For professors at the iSchool, it’s common knowledge that they can record their lectures on Zoom for their students to look over later. There’s hardly a single class we as the Help Desk check in on that doesn’t have some notification warning us that we’re being recorded. Eerie, really…
But what is less well-known is how to use Media Space in order to edit Zoom recordings and embed them into Canvas posts.
We already have a few KnowledgeBase articles here and here on how to edit videos on Media Space but the basics to know is this:
Everyone’s already got a Media Space account. When you record a Zoom Lecture made through your Illinois account to the Cloud, a copy is made on your Media Space that will eventually be deleted after 30 days unless you either set up a private Media Space channel or embed it into Canvas.
Embedding into Canvas is incredibly easy, turns out! When creating posts on Canvas, there is a special icon specifically for Media Space content to be added! It looks like this:
Once you click on this, you can then select the video you want from the list that appears.
That’s about the gist of it! If you’d like more specific directions and help, those KnowledgeBase articles above should furnish you with the necessary information on how to easily edit your uploads through Media Space.
Till next week!