Upload a video to Canvas

You can upload a video using the Rich Content Editor (RCE) to an Announcement, Assignment, Discussion, Page, Quiz, or Syllabus.
  
Supported formats include MP4, MPG, MOV, MPEG, MP3, WAV, WMV, etc. For additional formats, please see the Canvas Community article here.
 
The maximum size for each file uploaded to Canvas is 500 MB. The maximum course storage limit is 524.3 MB. You can upload as many files as you wish, as long as each is under 500 MB. (If your file is larger, please upload it to Online Learning here. Then email Teams@ciis.edu to tell us where to post it).
 
Video files will not count against your course storage limit when uploaded using the instructions below. However, videos uploaded via the Files tab will.
 
Media that is uploaded using the instructions below are saved in the Uploaded Media folder in your course or group Files tab.

The following article is intended mainly for instructors uploading a media file to Canvas.

If you are a student wishing to submit a media recording to Canvas, please see the following articles:
·         Submit media to an Assignment in Canvas
·         Upload media to a Discussion post in Canvas

1. Videos can be uploaded to Announcements, Pages, Quizzes, and the Syllabus page. Go to the Canvas item where you’d like to insert the video. 

1. 1. • Announcements 

   If you are adding media to an Announcement, start by clicking the blue +Announcement button:

1. 1. • Pages

If you are adding media to a Page, start by clicking the Edit button:

1. 1. • Quizzes

If you are adding media to a Quiz, start by clicking the Edit button:

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. To add the media to a question, click the Questions tab:
               1. Then click the +New Question button:
                  
            2. To add the media to the quiz prompt, continue reading step 2 below. 

1. 1. • Syllabus

If you are adding media to the Syllabus, start by clicking the Edit button:

2. In the Rich Content Editor, click on the Record/Upload Media button itself (not the arrow next to it):It is generally near the middle of the second row of the menubar. If you do not see it immediately, first expand the menubar by selecting the More button which looks like 3 stacked dots:

2. Drag the video file into the area that says Drag a file here.
3. Click Submit. 
4. On the Canvas item, click Save. 

Please note:

1. 1. 1. 1. Assignments, Discussions, Pages, and Quizzes may instead display a Save & Publish button.
         2. The Syllabus may instead display an Update Syllabus button.

6. You will see the media on your Canvas item.