Embedding Videos in Canvas Classic Quizzes

Enhance student engagement and comprehension by embedding short video clips directly into your Canvas Classic Quiz.

1. Upload a Video File to My Media.

2. Return to My Media, click the Edit (pencil icon) next to the video you uploaded.


Click pencil icon

3. Click the Launch Editor button.

Click Launch Editor button

4. In the video editor, drag the trim handles (Set In/Out points) to the beginning and end of the desired clip

Drag handles around clip

5. Click Save a Copy. 

Important: Do not click Save because this saves over your original video. Clicking Save a Copy saves the clip as a new video.

Click Save Copy Button


6. Give the new clip a descriptive title (e.g., "Accessibility Topic"), and click the Create button

Note: Your students will be able to see this title.

Enter a title and click Create button

7. When prompted, click OK. 

Your video clip has now been saved to your My Media account.

8. Click Reset to undo the changes to your original video. 

Click Reset button.


9. Repeat steps 4 - 8 for each video clip you want to create.

10. Once you have created all the video clips you need, click the Exit button.

Click Exit

11.  When prompted, click I'm sure. This preserves your original video.

Click I'm Sure


12. Create a Classic Quiz in Canvas

13. Enter Quiz details, making sure to check Show One Question at a Time

14. Add a video clip to your quiz by clicking Questions > New Question.  

15. Select Text (no question) as your question type. 

Select Text (no question) as question type

16. Click the My Media icon.

Click the My Media icon

17. Locate a video clip, and click the Embed button. 

Click Embed button

18. Click the Update Question button. 

Click the Update button

19. Repeat steps 14 - 18 to add each video clip to your quiz. 

20. Add your regular quiz questions to your quiz, arranging them so that a video clip appears and then questions pertaining to that topic follow the video clip. 

21. Save and publish your quiz. 



Keywords:
video, quiz, video quiz, My Media, Kaltura 
Doc ID:
149955
Owned by:
Katherine P. in CETL
Created:
2025-04-18
Updated:
2025-04-18
Sites:
UW-Milwaukee Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning