What is a Mashup? The Mashup feature in Blackboard allows the viewing and sharing of media content from external websites. A Mashup can be used in a variety of ways within a course, such as, a standalone learning object, part of a test question, a topic on a Discussion Board thread, or as part of an assignment.
0:321:55Adding a Mashup in the Text Editor - Blackboard Learn - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipScreen for your discussion thread or your assignment. Within the text. Box you will see a buttonMoreScreen for your discussion thread or your assignment. Within the text. Box you will see a button called mashups. When you click on the arrow next to mashups. The menu will expand.
The YouTube Mashup Tool is a good way for both Students and Instructors to post public YouTube Videos - they can be posted in any place the Blackboard Text Editor is used - Items, Discusison Board, Blog or Wiki, etc.
A video mashup (also written as video mash-up) combines multiple pre-existing video sources with no discernible relation with each other into a unified video.
Mashups are sites that combine a number of data sources and as a result create a new service. Zillow is an example of a mashup that combines Microsoft's Virtual Earth data and various MLS databases. Most mashups use publicly-accessible resources, which and do not pay fees to use data.
The Kaltura Media Mashup tool allows you to add video content anywhere in your BU Learn course, such as an item, assignment, Discussion Board post, blog post, etc. Kaltura should be turned on by default in your BU Learn course.
Using the Kaltura Media Mashup ToolScroll down to the Additional Tools section and select Kaltura Media.This will take you to your Kaltura My Media area. ... Once you have selected your video, you will be brought back to the text/content editor. ... Make any other changes to your content. ... This will open a menu.More items...•Nov 5, 2020