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Hello aprilcallahan2017 
Some people use "Conferences" in their Canvas courses...which utilizes the BigBlueButton interface. There are several Guides you can look through to learn more about the interface. Also, @ffdixon can tell you a lot more about BBB and the options available for keeping recordings longer than 14 days (if that is of interest to you). Check out this tutorial video, too: .
Some schools have purchased Zoom licenses. Zoom integrates nicely with Canvas, and so instructors can schedule online video conferences in their classes that students can attend.
These are two options I can currently think of that probably work the best...but there may be other options out there that people are using, too.
I hope this helps, April.
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