How do I edit the title, description and other information about a video?

For videos created in or uploaded to My Media / Media Gallery or MediaSpace, you can edit the title, description, tags, and other informational items -- these are collectively called the "meta-data".

Follow these steps to edit the meta-data for a video --

Under the video click the "ACTIONS" tab and choose "Edit"

NOTE: be sure to choose "Edit" rather than "Launch Editor"

"Edit" will let you to edit information about the video (meta-data), whereas "Launch Editor" will let you edit the video itself.

Under the video playback window you'll see a row of tabs where you can edit different aspects of the video

Here's a brief summary of what the different tabs are for:

Details: to edit the name, description, and tags for the video. You can also set a time range when it will be published.

Publish: to select which Canvas courses you would like the video to be available in.

Options: to enable or disable comments, close commenting, and/or allow clips to be created from the video

Collaboration: to add another person as an owner or collaborator on the video

Thumbnails: to set which frame of video or which uploaded image will be the video thumbnail

Downloads: to download the video

Captions: to manage machine captions that have been created for the video. See this guide to learn more about captioning.

Attachments: to manage and upload files that are attachments for the video

Timeline: to create chapters for the video and upload slides to play along with the video

Replace Media: to swap in different video content replacing the current content.

Reminder: Always click "Save" when you're done making changes to the meta-data.