Thursday, April 30, 2020

Video in Canvas

LPC faculty,


Canvas sent out a message to system admins around the state saying that many instructors are asking to increase the quota for their courses. It seems that they are uploading videos directly into their Canvas courses. The assumption is that they are recording their ConferZoom sessions and uploading those videos into Canvas.


For those of you new to online courses, keep in mind that we do not do this. Not only do videos eat up your course quota because the file sizes are so big, but they also take a long time for students to download and watch. More importantly, perhaps, it's difficult to get the videos captioned.


We promote the 3C Media Solutions app in Canvas, but also tell instructors that they can use YouTube if they want. You can even link to a ConferZoom cloud recording and transcript.


If you are not familiar with how we do video in Canvas, please read the following page on our Online Learning web site: Instructional Uses Of Video In Online Courses.


Thank you for your adherence.
Scott