Uploading an .mp4 File (Zoom, BlueJeans, etc.) to a Canvas or Blackboard Course Media Gallery

Environment

• Canvas or Blackboard
• MiVideo/Media Gallery
• Zoom, BlueJeans, or other service used to create a .mp4 file

Issue

• How do I share my local Zoom recording file with my students in Canvas or Blackboard?
• How do I share my BlueJeans recording file with my students in Canvas or Blackboard?
• How do I share a .mp4 file with my students in Canvas or Blackboard?

Resolution

1. Navigate to Media Gallery in your Canvas or Blackboard course
   Note: Media Gallery is a MiVideo service integrated with your Canvas or Blackboard course; if you do not see it, navigate to Settings>Navigation and enable it. Be sure to click Save.
    
2. Click Add New
    
3. Click Media Upload
    
4. Upload the .mp4 file
   • Zoom Local Recordings: usually found in Documents > Zoom
   • Zoom Cloud Recordings: download from Zoom cloud (More > Download), then find in your downloads folder
   • BlueJeans Recordings: download from BlueJeans, then find in your downloads folder
      
5. Complete the fields as desired
    
6. Save
   Note: Depending on recording quality settings, videos can take as much as 10-15 times the duration of the recording to be appear in your course
    
7. Recommended: order captions once your video is done uploading
   Note: caption files from Zoom cannot be uploaded in Media Gallery; the recommended process is to request new captions in Media Gallery

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