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YuJa Lecture Capture, Video Recording, and Storage

Below is an overview of YuJa at NDSU.

Overview

YuJa is a Video Content Management System that allows users to store, manage, and distribute media content. All NDSU faculty, staff, and students have access to a personal YuJa account that allows them to host video content and record video lectures for academic use.

Help, consultation, training

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Intended Audience

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Using this solution

Availability

24/7/365 [*Standard outages]

Cost

University-funded: no charge.

Requirements

Must use NDUS credentials

Getting Started

Best Practices

YuJa is not intended as a long-term storage platform. YuJa videos that have not been viewed for 1(one) year are removed on a rolling basis. Please visit our page on Video Recording Purge (Delete) Schedule KB page for more information.

Learn More/How To's

YuJa seamlessly integrates with Blackboard to:

  • Media Management: Manage Media includes the ability to organize content into Channels, search and maintain media content, share media, upload and download media, caption content, and use the Video Editor. Visit the YuJa Managing Media Overview help article for more details.
  • Post Videos to your Blackboard Course: Once you have created a video, you will need to deploy it to your Blackboard course. There are multiple ways to add your YuJa videos to Blackboard. Refer to the Adding YuJa Links and Videos to a Blackboard Course KB page for more information.
  • Course Channels (Media Channels): Course Channels (Media channels) in YuJa serve as a shared space for content where students can access instructor-created course content. Visit the Course Channels (Media Channels) KB page for more information.
  • Create and Sync YuJa Video Quizzes (Question-Based) with Blackboard: YuJa allows instructors to create and link Video Quizzes(Question-Based) in Blackboard to seamlessly sync grade results between both systems.  For detailed instructions, refer to the Creating and Syncing different types of YuJa Video Quizzes KB page. 
  • Create and Sync YuJa Playback Quizzes (Watch-Time Percentage-Based) with Blackboard:  YuJa allows instructors to create playback quizzes to award points based on how much of the video viewers watch, with grades syncing to the Blackboard. For detailed instructions, refer to the Creating and Syncing different types of YuJa Video QuizzesKB page.

Features for Students

Use Cases

  • Mini Lectures
  • Record Weekly/Unit Overviews
  • Student Introductions
  • Tutorials (Labs, etc.)
  • Video Assignments
  • Video Quizzing 

Universal Design/Accessibility

YuJa believes that every user deserves equal access to education and technology. Their accessibility processes include accessibility compliance review, third-party auditing, and user scenario testing.

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Keywords:
yuja, video, record, capture, storage, overview 
Doc ID:
102545
Owned by:
Sharley K. in NDSU IT Knowledge Base
Created:
2020-05-27
Updated:
2025-12-05
Sites:
NDSU IT Knowledge Base