If you have recorded a video using your mobile device and wish to upload that recording to VIUTUbe, you can do so by either uploading the video to your OneDrive, iCloud, Google Drive, or some other sort of file storage or transferring platform. You can then download the file to your desktop or laptop computer and follow the standard instructions for uploading media to VIUTube.
If you do not wish to use a third party storage or transferring platform, you can also upload media from your mobile device directly to your VIUTube account. In order to do so, you will need to download and install the YuJa Video Application.
- Operating System: iOS 13.4 or higher or Android 5.0 or higher.
- Camera / Mic: For video and audio recording
- On your mobile device, find and navigate to either the Google Play Store (Android) or the App Store (IOS).
- Using the search function, type and search for YuJa Video.
- Click the download button beside the YuJa Video icon and follow the on-screen prompts.
You won't be able to login to the YuJa Video application by directly opening the application. In order to login to the application, you will first need to open your internet browser and login to VIULearn. You can then launch the YuJa Video application from your VIULearn account.
- Open your Internet Browser application and navigate to learn.viu.ca
- Click the Go to VIULearn button and login using your VIU computer account credentials.
- Click the hamburger menu (3 vertical lines) in the upper left hand corner. Select VIUTube from the dropdown menu.
- If you are receiving a "please enable third-party cookies" error message at this point, please refer to the instructions below on how to enable third-party cookies.
- Click the View using the YuJa Video app option.
- Click the here text in step 2 to open the YuJa app. Alternatively, if you are using an unsupported browser (such as Safari) copy the link provided and paste that link in a new internet browser tab.
- If prompted, click Open to open the page in the YuJa Video application.
- Click the Uploads button (plus icon).
- Choose to upload media from your library or your files. If prompted, allow YuJa to access your photo library.
- Find and select the media file you wish to upload.
- Click on the My Mobile upload... input field to change the title of your video. Give your new video a description if desired.
- Click the Upload button.
- Click OK.
- Your media will begin to upload in the background. Swipe down on the page to refresh the page and check the status of your upload.
If you are receiving a "please enable third-party cookies" error message when attempting to click the VIUTube tab in VIULearn, then you will need to allow third-party cookies and cross-site tracking in your internet browser in order to be able to launch the YuJa Video application.
You can find instructions on how to enable third-party cookies and cross-site tracking here: