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Problem statement: When editing captions within Studio, the caption lines on the left side are static and you have to manually scroll down (using either a scroll wheel or the scroll bar) while the vid...

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Problem statement: Students need to answer all questions and in sequential order before submitting the Canvas Studio quiz., Proposed solution: This issue could easily be resolved by simply putting tw...

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Problem statement: I work a Christian University where we have chapel services twice a week. We livestream on Facebook using the software OBS Studio. To livestream on Facebook we have to provide a "st...

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Problem statement: I just uploaded a video to studio and created a quiz, and inserted questions along the timeline. I wasn't happy with where I placed them, but when I tried to edit, I couldn't move t...

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Problem statement: People with the teacher role can see the "Studio" button in the course navigation column. This brings the teacher to a single pane of glass to see all of the Studio content publishe...

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Problem statement: It is presently impossible to select a "Course Collection" as a destination for the "Move to..." function. This is true whether the video source is "My Library" or another "Course C...

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Problem statement: The videos I record from Zoom put my face in the upper-right hand corner when I'm screensharing. This is also where Canvas places the 3 dots to "download transcript" for videos. As ...

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Problem statement: I often teach the same online/asynchronous course, in which I use Canvas Studio videos embedded on different pages. I invite my students to leave comments and ask questions about th...

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Problem statement: I've noticed that when a user is granted Canvas LMS Admin permission, they are also granted Admin permissions in Studio. This makes sense. However, when you revoke Canvas LMS Admin ...

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Problem statement: For Faculty needing export Canvas content from one LMS to another, there is an easy way to create the export course file in Canvas Setting. However, I wish there would be a similar ...

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Problem statement: For a course which has a number of videos to go over solutions it is easy to miss if the video was watched or paused to return back later. Proposed solution: It will be helpful to ...

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Problem statement: Problem statement: There are videos in Studio where the owner has left the institution and the video still resides in Studio. Faculty member leaves due to retirement or other employ...

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Problem statement: Problem: We have a link to a video in Studio but we do not know the owner. Instructure support cannot locate the owner with the link because the logs do not go back far enough. Admi...

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Problem statement: If a quiz is created in Canvas Studio for a video, and then it is edited later (ex: the answer choice for a quiz was incorrect, and changed to the correct one), it does NOT UPDATE i...

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Problem statement: In Canvas Studio that when a comment is deleted, it permanently states "comment has been deleted," which can clutter the discussion board. This occurs even if the comment was from t...

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Problem statement: We create videos that are used in multiple courses or include instructional videos in our blueprints. When a video becomes outdated and needs to be updated, it is very time consumin...

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Problem statement: When teachers create Canvas Studio Quizzes, they take the time to create questions that are appropriate at different points in the video. However, when the original video comes from...

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Problem statement: If an instructor has a student that has missed a substantial amount of class and would like to check Insights to see if that student has been at least keeping up with recordings pos...

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Problem statement: Thank you for adding auto captions without the need to request captions. That is a game changer! I would love to see the captions also auto-published; that would save so much time a...

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Problem statement: I've often looked at the Insight Data, showing me if students watched my studio videos. It was helpful for me to see what parts they watched and how much of the total video they vie...

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