Publish MiVideo Media in Canvas

Environment

Canvas 

Issue

Use Case Examples

• Share media with your entire course by publishing to the Media Gallery
• Embed media into an Assignment, Page, or other course content using the Text Editor
• Add a link to a video or playlist as a Module item
• Publish an IVQ video quiz as an Assignment

Video Demos

How to Publish MiVideo Media in Canvas

Resolution

You must be the media owner or co-publisher to publish media. Co-editors and co-viewers are not able to publish media. See the Media Collaboration and Roles article.

Share media in the Media Gallery

• You can publish media to Media Galleries for courses in which you are a Teacher, TA, or Instructional Designer. See the Add Media to a Course Media Gallery article.
• Once media is published to the Media Gallery, playlists can be created to organize content. See the Create Playlists article. 
• Teachers, TAs, and Instructional Designers can import a Media Gallery from another Canvas course. See the Import Into Media Gallery article.

Embed media and Media Gallery playlists into course content using the Rich Text Editor

Media and Media Gallery playlists can be embedded onto Pages, Assignments, or any tool that utilizes the Text Editor. Embedded media does not have to be first published to Media Gallery to be viewable using this method. However, embedded playlists require all media in the playlist to be published to the Media Gallery (see the Add Media to Playlists article). Access to the media is restricted based on who has access to the page, assignment, etc.

1. In the Text Editor, select the MiVideo icon in the second row of toolbar buttons. If you do not see the MiVideo icon, click the triple dots icon.
2. The default library shown is My Media. Select the tab along the top to select a different library.
3. Optional: Click the gear icon next to the item to choose settings including the player skin.
4. To embed a media item or playlist, click the Embed button for the item. This will embed the media or playlist into the MiVideo player on the page. When the page loads, the player will also load.  
   • Note: if you are embedding many videos in one page it is recommended to embed thumbnail images instead. This will result in the page to render faster because all the players don't have to load all at once. 
     • To embed a thumbnail image click the settings (gear) icon next to the video to embed, switch on Thumbnail Embed, and then click Embed.
     • Once embedded, clicking on the thumbnail image will load the video player.

Notes:

• Assignments can be assigned to specific sections and/or specific students. To share media or a playlist with specific sections and/or students embed the media or playlist into an Assignment and set Display Grade as Not Graded. The assignment will not show up in the Gradebook.
• Discussions and Announcements can be posted to specific sections in the course. To share media or a playlist with specific sections embed the video into a discussion or announcement. 
• Teachers, TAs, and Instructional Designers can copy course content from another Canvas course. If the content contains embedded media, that media becomes associated with the course and can be viewed by anyone enrolled in the course. See the Copy Content into New Canvas Course article.

Link to media and Media Gallery playlists in a module item

Media and Media Gallery playlists can be linked to from any module. Linked media does not have to be first published to Media Gallery to be viewable using this method. However, linked playlists require all media in the playlist to be published to the Media Gallery (see the Add Media to Playlists article). 

Note: Links to media in your My Media and your Kaltura Capture library are your personal links. Do not publish these links in your course as your students will not be able to view the media. Links to media in the Media Gallery also caused "access denied" to students. Instead follow the steps below.

1. Locate the Module you want to add media to and click the “+” icon in the top-right of the module to add a new module item.
2. In the pop-up window, from the drop-down menu, select External Tool.
3. Then scroll down and locate Select Media from the list of external tools.
4. In the new pop-up window you have the option to link to media from your My Media, the Media Gallery, and Media Gallery playlists.
5. Optional: Click the gear icon next to the item to choose settings including the player skin.
6. Click Embed.
7. Optional: Make sure Load in a new tab is unchecked if you want the player to load within Canvas.
8. Click Add Item to finishing creating the module item.

Note: Alternatively, media can be embedded onto Pages and the page can be added as a module item. 

Publish an IVQ Video Quiz as an Assignment

Note: As a best practice, don't publish an IVQ as an Assignment and also publish the IVQ elsewhere in Canvas as this can mess up the analytics.

See the Understanding IVQ (Interactive Video Quizzing) article for more details.

Related Articles

See related My Media articles for more information about using your media library.

Additional Information

• Check out the new Academic Technology@Michigan website for course planning resources from across U-M
• Visit the Canvas @ Michigan site for faculty including the U-M Instructor Guide with links to additional support resources from across campus
• Check out the Canvas and MiVideo tutorials

For additional questions, please contact the ITS Service Center