Session Recap - Enhance Your Canvas Studio: Tips, Tricks, Tools & Techniques

DeniseCaparula
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Wednesday, July 10 at 04:00pm

Presenter

Denise Caparula
Instructional Designer - Joliet Junior College
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisecaparula/
Email: denise.caparula@jjc.edu 

Abstract / Session Overview

Explore tips, tricks, tools, and techniques to enhance your video creation and editing skills in Canvas Studio, from the planning and preparation process through ongoing tweaks and transformations. Also demonstrated: the "secret" workaround for accessing all of the advanced editing tools for videos already uploaded to Canvas Studio!

Details

This session covered several ways to enhance your Canvas Studio videos once you have the basics of recording and uploading down. Using the Screencast-o-Matic option, the following actions and topics were addressed:

Editing Videos Uploaded into Canvas Studio

  • Replacing the Thumbnail
  • Adding Annotations
  • Cutting/Trimming

Accessing Advanced Editing Features for Uploaded Videos

  • Workaround that provides access to all features

Advanced Editing Tools in Canvas Studio

  • Cut
  • Speed 
  • Overlay Menu
  • Insert

Preparing to Record

  • Tips to make recording a smoother, easier, and quicker process
  • Creating a “clean screen” to reduce distractions and focus student/viewer attention

Data

  • A few quick charts related to educational screencast viewing 

Resources

All resources are under CC-BY-SA license - they can be reused and/or edited to your heart’s content!