Canvas Studio

🎥 Canvas Studio – Quick Overview

Canvas Studio is a video learning tool inside Canvas that turns watching videos into active learning. Students can interact with media — and instructors can use Studio to deliver content more effectively.

As an interactive video creation and sharing tool built right into Canvas — Canvas Studio lets instructors and students record, upload, share, comment on, and interact with video and audio content. It also supports captions, analytics, embedded quizzes, and inline discussions directly on the video timeline.

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➡️ Recording, Uploading, and Editing with Canvas Studio

➡️ Sharing a Canvas Studio Video

➡️ Adding a Quiz or Discussion to your Canvas Studio Video

➡️ Having Students Create and Submit Canvas Studio Videos

➡️ Recording, Uploading, and Editing with Canvas Studio

You can record a video using your webcam in Canvas Studio. Videos can also capture your screen. You can record media for any length of time, but shorter video recordings are recommended. You can also upload previously created videos.

- - You may need to allow the browser to access your camera and microphone.

RECORDING/UPLOADING

EDITING

🧭 How do I upload media files in my Canvas Studio account?

🧭 How do I add media from YouTube and Vimeo in my Studio account?

Chrome or Edge Browser

🎬 How do I record a webcam video in Canvas Studio using a Chrome or Edge browser?

🎬 How do I record a screen capture video in Canvas Studio with a Chrome or Edge browser?

Safari or Firefox Browser

🎬 How do I record a webcam video in Canvas Studio using Safari or Firefox browser?

🎬 How do I record a screen capture video in Canvas Studio with a Safari or Firefox browser?

Chromebook

🎬 How do I record a screen capture video in Canvas Studio on a Chromebook?

✂️ How do I use the Canvas Studio media editor?

✂️ How do I cut sections of a media file in Canvas Studio?

✂️ How do I trim a media file in Canvas Studio?

✂️ How do I add auto-generated captions to my media file in Canvas Studio?

✂️ How do I replace a Canvas Studio video thumbnail?

✂️ How do I add annotations to my media in Canvas Studio?

➡️ Sharing a Canvas Studio Video

🧭 How do I use Canvas Studio through the Rich Content Editor in Canvas?

🧭 How do I add Canvas Studio media module item in a Canvas course as an instructor?

➡️ Adding a Quiz or Discussion to your Canvas Studio Video

QUIZZING

DISCUSSION

INSTRUCTOR DIRECTIONS

🛠️ How do I create a Canvas Studio video quiz?

🛠️ How do I embed a Canvas Studio video quiz in the Canvas Rich Content Editor as an instructor (ungraded)

🛠️ How do I post Canvas Studio video quiz results in the Canvas Gradebook (graded)

🛠️ How do I view Canvas Studio video quiz and item analysis results?

🛠️ How do I view Canvas Studio video quiz results for individual students?

STUDENT DIRECTIONS

📚 How do I take a Canvas Studio video quiz in a Canvas course as a student?

INSTRUCTOR DIRECTIONS

🛠️ How do I embed Canvas Studio media in a Canvas discussion as an instructor using a Chrome or Edge browser?

🛠️ How do I embed Canvas Studio media in a Canvas discussion as an instructor using a Safari or Firefox browser?

STUDENT DIRECTIONS

📚 How do I embed Canvas Studio media in a discussion reply in Canvas as a student?

➡️ Having Students Create and Submit Canvas Studio Videos

INSTRUCTOR DIRECTIONS

🛠️ How do I add a Canvas Studio media assignment in a Canvas course as an instructor?

🛠️ How do I grade Canvas Studio media submissions in SpeedGrader as an instructor?

STUDENT DIRECTIONS

📚 How do I submit Canvas Studio media as a File Upload assignment in Canvas as a student?

📚 How do I submit Canvas Studio media as a Text Entry assignment in Canvas as a student?

📚 How do I embed Canvas Studio media in a discussion reply in Canvas as a student?

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