How To: Upload a Video to My Media in Canvas

Guide to uploading a video to My Media within your Canvas course

This guide will walk you through the process to upload your previously recorded presentation to My Media. This process is required for several FSW Online speech/communication courses. Be sure to follow the steps in order if this is the first time you are utilizing My Media within Canvas. 

Click here to watch a video demonstration.

Before starting this part of the assignment, you will need to have the video recorded of you delivering your speech.

 

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Upload to My MediaUpload Using iOSUpload Using AndroidSubmit Your PresentationAccess Denied Error

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Upload to My Media

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• Navigate to the Canvas course you need to create the presentation for.
• Locate and click on the link titled My Media.

• If this is the first time you have ever entered My Media within Canvas, you will need to authorize it by clicking "Authorize."

• (1) Once you're My Media page loads, click on Add New.
• (2) Highlight the Media upload Option and click it.

• You will see a blue button labeled "+Choose a file to upload," click on it.

• This will present you with a window that you can use to locate the video file on your computer.
• Locate and click on the video file you recorded earlier. Then click open or double-click the file to begin the upload process.
• (1) You will see a status bar across the top, and it will turn green when it's 100%.
• (2) Label it with an identifiable name so you can quickly locate it later.
• (3) Description and Tags are not required for this process.
• (4) The next thing you want to ensure is that you have the Private option selected.
• (5) Then click on Save.

 

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Upload Using iOS / Android Mobile Device

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iOS

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• Navigate to the Canvas course you need to create the presentation for in the Canvas Student App.
• Locate and tap on the link titled My Media.

1. On the new page that loads locate and tap Add new
2. Then tap Media Upload.

1. Tap + Choose a file to upload button.
2. Tap Photo Library

• Tap Videos
• Locate the video you want to upload
• Tap Use

Your video will begin to upload. Go through and set the following information.

1. Supply a Name
2. Set to Private
3. Click Save

Your video will now be in your My Media within Canvas.

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Android

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• Navigate to the Canvas course you need to create the presentation for in the Canvas Student App.
• Locate and tap on the link titled My Media.

• On the new page that loads locate and tap (1) Add new
• Then tap (2) Media Upload.

• Tap (1) + Choose a file to upload button.
• Tap (2) Gallery

• Locate the video you want to upload
• Tap the video you want to upload from your Gallery

Your video will begin to upload. Go through and set the following information.

1. Supply a Name
2. Set to Private
3. Click Save

IMPORTANT NOTE How long it takes your video to upload, depends on how fast your Internet connection is and the file size of the video you are uploading. It is suggested you record at 720p for speedier upload and processing.

 

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Submit Your Presentation

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• On a desktop computer (PC / MAC), log in to Canvas and navigate to your course.
• Next, navigate to the assignment that you will need to submit the video too.
• Locate and click on the Submit Assignment button.

• You may have multiple tabs available, be sure to select the "Text Entry" tab to reveal the Rich Text Editor.
• Locate and click on the Embed Kaltura Media icon listed in the Rich Text Editor tools.

• After clicking the Embed Kaltura Media icon, a new window will appear.

• Locate your presentation video.
• Click the blue "</> Embed"  button listed to the right of your presentation video.

• After clicking the Embed button, the window will disappear, and you will see your presentation displayed in the Rich Text Editor.
• Take one last moment to review your presentation and ensure you included everything required for your assignment.
• Be sure to click the Submit Assignment button to finalize your submission and send it off to the professor.

 

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Verify your presentation was submitted successfully to the assignment by clicking the Submission Details link. The Submission Details link will show you a preview of what your submission will look like to the professor.

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Manually Embed Your Video Into Group Discussion (Access Denied Error)

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If for some reason, the "Embed Kaltura Media Icon" is not working or producing an Access Denied error message, you can still embed your video into the discussion post, taking the following steps.

 

1) Click on My Media from your course homepage.

2) Navigate to the video you want to post to the discussion and click on the title to load that video.

3) When the video loads, locate the Share tab and click on it.

4) The options on the bottom of the window will change, and you should see an embed code listed. The extended iframe code should start with something similar to, "<iframe id="kaltura_player" ......."

5) Copy the entire iframe code by pressing Ctrl + C on your keyboard or any method you are familiar with using to Copy / Paste.

6) Navigate to the discussion post you need to submit to.

7) Click on the "Insert" tab in the rich text editor.

8) Click the "Embed" link from the drop-down menu.

9) Click in the empty text box below and paste the embed code you copied earlier using Ctrl + V or your preferred method to Paste.

10) Click on the "Submit" button, and your video should appear after a few moments of processing.

11) Lastly, fill out any text you needed within your discussion along with the embedded video and click Post Reply.

 

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