Sharing Media via a Link into Canvas
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Access the Quick Tip Video: How to Share Individual Media from MediaPlus
Media and playlists in MediaPlus can be shared via links into Canvas for others to view openly. Changes made to a playlist or individual media via the “Edit” options will also be visible wherever the content is shared. Viewers of the content will be unable to make changes to the media.
How to Share a Link to Media in Canvas
How to Access Sharing
- On the left navigation menu, tap “Media”.
- Under the “My uploads” tab, locate the media you would like to share.
- Click on the “Edit” link to the right of the media’s title.
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- Click on the Share tab in the top navigation panel to access the sharing options.
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Sharing a Permanent Share Link
This type of link will never expire wherever it is shared unless the media is deleted from the account.
- Under “Public Link”, click “Generate a link”.
- Click “Copy link”.
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- Navigate to the desired Canvas course and create or edit a new Canvas Page, or another item that the media should reside in (e.g. Assignment, Discussion, Quiz, etc.)
- In its Rich Content Editor (i.e. textbox), type the word or phrase that will be hyperlinked.
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- Highlight the text and click the link icon in the RCE’s toolbar.
- Select “External Links”.
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- Paste in the share link and click “Done”
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- The text will highlight yellow and turn blue.
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- Click “Save” or “Save and Publish” when finished and the hyperlink will appear, clickable.
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Setting Link with Expiration Date
Set the link to expire at a specific date and time.
- Toggle on the “Expiration date” button.
- Select a date and time when the link should expire then click “Ok”.
- Click “Generate link” then follow steps #2-#9 above in “Sharing a Permanent Share Link”.
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Sharing Playlists
- On the left navigation menu, tap “Playlists”.
- Under the “My playlists” tab, locate the media you would like to share.
- Click on the “Open playlist” link to the right of the media’s title.
- Scroll down the page, locate the “Public link” section and repeat steps above.
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