FAQ – ILIAS Media Portal

Enter a search term in the search field on the home page. Suggestions will appear after three characters, which you can select directly. Press Enter or choose a suggestion to start the search.

When this option is enabled, the portal additionally searches the full text of subtitles and transcripts. This allows you to find media in which a specific word is spoken – even if it does not appear in the title or description.

Click the filter icon next to the search field to show the filter options. You can narrow results by:

• Media type – video, audio, or series
• Publication year – year of publication

Use the sort icon on the right side of the search field to order results:

• Default – relevance-based order
• Newest first / Oldest first – by publication date
• Title (A–Z) / Title (Z–A) – alphabetically

Certain media in the ILIAS Media Portal are only accessible to members of ILIAS courses. Logging in with your KIT account ensures that you can access the content for which you are enrolled in ILIAS.

You log in with your KIT account (u-abbreviation and password) via the KIT Identity Management. No separate credentials are required for the Media Portal.

The media displayed depends on your ILIAS course enrollment. The portal only shows you content from series you are enrolled in via ILIAS, plus publicly accessible media.

If you expect to see a specific media item, please check whether you have joined the corresponding course in ILIAS.

Click on your username in the top right corner and select "Logout". To fully log out of your KIT account, please close your browser afterwards.

Please check the following:

• Use a current browser (Firefox, Chrome, Edge or Safari).
• Clear your browser cache and reload the page.

Subtitles in WebVTT format are available for many media items. If available, you can activate them directly in the player. The availability of subtitles depends on whether they have been created for the respective media.

Yes. The video player has a fullscreen button. Alternatively, a dedicated playback page is available for some media, which displays the player without distractions.

A series groups together several related videos or audio files – for example, all recordings of a lecture in one semester. All episodes are listed on the series detail page.

The Media Portal is accessible directly from ILIAS – via links in your course materials or via the "Back to ILIAS" link in the portal header. Login is seamless with your KIT account.

The Media Portal syncs your ILIAS course enrollment at login. If you have recently joined a new course in ILIAS, please log out of the Media Portal and log back in to refresh your course memberships.

A language switcher is located in the top right corner of the header. Click de to switch to the German interface, or en for English.

For technical problems, please contact KIT Library support.

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