UNMC’s IT Academic Technologies is introducing the YuJa academic video platform, a cutting-edge addition to UNMC’s educational toolkit.
To ensure that faculty and staff can maximize the benefits of YuJa, IT Academic Technologies is offering comprehensive training sessions via Zoom. Sessions will be available from noon to 1 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Nov. 29, and Thursday, Nov. 30. To find out more and secure a spot, visit this link through Bridge.
YuJa is distinct from Echo 360, and each platform comes with its own unique set of features.
Melissa Diers, UNMC’s director of academic technologies, said she is pleased to make YuJa accessible to the entire UNMC campus, because it will make it easy for faculty and students to upload human-captioning videos for peer-reviewed video assignments and ensure that human captioning accommodation needs are met.
Echo 360 continues to serve as the go-to platform for prescheduled lecture captures. For a detailed comparison of the two video platforms, refer to this chart.
To access YuJa, there are two options:
- Use this link to log in through the YuJa website.
- Visit the UNMC Appstore.
Starting in January 2024, YuJa will be integrated into Canvas course navigation.
For those looking to install the YuJa software capture application, follow these steps:
- In Windows, go to the “Type here to search” box, type “software center” and click on “YuJa Software capture” to install the application.
- For a Mac, follow these instructions Installing Software Capture for Apple Application.
Diers said IT Academic Technologies is looking forward to helping users make the most of this addition to UNMC’s educational technology offerings.