Canvas keeps bringing up a link while doing a text-based assignment

[Sp20]

My professor gave us an assignment to do, watch a youtube video through a link on the assignment and then answer the questions. First, the video did not work in the window on Canvas which was fine, I went to YouTube with the link and watched it. But coming back was the issue. As I wrote, it kept bringing up "https://cluster3.canvas-user-content.com/object_snippet" which I copied and pasted right there. As a student, it is very annoying trying to write when this browser keeps pulling me away from my assignment to a blank page that only says the video's title, like the window is trying to work but it's a bad link. It's odd because it only happened as I write and this is the first time. I tried closing them and ignoring it, but it's difficult for a 300 word minimum and I keep getting pulled away every few words. I made sure I was not clicking on anything, moved my mouse as well. This seems to be just a really niche issue as I've never had this issue before nor saw anything similar to it.

[ColtonSwapp]

Hello @Sp20 

Thanks for posting this in the Canvas community! 

That is very odd! I apologize that this was happening for you. 

Without being able to look at your specific example, I would not be able to say 100% what is causing this behavior. But off the top of my head, I feel it could be related to a few things i'll list below: 

1. It could be an issue with the way that the instructor have setup the assignment. There might be something going on with the way that they have placed the youtube link in the assignment, or it could be something like an HTML issue. Further troubleshooting might be required if that is the case. I'd recommend contacting Canvas support if you suspect this. They can always try and email your professor to try and get things like this corrected. 
2. It could be an Intermittent browser issue. I would start out by clearing cache on the browser, or trying to load the assignment in an incognito window. Clearing the cache is a pretty simple task and should give your browser a fresh session to start with. Here are the Canvas guides for MAC and PC users. be sure to select "All Time" in the time range to ensure the best results. 

-Colton