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Problem statement: When creating a video from a studio quiz, it is hard to indicate how to select the correct answer because there is whitespace before the answer choices. Proposed solution: Add a co...

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Problem statement: The insight log is nearly perfect. All that is missing is the video NAME. As part of course requirements, students must watch videos. The insight log tells me who, when, and how muc...

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Problem statement: Canvas Studio users have the benefit of auto-captioning and editing captions. This allows individuals to meet WCAG 2.1 level A. To meet level AA, Canvas Studio users need to be able...

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Problem statement: Currently it is only possible to create captions on a one by one basis. We recently had a Lecturer who had 185 Canvas Studio recordings saved in one course. On checking how to gener...

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Problem statement: There are two extra scroll bars that appear on the container for a Canvas Studio quiz when placed on a Canvas Assignment while using the Chrome web browser. After testing other brow...

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Problem statement: I have over 25 videos and over 20 students. How do I get analytics for all of the videos and all of the students in one place? Proposed solution: One course report which shows ever...

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Problem statement: I am an ASL teacher and we use Canvas Studio all the time. The way our district wants the videos submitted for final exams is with the link created from the uploaded/recorded Studio...

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Problem statement: Adding students one at a time to Canvas Studio Groups is untenable at scale. Proposed solution: When adding members to a Canvas Studio Group, if we could add/remove students to Can...

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Problem statement: The current Studio interface does not allow a way to quickly navigate to a previously created collection when adding content through the RCE. I upload videos to collections and then...

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Problem statement: Currently, in Canvas Studio, users can edit media and replace thumbnails by clicking the three-dot menu on a video tile. However, renaming a video is not an option in this menu. To ...

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Problem statement: Teachers are reluctant to switch to Studio because of the simplistic format. Professors want to blur their backgrounds when recording lectures. They would also like to have more edi...

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Problem statement: I work in a distance education sector that relies upon teaching videos. Video watching is a core 'learning requirement' but one that's hard to check up on without going course -> fi...

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Problem statement: There does not appear to be a way to disable commenting on studio media once it is posted. Comments can be deleted, but there are times when the comments need to be disabled and rem...

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Problem statement: We have many teachers who spend a lot of time and energy creating Canvas Studio videos for their course. But sometimes they need to share the shell with another teacher who is provi...

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Problem statement: I would like a way to hide correct answers in Quiz Results for studio video quizzes (embedded quizzes). Currently, when students take an embedded quiz, they can see the correct answ...

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Problem statement: The user reached out wondering what videos of theirs were being shared (if any). User has over 200+ videos. Canvas Studio does not easily indicate what videos are being shared. Canv...

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Problem statement: Studio videos added to course with comments enabled should also have comment notifications enabled. After course copy, instructors must manually go back through every video to reena...

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Problem statement: Virtual Reality technology can transform educational experiences by immersing students in places and scenarios that they cannot get to in-person. Virtual Reality also allows student...

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Problem statement: When students are asked to record a video in Canvas on a Chromebook, it is difficult to know how to proceed because the recording window does not show the Record button without scro...

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Problem statement: We use Mediasite at our institution for video files. We have thousands of videos in Mediasite and we cannot link those videos at this time. Proposed solution: Allow Mediasite files...

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