What is Studio?

Studio is a program to create and store videos. Because it's already integrated with Canvas, it's straightforward and easy to use. Studio offers:

video storage,
video creation and recording, including live classroom sessions,
closed captioning and transcript services,
a comments option,
video analytics, including which videos students are viewing, how long they're viewing, and where they stop viewing,
quiz integration, and
integration with Zoom.

Uploading Videos to Studio

To upload an existing video to Studio, open Studio from the Universal Navigation Menu on the left-hand side of the screen [1]. Select the option to "Add" a video [2], and select the location of the video you'd like to upload [3].

screenshot of Studio options in Canvas

Videos in the Studio library can be organized into collections to facilitate their location when you're wanting to find a specific video to add to a course [4].

Embedding Videos in a Course

Videos in the library belong to the faculty member, but they're not yet linked to a particular course. The next step is to embed a video in the desired course. There are two options here. Embedding the video in a Page allows you to add commentary before or after the video, such as viewing instructions. Or, the video can be added directly to a module.

To embed a video in a Page, create a new Page (or navigate to the Page in which you'd like to insert the video), and select the appropriate video using the RCE (Rich Content Editor) toolbar Studio icon (see image below). screenshot of RCE with Studio icon highlighted

Alternatively, add an External Tool to a Module, select Studio, and then select the appropriate video (see image below).

screenshot of adding external tool to Canvas module

The video below illustrates how to add a video to Canvas, how to manage comments on the video, how to locate closed captioning, and so on.