SAFARI Montage Software and Integration Guides

SAFARI Montage Administrator Guide

• Table of Contents


• System and Video Streaming Library
• 1 Introduction
• 2 First Time Installation
• 2.1 Finding Your Hardware on the Network
• 2.2 First-Time Login
• 2.2.1 On-Premises
• 2.2.2 LOR Cloud
• 2.3 Navigating the System
• 2.3.1 Dashboard
• 2.3.2 Top Navigation Bar
• 2.3.3 Left Navigation Bar
• 2.3.4 Returning to the Dashboard
• 2.3.5 Quick Search
• 2.3.6 User Information
• 2.4 Change Password
• 2.4.1 On-Premises
• 2.4.2 LOR Cloud
• 2.5 Configuring a Static IP Address
• 3 Content & Add-on Module Licensing
• 3.1 Add-On Module and Content Package Licensing
• 3.1.1 License Information
• 3.1.2 First-Time License Activation
• 3.1.3 Activate All Licenses
• 3.1.4 Individual Activation
• 3.1.5 Advanced Functions
• 3.2 Assigning Licenses to Schools
• 3.2.1 Assigning Licenses from the Content Packages/Add-on Modules Page
• 3.2.2 Assigning Licenses from the WAN Manager
• 3.3 Content Update Settings
• 4 User Provisioning and Authentication
• 4.1 Provisioning Options
• 4.2 Authentication Options
• 4.2.1 LDAP
• 4.2.2 SAML
• 4.2.3 Sign in with Google
• 4.2.4 Sign in with Microsoft
• 4.2.5 LTI
• 5 Settings
• 5.1 Academic Standards
• 5.2 Customize Dashboard
• 5.3 Customize Portal Links
• 5.4 District
• 5.5 LDAP
• 5.6 Login UI
• 5.7 Network, Network Services, SNMP, and SSL
• 5.7.1 Network
• 5.7.2 Network Services
• 5.8 SNMP
• 5.8.1 Enabling SNMP
• 5.8.2 SNMP Management Information Base (MIB)
• 5.9 TLS/SSL
• 5.9.1 Generating a Certificate Signing Request
• 5.9.2 Applying the Certificate
• 5.9.3 Installing or Updating a Certificate from an Existing Certificate/Key Pair
• 5.10 System
• 5.11 Time
• 5.12 Title Permissions
• 5.13 Users
• 5.13.1 Results
• 5.14 Video Resolution
• 6 Tools
• 7 Reporting
• 7.1 District Usage Highlights/Reports
• 7.2 SAFARI Montage UI Reports
• 7.2.1 Activity and Login Reports
• 7.2.2 Playback Reports
• 7.2.3 CreationStation and LOR Reports
• 7.3 CSV Export Options
• 7.3.1 Usage Data (CSV)
• 7.3.2 Usage Data (schedule CSV)
• 7.3.3 CSV Headings


• The Learning Object Repository (LOR)
• 8 WAN Manager
• 8.1 Schools
• 8.1.1 Add a School Manually
• 8.1.2 Edit An Existing School
• 8.1.3 School Groups
• 8.1.4 Content Packages
• 8.2 Settings
• 8.2.1 District Sharing
• 8.2.2 Individual Media Upload Storage
• 8.2.3 Transfer Scheduling (Legacy)
• 8.3 Approval Queues
• 9 Integrations
• 9.1 Vocabulary: Tools, Providers, Consumers, and Platforms
• 9.2 Interoperability Support
• 9.2.1 Featured Integrations
• 9.3 LTI 1.0
• 9.3.1 Creating a new LTI Tool Consumer
• 9.3.2 Creating a new LTI Tool Provider
• 9.4 LTI 1.3
• 9.4.1 Creating a new LTI 1.3 Tool
• 9.4.2 Creating a new LTI 1.3 Platform (Coming Soon)
• 10 Content Management
• 10.1 IMS Common Cartridge
• 10.1.1 Importing a Cartridge
• 10.1.2 Common Cartridge Management
• 10.2 Uploads
• 10.2.1 Bulk Uploads
• 10.3 Copyright Policy
• 10.4 Publishers
• 10.4.1 Creating a new Custom Publisher
• 10.4.2 Editing or Deleting a Custom Publisher
• 10.5 Auto-Converter
• 10.5.1 Settings
• 10.5.2 The Convert Queue
• 10.5.3 Manually Adding a Single Video
• 10.6 Title Permissions
• 10.6.1 Update Actions
• 11 View & Chat
• 12 Get it?
• 12.1 Enabling Get it?
• 13 Web Proxy and Managing YouTube Access
• 13.1 A Trusted Referrer
• 13.2 Whitelisting Based on URL Parameter
• 13.3 Using SAFARI Montage as a Proxy Server
• 13.3.1 SAFARI Montage Web Proxy Configuration Instructions
• 13.4 Recommended YouTube URL Format


• IPTV
• 14 Selective Video Streaming (SVS)
• 14.1 Configuring Streams
• 14.1.1 Copyright Information
• 14.1.2 Stream Settings
• 14.1.3 School News
• 14.2 Closed Captioning with enCaption Live
• 14.2.1 Adding an enCaption Server
• 14.2.2 Associating a Captioning server with an SVS stream
• 15 Network DVR (N-DVR)
• 15.1 N-DVR Configuration
• 15.1.1 First-Time Setup
• 15.1.2 Settings
• 15.1.3 Chart: Recordings (Live)
• 15.1.4 N-DVRs
• 15.1.5 Recorder Availability
• 15.2 Channel Guide
• 15.2.1 Data Files
• 16 Desktop and Lecture Capture
• 16.1 Enabling the Dashboard Icon
• 16.2 Using Lecture Capture
• 16.2.1 Making a Screen/Lecture Recording
• 17 Universal Live Broadcaster (ULB)
• 17.1 Settings
• 17.2 Broadcast Servers
• 17.3 Broadcasts


• Pathways SM™
• 18 Rooms
• 18.1 Room Management
• 18.2 Create a New Room
• 18.3 Edit an Existing Room
• 18.3.1 Add and Manage Devices
• 18.3.2 Assign Users to the Room
• 18.3.3 All-Call Scripts
• 18.4 Room Groups
• 19 Controllable Devices and Button Sets
• 19.1 Managing Button Sets
• 19.1.1 Imported and Pre-Defined Button Sets
• 19.1.2 Creating New Button Sets
• 19.2 Managing Controllable Devices
• 19.2.1 Configuring a New Device
• 19.3 Projector Management and Direct IP Control
• 19.3.1 Creating Direct IP Control Button Sets
• 20 Endpoints
• 20.1 Endpoint Management
• 20.1.1 Endpoint Groups
• 20.1.2 Endpoint Settings
• 20.2 Endpoint Configuration
• 20.3 Digital Signs
• 20.4 Classroom Portal
• 20.5 All-Call
• 20.5.1 All-Call Management
• 20.5.2 Creating a New All-Call
• 21 Stream Reservations and Device Scheduling
• 21.1 Stream Reservations
• 21.1.1 Managing Reservations
• 21.1.2 Accessing a Reservation
• 21.1.3 Reservation Settings
• 21.2 Device Scheduling Control
• 21.2.1 Create or Edit a Schedule
• 22 Broadcast Encoder Management


• 23 Appendix
• 23.1 Network Ports Reference
• 23.1.1 Client (Workstation) to SAFARI Montage Server(s)
• 23.1.2 SAFARI Montage Server(s) to Network (private and public)
• 23.1.3 Communication between SAFARI Montage Server(s)
• 23.2 Revision History

Authentication Guides

LDAP Configuration Guide (PDF - 248 KB)
OneRoster Configuration Guide (PDF - 351 KB)
Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication (PDF - 285 KB)

SAFARI Montage Interoperability Support Services (ISS)

NEW!Schoology Integration for LTI 1.3 (PDF - 345 KB)
Blackboard Configuration Guide (PDF - 812 KB)
BrainPOP/BrainPOP Jr. Configuration Guide (PDF - 997 KB)
Canvas Configuration Guide (PDF - 321 KB)
CK-12 Foundation Integration (PDF - 591 KB)
Google Integration (PDF - 280 KB)
Google Chrome Browser Extension (PDF - 409 KB)
Google Classroom Add-on Configuration Instructions (PDF - 314 KB)
NEW!Google Apps Authorization Guide (PDF - 448 KB)
itslearning Configuration Guide (PDF - 204 KB)
Microsoft Integration (PDF - 657 KB)
Moodle Integration (PDF - 325 KB)
Schoology Integration (PDF - 412 KB)
Zoom Integration (PDF - 541 KB)

Managed Home Access

Configuring SAFARI Montage for Managed Home Access (PDF - 1.85 MB)
Configuring an Expansion Server for Managed Home Access (PDF - 5.62MB)

SupeTube™ Portal Server Guide

SupeTube™ Portal Server Guide (PDF - 1.2 MB)
SupeTube™ v1.0.34 Upgrade Instructions (PDF - 131 KB)

SAFARI Montage Apple® iOS App

SAFARI Montage iOS App Configuration Guide (PDF - 455 KB)