Central Community College has completed the implementation of YuJa as our video content management solution to replace VidGrid. The decision to move to YuJa was developed over a couple of years as we became aware that the VidGrid platform will no longer be updated or supported by the parent company. Many other institutions had already successfully adopted YuJa, including Nebraska’s university and state college systems.

What is YuJa?

YuJa is an all-in-one video experience to securely create, manage, discover, and collaborate video content across any device.

Please Note: The preferred method for accessing YuJa is through Canvas, especially for all faculty. This automatically assigns you with the correct role in Yuja and validates you via the Single-Sign-On process for CCC.

For non-faculty users and students, the direct link is https://cccneb.video.yuja.com. For anyone accessing YuJa through the direct link the default user access will be a student user and LSS will need to modify the role for you. If you are logging into YuJa with the direct link it is important to make sure to use the Central Community College Single-Sign-On from the YuJa Credentials drop down menu on the Login page.

YuJa SSO screenshot

Benefits of YuJa

All videos created or uploaded by faculty/staff are automatically machine captioned at 90-95% accuracy.
Multiple viewing options for students
Ability to create recording profiles to streamline the set up process in prep for recording
Ability to splice videos together
No restrictions on size of videos/files being uploaded
Robust video editing capabilities
Multiple video source recording
Ability to embed engagement content directly into YouTube videos
Ability to insert/replace PPT slide
Variety of screen capture options
Desktop application and browser recording functions
Additional question type options and question branching capabilities
Robust analytics

Captioning

Machine Captioning

All videos created or uploaded by faculty to YuJa are automatically machine captioned at ~90-95% accurate. The YuJa software allow easy edit ability to improve the captioning to the desired 100% accuracy.

Accessing YuJa

Canvas is the preferred access method for faculty and students

Faculty

YuJa is enabled in your Canvas courses. To disable YuJa in your Canvas course, go to Settings > Navigation > Disable YuJa
This method provides the most robust reporting and analytics

Students

YuJa will need to be enabled by your instructor in your Canvas course
If you wish to use YuJa to record videos outside of your course you can access YuJa via the direct link below.

YuJa Dashboard

Once clicking the YuJa link in any Canvas course or by direct access, the user will land on the YuJa Dashboard. Once on the YuJa Dashboard, users will have access to all media they record, or has been shared in a Canvas course or via the Shared options. The tools for recording can be accessed on the dashboard, as well as the User Account options, links to the YuJa support options and more. Attending a Basic training session or accessing the recordings of those session will help the users navigate and utilize the features of YuJa.

Recordings of past trainings can be found in the YuJa Dashboard under the Shared Folders in the Shared - All Instructors Channel

See the YuJa FAQ page to find answers to the most commonly asked questions.

Installing the YuJa Client

For full access to all the YuJa options, is recommended to download and install the YuJa client to your device. IT is working on pushing the client to devices for all full-time faculty and a list of staff that were showing as VidGrid users.

For everyone else, you can access the download file from the YuJa dashboard. At the top of the dashboard, locate and then click the Create Recording button. In the Create Recoding pop-up, click the Download link at the bottom of the window. Once the file is downloaded, please put in a Service Now Ticket asking IT to install the YuJa client from the download file.

It is a good idea to have the YuJa client installed prior to training but is not absolutely necessary. Step by Step instructions to locate the YuJa client download file can be found in CCC Canvas Guides here Download and Install the YuJa Client.

The Timeline for VidGrid:

October, 2023 - Clean house - Download any videos that do not need to be stored by the College, delete obsolete, outdated content, past student videos, etc.
November 1, 2023 - The data extract will be pulled from VidGrid and migration (copy) to YuJa will begin, the process will take approximately 4-6 weeks.
November 1 - December 31, 2023 - VidGrid will remain available for use during the remainder of the Fall 2023 semester.
- Anything edited or added after October 31st will be the responsibility of the user to download from VidGrid and upload to YuJa.
December 31, 2023 - CCC's contract with VidGrid will end. No access to VidGrid should be expected beyond that date.

The Timeline for YuJa:

October 31, 2023 - IT Canvas Integration & SSO setup with YuJa
November 1-10 2023 - The data extract will be pulled from VidGrid and migration (copy) to YuJa will begin, the process will take approximately 4-6 weeks.
November 1, 2023 - YuJa is available in Canvas now. Want to get started early, you can access the Getting Started with YuJa through Canvas guide for some pretty simple instructions. For the smoothest migration process, it is recommended everyone log into YuJa as soon as possible to establish your YuJa account. This is to ensure that videos will migrate to the correct user accounts
November 14- December 20, 2023 - Live training will be scheduled and support materials will be provided. Yuja has an extensive knowledge base available at YuJa Support.

November 14-December 27, 2023 - All VidGrid videos will be migrated (copied) to YuJa. Users can expect to see their migrated content on or after December 27, 2023 in their own YuJa dashboard. If you do not see your videos in YuJa after this date, please reach out LSS so we can see where they went and move them into your account.
Training Schedule is posted on the LSS SharePoint Communication Site. The schedule and links to the Zoom trainings are kept current there. Recordings of past trainings can be found in the YuJa Dashboard under the Shared Folders in the Shared - All Instructors Channel
January 1, 2024 - The plan is to be fully moved to YuJa by January 1, 2024.
January 1-12, 2024 - More live training sessions will be scheduled, and the schedule will be posted in the right column of this page once confirmed.
January 1-15, 2024 - Once the migration is complete, users will need to relink any VidGrid videos to YuJa videos. This would be in Canvas, the CCC Website, SharePoint, Biz Library or wherever they may have been linked. The VidGrid video links should not be expected to work for 24/SP. All videos in 24/SP courses should be relinked before the start of the term on January 16th. The Basic training sessions do demonstrate the process for linking to YuJa videos in Canvas.

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