Hotspots

A URL hotspot puts a textbox onscreen. When viewers click it, they'll be taken to the website you've identified in a separate browser tab or window. The video will also pause if it's not already paused.

1. Within Canvas, click "My Media" in the left navigation.
2. Locate the video to which you want to add Hotspots and click the pencil icon on its row.
3. Click "Launch Editor" in the gray box next to the video player. The Kaltura Video Editor will launch.
4. In the left navigation of the Video Editor, click the icon that looks like an arrow within a square.
5. Use either play controls within the video player or the timeline below to find the place in your video where you want the hotspot to first appear onscreen for viewers, and click the "Add Hotspot" button.
6. Enter the text you want to display onscreen in the "text" field.
7. Ensure that the "URL" radio button is selected.
8. Enter the URL in the "link to" field, including the https:// prefix.
9. Click "Done." (If you want to explore the "Advanced Settings," read below.) You should now see a little yellow box has appeared above the timeline at the bottom of the Video Editor, and above the timeline.
10. Position the hotspot within the player window by dragging and dropping it where you see fit. You can also enlarge the box, though this won't change the font size.
11. Play the video or use the scrubber in the timeline to find the time in the video when you no longer want the hotspot to be onscreen for viewers. Drag the right side of the yellow box that's above the timeline to that desired endpoint.

12. Click "Save" at the top right of the Video Editor window.

A "time in this video" hotspot allows viewers to jump back to a timecode that you identify in your video.

1. Within Canvas, click "My Media" in the left navigation.
2. Locate the video to which you want to add hotspots and click the pencil icon on its row.
3. Click "Launch Editor" in the gray box next to the video player. The Kaltura Video Editor will launch.
4. In the left navigation of the Video Editor, click the icon that looks like an arrow within a square.
5. Use either play controls within the video player or the timeline below to first find the point that you want viewers to jump back to using the hotspot. Take note of the timecode.
6. Use either play controls within the video player or the timeline below to find the place in your video where you want the hotspot to first appear onscreen for viewers, and click the "Add Hotspot" button.
7. Enter the text you want to display onscreen in the "text" field.
8. Ensure that the "time in this video" radio button is selected.
9. In the "time" field, enter the timecode you noted earlier, in 2-digit minutes and 2-digit seconds (mm:ss).
10. Click "Done." (If you want to explore the "Advanced Settings," read below.) You should now see a little yellow box has appeared above the timeline at the bottom of the Video Editor, and above the timeline.
11. Position the hotspot within the player window by dragging and dropping it where you see fit. You can also enlarge the box, though this won't change the font size.
12. Play the video or use the scrubber in the timeline to find the time in the video when you no longer want the hotspot to be onscreen for viewers. Drag the right side of the yellow box that's above the timeline to that desired endpoint. Click "Done."

1. If you're not already looking at the hotspot editor:
   1. Within Canvas, click "My Media" in the left navigation.
   2. Find the video in question and click the pencil icon on its row.
   3. Click "Launch Editor" in the gray box next to the video player.
   4. Click the icon that looks like an arrow inside a square.
2. You should see a list of all of the video's hotspots. Locate the one you want to delete and click the kebab on its row (the three dots). Select "Delete."
3. Confirm that you want to delete the hotspot.