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It would be great if Studio had an option in addition to "retake" a quiz to simply "watch the video again." This would allow students who've already passed the quiz to watch the video multiple times w...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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With 100% remote teaching during the COVID pandemic, I and my colleagues are blending synchronous and asynchronous content. We are creating quite a few videos that we house in Studio and embed into Ca...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Presently, replacing a thumbnail image for a Studio video requires uploading an image file from the local computer. In nearly every conceivable case, the desired image will be a frame from the video i...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Studio videos should show on the preview whether or not captions are added. It takes several clicks to open a video to see if there are captions and the current workflow doesn't allow for a systematic...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Currently if an admin or media department want to upload a video on behalf of someone else, they must either 1) Act as that user, or 2) Upload to their own Studio account, share the video, and then te...

Community Novice Canvas Ideas
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It would help promote discussion if replies could go deeper than one level. 

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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It would be nice to be able to extend the typing box, like in regular Canvas, instead of just working in a tiny little box where it is difficult to review what was previously typed.

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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I've been using the comment space on video lectures as a stand-in for class discussions and it's been pretty great. One way to make it even better would be to provide a full-text editor so students ca...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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It would help save time, and make grading easier, if insights could be separated by course sections.

Community Novice Canvas Ideas
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Recently, Instructure released Collections (similar to folders) in Canvas Studio.  (How do I create a collection in Canvas Studio?)  The default view is sorted by "Date Added" and "View All".  It woul...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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By "universal" I mean to not limit instructor comments to one specific course.   If I create/use a Studio video I want to use in more than one course and I add comments for students to reply to (e.g. ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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I enjoy the fact that canvas is making their own video quiz option. However, I have been unable to take advantage of it because there is no open-ended question option. I like to have my students answe...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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As I am exploring quizzes in studio , I am experiencing an issue that may cause students to overlook certain options for answers to the quiz. (How do I create a Canvas Studio video quiz in a course?‌)...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Since accessibility is a major requirement. All video/audio recordings in Canvas should have automatic captioning.

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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