Canvas Studio - Updates

Jan. 2025​July 2024​May 2024
 

January 2025

New Studio Library Layout

Users can access their personal videos, shared content and course collections from the updated navigation panel. This gives users a comprehensive view of their Library at a glance.

  • On the My Library page, by default, the most recently uploaded media are displayed first.
  • Shared media is in the Shared Library expandable section.
  • Course collections are in the Course Collections expandable section.
On the My Library page, an updated navigation panel appears along the lefthand side.

List View

Users can view their Library in List View to view more content at once and reduce the need for scrolling.

To change the Library layout, click the List View icon. This selection will persist in the user's browser, allowing users to set their default view (grid or list) how they want.

On the My Library page, clickable icons appear at the top of each file list, aligned right. Left to right, the first icon is for Grid View and the second is for List View.

New Filters

Users can filter by captioned media, media types, tags and date ranges.

  • These filters display as labels [1] and can be easily removed to refine searches [2]. To remove all filters, click the Clear Filters link [3].
  • Users can filter by media type (Studio content, Zoom, YouTube or Vimeo) [1], tags [2], captioning status [3] or upload date (users can select an "after" date [4] and a "before" date [5]).
  • To apply any selected filters, users will click the Apply button [6].
On the My Library page, each filter that's been applied appears as a label directly under the My Library heading. A Clear Filters link appears to the right of the label(s).
 
The Filters panel has drop-downs allowing users to filter items based on Media Type, Media Tags, and Captions. The panel also allows users to filter based on a date range.
  • To switch between all courses or show only active ones, click the Eye icon. This selection will persist in the user's browser.
In the navigation panel on the My Library page, a clickable eye icon appears to the right of the Course Collections library heading.

Bulk Action Addition

Users can use bulk actions to move multiple videos to a collection, delete multiple videos, or add tags. This feature allows users to save time while managing large quantities of Studio content.

To move, delete or add tags:

  1. Tick the checkbox next to the video [1].
  2. Click the Options icon [2] and then choose whether to Select All videos [3], Move to [4], Add Tags [5] or Delete [6].
On the My Library page, the user has ticked the boxes to select three files, then clicked the Options icon to open a menu with four options: Select All, Move to, Add Tags, and Delete.

Improved Content Search

The search functionality is updated to make finding and viewing videos easier. When users search for a video, they can instantly view its location in their Library.

Library Sorting Update

Users can sort collections and media separately using one of four sort options: Most recent date on top, oldest date on top, alphabetically A to Z, or alphabetically Z to A.

The "Sort Collections by" drop-down menu, which appears at the top of the updated My Library navigation panel, has four options: "Date: Most recent on top," "Date: Oldest on top," "Name A - Z" and "Name: Z - A."

Adding New Collections

In the My Library navigation menu, users can click the Add icon to add a new collection.

In the navigation panel on the My Library page, a clickable plus icon appears to the right of the My Library heading.

Shared Content Update

When users interact with shared content, the name of the collection's owner is displayed at the top of the page.

In the navigation panel on the My Library page, the user has selected a Shared Library called Collection A. Above the content grid, aligned right in the same heading bar as the collection name, the owner of the collection is denoted by a person icon and their linked name ("Andy Admin"). A clickable Options icon appears to the right of the name.
 

July 2024

Auto-Publishing Captions

Auto-publish settings allow users to run captioning and publishing automatically. This update simplifies the admin workflow by providing automatic functionality that allows instructors and students to select auto-publish settings for their own media.

In Canvas Studio settings, the Personal settings page allows users to easily manage personal user settings for captioning media and receiving email notifications.

In Canvas Studio's Settings panel, the Personal tab is selected. Under that page's Captioning heading, the Enable Auto-Captioning feature is toggled on, while the Enable Auto-Publish for Automatic Captions feature is toggled off.
 

Turn on the Enable Auto-Publish for Automatic Captions toggle to automatically publish captions as they're generated. (This option is only available if turned on by an administrator.)

 

May 2024

Studio Global Navigation Redesign

Studio Global Navigation is redesigned to be more consistent with Instructure and Canvas design. This update helps align aesthetics and workflows between Instructure products.

Canvas Studio's navigation bar has tabs for My Library (selected), Shared with Me, Course Collections (has a drop-down icon), Admin (has a drop-down icon) and Settings.
 

Manage Picture-in-Picture Display

Google and Edge browser users with Screen Capture enabled can create a picture-in-picture window to display video from their webcam when sharing their entire screen.

In the Entire Screen tab, when Screen Sharing is initiated, the Enable camera window will display. To enable your camera and create the picture-in-picture display, click Yes.

The Enable camera pop-up window asks the user whether they'd like to enable their camera during full screen recording. The Yes button is circled.
 

By default, the picture-in-picture display appears in the lower right-hand corner of your browser. In the screenshot below, the numbers correspond to the bracketed numbers in the bullets below.

  • To move the display, click and drag it to a new location [1].
  • To resize the display, position your cursor at a corner of the window until the Resize cursor [2] appears. Click and drag to resize the window.
  • During recording, the picture-in-picture display can be displayed or hidden at any time. To close it, click the Close icon [3].
The picture-in-picture display appears in the lower right-hand corner of a user's screen. Three numbers have been added to the image: 1 refers to a general location within the picture-in-picture window; 2 refers to the resize-window cursor that appears when hovering over a corner of the picture-in-picture window; 3 refers to the small X icon in the upper-right corner of the picture-in-picture window.