura to manually create extended audio descriptions. However, it’s important to use your time and resources wisely. We encourage you to use this opportunity to evaluate which of your media may no longer need to be published and shared, which can be deleted, and which to prioritize when doing the work to make your media accessible.

How to manage your media?

You can access and review your media through your MAU’s MediaSpace instance. Below are helpful Kaltura knowledge base articles related to this process:

The links below, once you sign in, will take you directly to your My Media page and display only the media you own. While Kaltura offers collaboration features that allow others to help edit or publish content, only the media owner can delete items. The layout of this view makes it easy to review your entries and remove those you no longer need.

  •  (includes UA System Office and Foundation staff)

Media Retention Policies

More information will be shared in the coming months, but we want to assure everyone that content that is actively used or recently accessed (within the last three years) will not be affected. Policies related to media removal will focus on media that has not been used for an extended period (more than four years) or has never been accessed.

To prepare for these changes, we encourage you to start reviewing your media library now and delete any content you no longer need.

We are here to help

For technical issues, please reach out to your local IT Support: