In addition to creating videos, and uploading video files from your computer, you can also add YouTube Videos to your Studio Library Collections for use in your courses. However, YouTube videos imported into Studio DO NOT come with captions attached, and those must be added back on. The next page provides the steps to do this.

Note: The only reason you would need to complete these steps (adding YouTube video to Studio) is if you want to add a video quiz, use the comments features, or view insights on the YouTube video. Otherwise, as long as it has accurate captions, you can skip these steps and simple embed a YouTube video directly into a page in your Canvas course.

Add YouTube Video

To add a YouTube video (that you don’t own) to Canvas Studio

Copy the URL for the YouTube video
In Canvas Studio, click on the ‘Add’ button (next to the ‘Record’ button)
Paste the URL into the YouTube link box, then click 'Add'.

The progress bar will displays the upload status of your media file.

When the media has finished uploading and processing, you can view your media by clicking the media.

Next Step: Add Captions

Click the 'Next' button to view how to add accurate captions to YouTube Video in Studio