How do I upload a Tufts Library MediaSpace playlist file in Canvas?
Tisch Library provides a digitizing and distribution service for streaming videos for academic course use. If you request access to streaming media for your course, the library may provide you with a MediaSpace playlist (in the form of an HTML file you will upload to your course site).
For more information about digitization and streaming media, contact the library.
To upload the MediaSpace HTML file to Canvas, go to your course site and click Files
This displays the Canvas Files tool
Select (or create) the folder you want to upload the HTML file to and click Upload
This displays your computer's file locator.
Select the HTML file sent to you by the Tisch Library and click Open (or Select)
This uploads the HTML file to your Files tool.
Example:
Students can click on this file in the Files tool and the file will display the MediaSpace Playlist of videos in Canvas
In addition to providing access to the HTML file in the Canvas Files tool, instructors can also link the file in a Canvas text box or link in a Canvas Module.
Link in Canvas Text Box: (Announcements / Syllabus / Pages / Assignments / Discussions / Quizzes)
Go to a Canvas text box and place your cursor where you want the link to the MediaSpace file to display, then select the Files tab
This displays all of the files upload to the site's Files tool
Click on the name of the HTML file you want to link to
This inserts a link to that file in the Canvas text box.
Click Save/Publish/Post
Note: The example above is a Canvas Pages text box. Links to Tisch Library MediaSpace Playlist files can be linked in any Canvas text box (Announcements / Pages / Syllabus / Assignments / Discussions / Quizzes).
Examples:
Example - Display when link to file in text box is opened
Link in Canvas Module:
Go to the Canvas Module then click Add Item (+)
This displays the Canvas Module Add Item page.
Click on the Add dropdown box and select File
This displays all of the files in the site's Files tool
Select the Tisch Library HTML file, then click Add Item
This adds a link to the Tisch Library MediaSpace Playlist HTML file to the Module.
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