Additional enhancements for Studio

[Dalma_Schnell]

Theme Overview

Improved Studio Media functionalities and new features

What value could this provide to users?

• Able to use a Studio Chrome Extension for quick screen/web cam recordings
  
• Able to add Vimeo Showcases
  
• Able to use both Standard embed and Video Guiz embed tabs
  
• Able to change default settings from comments toggled on to downloads
  
• Able to add timestamps in the video description field
• Improved Insight data
• Support LTI 1.3

Why was this theme chosen to open for voting?

April 2023 • Video-based learning content improves student engagement. We are focusing on simpler ways to create and manage this type of content.

Why was this theme not chosen for prioritization?

June 2023 • While we have delivered on select ideas within this theme, we won’t be able to deliver on the key outcomes in this larger theme and plan to break it down into smaller themes targeted at specific needs and problems. 

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Note from Instructure

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Additional issues:

Studio - Searching & In Video Quiz Creation  - https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Studio-Discussion/Studio-Searching-In-Video-Quiz-Creation/td-p/22... 

A few wish lists are posted here and I am copying them below.  Fulfilled topics are noted by a strikethrough  -- https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/The-Product-Blog/A-quick-glimpse-at-Studio-plans-for-the-next-qua... 

Topic	Summary	Our Urgency	Status	Workaround
Quiz copy	Currently Studio quizzes do not course copy.  A Studio quiz is a user owned object.	Medium	Idea posted to the Community  on 8/28/20.	Use H5P or a quiz that follows the video in a separate activity.
Improved Analytics	Improve existing dashboard within the course so that instructors do not need to click each student to view details on viewership.  i.e., an aggregation	Medium	It is currently challenging to see which students view the content as it is time consuming to click each student name. Instructors simply will not click 15- 35 student names to see if they viewed the media.	Add graded quiz during video to promote viewing.  But then we have the above issue.
Video titles	One cannot see the title of the video after it has been embedded.	Low	Need the title depicted at the top of the player as an overlay before the title plays – or maybe have the title appear as a mouse over action? Idea posted to Community on 4/26/21.Note: the HTML iframe tag that the RCE creates when embedding the video in the page is lacking the title attribute which violates best practices for accessibility.	Instructional Designers are typing the name of the video and duration (h:mm:ss) above the embed.
Improved filtering	At times filtering by tags does not function. Is there a lag time between when the tag is entered and when a search will list that media with the newly added tag in the results?	Low	A related idea: Better Sorting/ Filtering for Canvas Studio - Posted on 6/24/20.
List view	Currently a gallery view is available.	Low	Request had been posted to community a year ago.  However, it appears we need to repost as a new idea as they changed community tools and I cannot find the idea.
Permissions	An additional layer of permissions.  View, Edit, Own. Edit access can allow users to edit but not delete content.	Low
Playlist	A media player that shows videos added to a playlist.	Low	Posted to Community on 4/27/21.	Add multiple videos to the page.
Replace media file	Replacing the media without having to re-embed the title.	Low	Posted to Community on 5/19/19.	None.
Studio access via SpeedGrader	Enable easier creation of screen recordings for student feedback creation.	Low	Posted to Community on 5/22/20.
Ability to export list of titles and metadata	Desire ability for admins to export a list of titles within a community or for an account.  Include metadata to include: title, duration, description, tags, closed captions created?, # of plays, placements, collection, account owner, date uploaded, etc.	Low
Batch process caption requests	Via Studio account settings, create a tool that enables identification of uncaptioned titles within an account or Studio collection and configure so that captions are automatically requested. For example, a setting that has all uploaded videos has captions auto generated.  Related to: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Studio-closed-caption-as-default/idi-p/403772	Low	If this is not doable via an addition of a new Setting due to potential overhead concerns, is there a means to do this via the API?  Example: Establish a process that pulls the list of titles in a certain collection, apply a filter to identify those without captions, batch request captions for these. GET /api/media_management/caption_files/:id
Allow 1.25x speed for viewing	An option to play videos at 1.25x speed would be the perfect middle ground between 1x and 1.5x.	Low	Posted to Community on 6/25/2020.

Topic	Summary	Discussion	Notes
No Transcript support.	No easy way to view a transcript of a video.	https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Enable-closed-captions-transcripts-to-be-avai....	Workaround at https://etop.landmark.edu/transcript.html
Captioning requires intervention to create	Ideally, automatic captioning would occur upon uploading.	https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Question-Forum/Why-doesn-t-Canvas-Studio-automatically-caption-v....	This likely means a very small percentage of our videos will get captioned.
Captioning requires intervention to view.	No way to show captions by default.	https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Studio-closed-caption-as-default/idi-p/403772....
No Thumbnails in Canvas	It seems only the native media record/upload utility offers a thumbnail of the video on a Canvas page. Canvas also makes thumbnails for YouTube videos. All others use iframe which dedicates the space for the full playback.	https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Canvas-Studio-Resizing-Embedded-Media/idc-p/4....
No upload “as user” for admin.	An instructional designer or admin cannot upload a video on behalf of an instructor (without using “Act As…” which is limited to superadmins).	https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Enable-Admin-Upload-for-Canvas-Studio/idi-p/3....
No Editing once uploaded.		https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Studio-video-re-editing-anytime/idi-p/370489	This means even a very slight video edit will require another upload, and every place the media is embedded courses will need to be reworked along with reworking captions.
Cannot replace media without changing URL		https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Replace-media-in-Studio/idi-p/350511	This means even a very slight video edit will require another upload, and every place the media is embedded courses will need to be reworked along with reworking captions.
Cannot transfer ownership of videos by admin.		https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Enable-Admin-Upload-for-Canvas-Studio/idi-p/35...	If an instructor is replaced, all content will need to be downloaded by an admin and the new instructor will need to re-upload all videos and place them inside the course content along with caption files.
Cannot make videos downloadable retroactively.	If a video is uploaded with the ability for viewers to download it disabled, that switch cannot be changed without re-uploading the video (creating a new URL)	https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Allow-download-of-videos-from-Modules-Canvas-....
Suggestion: Allow various sizes when embedding.		https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Canvas-Studio-Resizing-Embedded-Media/idc-p/4....	Would avoid need to edit HTML.
Suggestion: Allow selecting new thumbnail by scrubbing already uploaded video to desired frame.		https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Studio-Select-new-thumbnail-by-scrubbing-vide....	Would avoid having to create and upload thumbnail image locally.
Suggestion: Hide toolbar unless mouse is over embedded video.	Toolbar/Control Strip obscures video content.	https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Can-we-move-the-control-strip-in-Studio-vid...	Alternative solution would be to move control strip outside of the active video area or make it transparent.
Suggestion: Put captions at bottom of frame.		https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Captioning-in-Arc-at-the-Bottom-of-the-Video/....	Bottom is more commonly accepted location. Potential for collision with comments.
Suggestion: Open-ended Questions for Video Quizzes		https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Canvas-Studio-Open-ended-Questions-for-video-q...

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  Comments from Instructure

June 2023 • This theme was not chosen for prioritization.

While we have delivered on select ideas within this theme, we won’t be able to deliver on the key outcomes in this larger theme and plan to break it down into smaller themes targeted at specific needs and problems.