MiVideo: Edit a Course Media Gallery in Canvas

Environment

Canvas
MiVideo

Issue

Edit the details and settings of your Media Gallery in Canvas.

Video Demo

 How to Edit a Course Media Gallery

Resolution

Only teachers, TAs and instructional designers can edit a course Media Gallery.

1. Navigate to the course > Media Gallery > Channel Actions > Edit.
2. Modify any of the following information:

• Details tab
  • The Description and Tags don't manifest anywhere in Canvas. 
  • Options
    • Moderate content (selected by default): A gallery manager or moderator will be prompted to approve media added by users who are not teachers, TAs, or designers. This does not grant students the ability to publish to the Media Gallery. This setting is irrelevant since only teachers, TAs, or designers can currently publish to the Media Gallery.
    • Enable comments in Media Gallery (selected by default): enables the comments tab for all media in the Media Gallery. Comments can be blocked on a single media item in the Options tab on the Edit Media page (see the Media Options article).
    • Keep comments private to Media Gallery (optional): Keeps media comments, when enabled, private to the Media Gallery. This is useful when media is published in more than one Media Gallery and you do not want student’s comments to be viewed in other courses. 
    • Force media published only to this channel to always be played in the context of the channel (optional): If the media entry is only published in this Media Gallery, this option applies the gallery context when the media entry is access directly through the media URL. This is useful when tracking gallery analytics.
    • Display embedded media in this Media Gallery (optional): Displays all media embedded in course content (Pages, Announcements, etc) in the Media Gallery along with all media published to the Media Gallery. Important: MiVideo student assignment submissions will also appear in the Media Gallery when this option is checked.
  • Click Save.
• Theme tab
  • First tab
    • Change the first tab seen in the Media Gallery (either Media or Playlists).
  • Media Gallery Player Set
    • The default player used to view all media in the Media Gallery is the standard player without download button.
    • Select the "Standard player with download button" to allow students to download all videos from the Media Gallery using the link in the player when viewing the entry.
      • Note: this feature is not supported for quizzes (IVQs) or Media Gallery playlists.
  • Click Submit.
• Playlist tab
  • Create and manage Media Gallery playlists (see the Playlists articles).

Resources and Questions

• 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