Making the Most of Your YuJa Library: Organization Tips for Reusing Imported Content

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:36:14 -0500
lecture-capture, multimedia, panopto, video-capture, yuja, yuja-migration

Now that your media has migrated from Panopto to YuJa, you have access to all your videos in your new YuJa media library. While the migration preserved most of Panopto's course folder structure, faculty may want to review, reorganize, and prepare media using Yuja's user-based structure for the spring semester. This article provides two key strategies for organizing and sharing your videos, and how to get help if you have questions.

1. Organizing Your Migrated Content

Your migrated videos arrived in folders that mirror your Panopto structure, and depending on how you used Panopto, you may find a mix of content that represents prior courses (named by courseID) and folders created manually (e.g., weekly lessons, meeting recordings, etc.). Now is an ideal time to audit and reorganize for the semester ahead. Here's a practical approach:

Start with a content audit. Review what you have and sort videos into categories:

Media to use immediately this semester

Media that needs revision or re-recording

Media to archive or delete (deleted videos remain in your Recycling Bin for 60 days)

Create a folder structure that works for you. In your YuJa "My Media" library, click "New Folder" to build an organizational system. Consider creating folders for each course section, topic theme, or semester. You can create subfolders by double-clicking a parent folder and repeating the process.

Use bulk actions for efficiency. Rather than moving videos one at a time, select multiple items to move or copy them into folders at once. You can also apply tags to groups of videos to make them easier to find later.

Improve your metadata. Give your videos descriptive titles that make sense to both you and your students. Instead of "Video_0001," try "Week 1 Lecture - Intro to Marketing." Adding descriptions or tags also improves searchability across your library.

2. Sharing Your YuJa Content in Blackboard

Once your media is organized, you'll want to make it available to students. However, when it comes to sharing your videos with students, how you link them matters for both accessibility and security. YuJa offers flexible options depending on how you want students to access your content:

Embed videos directly in your Blackboard course. Use the YuJa Media Chooser to embed videos exactly where you need them -- within an Ultra Document, directly on the Content page, in an announcement, test, or discussion. This option gives you the most control over where and how students encounter your media, and ensures that permissions are automatically handled. Learn how to insert YuJa videos in Blackboard.

Publish to your YuJa course channel. When students open YuJa in a Blackboard course, they'll see a channel specifically for your course. If you publish videos to this channel, you'll create a centralized library of course media that students can browse on their own. This works well for supplemental resources or recorded lectures students might want to revisit. Learn about publishing to channels.

Share folders with specific users. Need to share media with colleagues, teaching assistants, or users outside your course? Create folders in your YuJa library and share them with specific permissions (read-only, edit, or full access). You can also generate shareable links for external users. Learn about folder sharing.

3. Getting Hands-On Support: YuJa Video Production Labs

Need dedicated time and one-on-one assistance? Join us for a YuJa Video Production Lab where our instructional technology team will help you upload, organize, and manage your course media. We're offering three sessions in ENG 102:

Tuesday, January 20 | 12:00 - 1:30 PM - register (in person)

Thursday, January 22 | 12:00 - 1:30 PM - register (virtual)

Thursday, February 13 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM - register (in person)

Faculty can sign up for a 30-minute appointment to meet with Instructional Technology staff for a personal consultation about organizing content with folders and tags, optimizing video settings, adding captions for accessibility, and publishing media to courses. We're also offering other sessions on getting to started with YuJa, recording, and editing.

Questions?

If you have questions about YuJa or need help with your migration, check ourYuJa FAQs oropen a support ticket.