Overview
YuJa is the University of Windsor enterprise video platform system. It can be used as a stand-alone tool or within your LMS course site (instructors). YuJa allows you to create, upload, and share your videos and other media and have your videos auto-captioned for accessibility. There is an online, easy-to-use video editor and a mobile app. It is available for all campus users.
Logging into YuJa through a browser
- Log in directly to the YuJa website (UWinID and password required) at http://uwindsor.yuja.com
- Ensure the University of Windsor Single-Sign-On is selected from the drop-down beside the Login. Click the Login button. When prompted, enter your UWin ID username and password, and you may have to authenticate with multi-factor authentication. (Your YuJa account will be provisioned as a student account upon your first login.)
- A YuJa account is not required to view a shared video unless the author has requested that you authenticate first.
Accessing YuJa from Brightspace
There are several locations within Brightspace to access YuJa. YuJa is available from the Insert Stuff icon within any area using the text editor. From there, you can select the YuJa Media Chooser to embed videos you have on your YuJa account.
Instructors can also access YuJa in a Content section from the Existing Activities menu option and select the YuJa Quicklink. This is also the ONLY location where you should embed a quiz into your course site to have the grading function properly. More on embedding YuJa content from Brightspace's support article.
YuJa Retention Policy
To maintain storage quotas, we are introducing a retention policy for the YuJa platform. Any file that has not been viewed in 750 days (a little over 2 years) will be sent to the owner's recycle bin. You will receive an email from noreply@YuJa.com when you have content moved to your recycle bin and you will have 30 days to access your recycle bin and restore a recycled file before it is deleted. 7 days before it is deleted you will receive a second email warning you that the content will be permanently deleted from your recycle bin. This retention policy went into effect on May 1st 2025. If you have any questions or concerns please submit a YuJa Team Dynamix Ticket.
Using YuJa
Below are instructions and requirements for using YuJa, available on the YuJa official documentation site.
Video Tutorial Collection
Articles
Getting Started
- Quick Start for Students and Users
- Quick Start for Instructors and Content Owners
- User Account Settings
- Using the Media Player
- Accessibility Features in the Media Player
Recording/Quizzes
- Using the YuJa App
- Recording with the YuJa Browser Capture
- Recording videos on Windows or Apple devices
- Video Quizzes
- Inserting a YuJa video quiz into UWindsor's Brightspace LMS
- Recording and creating a transcript with the YuJa Browser Capture
Editing
Media Management
- Embedding a Video into a Brightspace content area
- Inserting YuJa content into Brightspace using the YuJa Quicklink
- Getting Links and Embed Codes for your videos
- For Students: embedding a YuJa video into your assignment
- For Stuents: Having trouble taking a YuJa quiz? Make sure you have cookies enabled for your browser.
- Media Management (playlist, uploading/downloading, sharing and publishing, captioning)
- Media Channels
- Media Player
- Accessing your recycle bin
Analytics
Getting Help
YuJa has a 24/7 support site with articles, videos, chat, and a location to request support through a direct ticket at support.yuja.com. If your question is of a nature that only applies to UWindsor, don't hesitate to get in touch with CTL using a TeamDynamix ticket and include YuJa in your description. If you would like a consultation on best practices for using YuJa in your courses, please email ctl@uwindsor.ca, and we will schedule a time to work with you.