Course Content
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Mediasite and Canvas for Students Discover how to search, play and interact with Mediasite videos embedded into your Canvas LMS.
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Mediasite and Canvas for Faculty, Instructors and Professors Discover how to create and manage Mediasite videos within your Canvas LMS.
- Enable Mediasite for Your Canvas Course
- Upload a Video to Canvas
- Add an Existing Video to Your Canvas Course
- Add a Mediasite Screencast to Canvas
- Upload a Video from Your Phone to Canvas
- Add a Recorded Lecture to Canvas
- Edit Your Mediasite Video from Canvas
- Adding Captions to Your Video Presentation
- Use and Enable Comments for Mediasite Presentations within Canvas
- Creating a Quiz for Your Mediasite Video from within Canvas
- Using In Video Quizzes within Canvas
- Create a Video Assignment in Canvas
- Grade a Video Assignment in Canvas
Video Comments Within Canvas
If the Instructor for a Canvas course has enabled the Commenting or Annotations feature within the Mediasite Channel for the course, it may be possible to leave feedback on a particular Video Presentation.
Commenting
Commenting allows you to leave a comment or respond to an existing comment beneath a video, much like you would do on Facebook or YouTube.
To leave a Comment on a Video Presentation:
- Browse to Canvas Course
- Browse to Video Collection
- Play a Video
- Leave a Comment
For more information on Commenting, visit this Course lesson to learn how to Use and Enable Comments.
Annotations
Annotations allow a Student or Instructor to start a time-based discussion on top of the Mediasite Video Presentation.

To leave an Annotation on a Presentation:
- Browse to Canvas Course
- Browse to Video Collection
- Play a Video
- Leave an Annotation
For more information on Annotations, visit this Course Lesson to learn how to Use and Enable Annotations.