Features

VidGrid is a free service available to all faculty and students

Getting Started:

Visit https://go.unl.edu/academicvideo and choose Enterprise Login.

Enter your entire UNL email address and you will be taken to the UNL single sign on page.

Enter your UNL credentials, a VidGrid account will be created for you and you will be taken to your home page. 


If you have further questions please contact the Canvas Team at collaborate@unl.edu .

UNL Academic Video features:

• Full service 99% ADA compliant closed captioning completed by real people at VidGrid
• Edit videos in their library after it has been uploaded
• Add a “blur” effect in editing mode to hide unwanted areas
• Replace videos with updated versions without having to change the URL or embed code
• Resize or remove the video window even as you record
• Choose the area of the screen they want to capture
• Better manage permissions for specific groups

Academic Video service to UNL campus:

The UNL Academic Video service is available to instructors and students at UNL. 

Video captioning service for UNL Campus: 

• Professional Closed captioning is currently available to all instructors with academic videos. Learn how to request captions for your videos by watching this short video: https://help.vidgrid.com/en/articles/2583552-adding-video-captions

• To request captioning through the office of Services for Students withy Disabilities, please contact Barbara Woodhead (bwoodhead1@unl.edu) at the Service for Students with Disabilities office.

• AUTOMATED LECTURE CAPTURE

ITS currently offers a free automated lecture capture service in specially equipped rooms. This service allows an instructor to have their lectures recorded automatically based on the course schedule. Classes will be recorded automatically then routed to the instructor's VidGrid library. Recordings in the rooms listed below will include a video camera focused on the instructor area, the PC image displayed on the screen and audio from the instructor's microphone.

INSTRUCTOR MUST WEAR A MICROPHONE WHICH IS SUPPLIED IN EACH ROOM.

You must have a VidGrid account to use the automated lecture capture service. Follow the steps above to acquire an account before requesting a scheduled recording.

Rooms currently equipped with Automated Lecture Capture:

ARCH 127

AVH 106

AVH 115

FOOD 42

HAH 110

HENZ 124

JH 110

KEIM 262

LLS 102

LPH 209

OTHM 106

RH 15

TEAC 105

REQUEST AUTOMATIC LECTURE CAPTURE

Getting Started

Here is a short video explaining how VidGrid works with Canvas

Training Videos