Sakai: Warpwire

Warpwire (Create and embed videos and audio files in Sakai)

Warpwire is a streamlined, easy-to-use tool that allows instructors to quickly create and display videos in their Sakai courses.

• After an instructor adds the Warpwire tool to their Sakai course, their course is assigned its own "Media Library".
• In the Sakai Text Editor, such as in Lessons, instructors can click on the Warpwire icon on the Text Editor toolbar, create a video, and display their video to their students. The video is stored in the course Media Library.

How To Get Started

• Warpwire's web browser requirements
• How to turn on Warpwire in your course site
  • You only need to activate Warpwire once in each Sakai course.

Handouts and How-to's

• Tips for Creating Multimedia for Instruction (PDF)
• How to create a selfie and display it in Sakai
• How to create a screencast in Sakai
  • IMPORTANT: In Chrome, after you select the area you would like to capture (by clicking on either the “Entire Screen” or “Specific Window” image) the Share button may be hidden in the lower right corner.
    • You may need to make the dialog box larger by clicking and dragging the right side of the dialog box to display the Share button.
• How do I clip my video or audio file?
• How to upload a video/audio in Sakai
• How do I upload a video from my mobile device?
• How do I find out if students are watching my video or audio podcast?
• How do I choose a different or custom thumbnail (the default video or media image)

Student Instructions

• Warpwire's web browser requirements
• Play a video options or Play an audio podcast