Studio Release Notes (2025-09-01)

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Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes.

Canvas Studio is a communication tool that allows instructors and students to actively collaborate through video and audio media. Learn more about Canvas Studio. 

Unless otherwise stated, all features in this release are available in the Production environment on 2025-09-01. 

New Features

YouTube Player for Education

Summary

The Player for Education integration introduces unique capabilities designed specifically for educational settings. 

• Viewers remain anonymous to YouTube through a signed-out viewing state.
• This integration allows institutions that restrict access to the standard YouTube platform to incorporate YouTube content into educational resources with greater control. By blocking youtube.com while allowing youtubeeducation.com, users can play YouTube content within Canvas while access outside of Canvas remains disabled.
• YouTube videos are ad and overlay free for a distraction-free learning environment.
• Captions are automatically carried over from YouTube to Canvas Studio making YouTube videos accessible.

Please read the YouTube Player for Education FAQs to learn more about the feature.

Note: There are no changes in workflow, any YouTube content added to Canvas Studio (and then embedded to courses) will use the YouTube Player for Education automatically.

Change Benefit

The Player for Education benefits institutions by providing a secure, distraction-free and accessible educational YouTube experience.

YouTube Migration Tool

Summary

When the YouTube Migration Tool feature option is enabled at the course level and Studio is detected, the migration tool displays in the course.

The migration tool helps Studio admins locate and easily migrate YouTube videos embedded in Canvas to Canvas Studio. Converted videos are added in the Course Collection using a Studio admin user named YouTube admin.

Note: The migration tool is available only in the production environment.

Change Benefit

The YouTube Migration Tool benefits institutions by providing a secure, distraction-free and accessible educational YouTube experience.