Switch Cast Mediaspace Video Portal

Switch Cast Mediaspace is the joint video portal of Swiss universities.
It allows you to upload your own videos and make them accessible to a specific audience.

• Switch Cast Mediaspace

To upload videos, you need producer rights. As a UZH staff member, you are automatically granted these. Once you have logged in, you will find the ‘My Media’ menu item in Mediaspace, amongst other things. If this is not the case, please apply for your producer rights as follows:

• Log in to Switch Cast Mediaspace once:
  Switch Cast Mediaspace

• Request producer rights by email at:
  avs-support@zi.uzh.ch

Upload a video or record one using the Express Capture tool available in Mediaspace. The system requires some time to process the video so that it is ready for the subsequent steps, including editing the video or processing metadata. Familiarise yourself with the steps using the Switch Cast Mediaspace Help and the Switch Cast video tutorials. 

• Video tutorial: OLAT and Mediaspace – Editing videos
• Switch Cast Mediaspace Help (Post-processing)

Access rights

Configure the access rights. We recommend that you always assign videos to a channel and control access via an existing or new channel. For further information and options, please see the following link:

• Switch Cast Mediaspace – Video permissions

Licences

By choosing a licence, you determine how authorised users may use your content.

• If you specify a licence in the video itself, select «As defined in content»
• Alternatively, you can use a «Creative Commons licence» (creative commons)
• In the absence of an explicit licence, the following applies «All Rights reserved»

Recommendation: Always define a licence to avoid any misunderstandings regarding its use.

Publication

There are various ways in which you can publish your videos:

• On Mediaspace:
  Video tutorials: Mediaspace – Channels and Publication
• On websites: Embed your video or a channel playlist from Mediaspace into your website using the embed code, or link to them directly.
  Please note: Channels cannot be embedded.Video tutorials: Mediaspace – Channels and Publication
• Via direct links: Share links to individual videos, channels or channel playlists directly with your target audience.
  Video tutorials: Mediaspace – Channels and Publication

Download: Enable video downloads as required.
Video Tutorial: How to enable video downloads