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Annotating Canvas Studio in the Hypothesis LMS App

Hypothesis now offers an option to use Canvas Studio videos and audio in your Hypothesis assignments. This requires that you have Canvas Studio enabled in your Canvas instance.

Creating an assignment with a Canvas Studio file

  1. Click on Studio in the Canvas navigation pane.
  2. If you already have a video or audio file in your Canvas Studio collection that you plan to use for your Hypothesis assignment, skip to Step 4. Otherwise, proceed with uploading your content to Canvas Studio.
  3. Click Record or Add to generate your video or audio.A screenshot of a Canvas Studio course collection, with
    • If you click Record, you can record with or without camera or screen recording. Recording without both camera and screen recording will result in an audio recording.
    • If you click Add, you will be given options to either Browse Files or Add Video. Click Browse Files to upload your video or audio.A screenshot of the Canvas Studio popup you see if you click the "Add" button in a Course Collection. The title of the popup is "Add to New Course 2024". On the left side is "Drag & Drop or Upload Media" with a "Browse Files" button, and on the right is the YouTube and Vimeo logos, a title that says "Paste External Link", a text field that says "YouTube or Vimeo Link", and an "Add Video" button.
    • Note: If you want to use a YouTube video, you’ll need to utilize the YouTube integration feature in Hypothesis instead of accessing the YouTube video via Studio.At this time our integration is not compatible with Vimeo videos.
  4. Click the video or audio file to open it and check if it has captions. Captions are needed as this is what you will be annotating.
  5. Click Captions.
    A screenshot of a video in a Course Collection inside Canvas Studio. The video is displayed in the middle of the screen. Below it are tabs that say "Details", "Comments", "Insights", and "Captions". The last of these is circled.
  6. If the video or audio file does not have a caption yet, click Request to let Canvas create auto-generated captions. If you have a caption file (.SRT or .VTT format), you may click Upload instead.A screenshot from Canvas Studio that shows two tabs at the top, "Insights" and "Captions". "Captions" is selected. The message on the screen says "No Captions Added", "There are no captions added to this media, yet. You can request auto-generated captions, upload your own caption files below or create from scratch". The phrase "create from scratch is a web link. Directly below the text are two buttons, "Request" and "Upload". In the bottom left of the screen are two additional buttons, "Edit Original" and "Replace".
    A screenshot of the popup after you request captions for a video in Canvas Studio. The title says "Captions request". Beneath this is says "Automatic captioning. Our technology generates ~85% accurate captions." There is a dropdown menu labeled "Language" with "English" selected, and there are two buttons: "Cancel" and "Request".
  7. Once the caption has been generated, click the ⋮ button right next to the the word Unpublished and select Review and Publish.
  8. Review the caption and make the necessary corrections. Click Publish to save the caption.
  9. Next, follow these steps to begin creating a new Hypothesis assignment in Canvas.
  10. In the Assignment Content window, click the Canvas Studio button.A screenshot of the Hypothesis document picker that appears when instructors are creating assignments. The title of the popup us "Assignment details". Multiple document options appear. The option "Canvas Studio Video" is circled.
  11. Select the video or audio that you would like to use in your Hypothesis assignment.
  12. For the best experience, we strongly recommend that Hypothesis Canvas Studio assignments are configured to open in a new browser window/ tab.A screenshot of the Submission Type section of the Canvas Edit Assignment page. The Submission Type is "External Tool" and the "Load This Tool In A New Tab" checkbox is checked off, with the checkbox circled for emphasis.
  13. Click Save and Publish to save the assignment.

Annotating the Canvas Studio Assignment

When the Hypothesis assignment launches, you will see the Canvas Studio file, the transcript, and the Hypothesis sidebar.

You can select text anywhere in the transcript to create a new annotation or highlight.

A screenshot of a Hypothesis assignment using Canvas Studio-saved audio. On the left have side of the screen an audio player appears with the title of the sound file and a play bar appearing. In the middle of the screen is a transcript of the audio as provided by Canvas. Some of the text here has been selected by the cursor and the Hypothesis Adder (with two buttons, "Annotate" and "Highlight" visible). On the right side of the screen is the Hypothesis Sidebar, currently with no annotations.

Additional features available in the Canvas Studio transcript

  1. Play or Pause the video using the button at the top of the transcript. The transcript will auto scroll along as the video plays.
    A close-up screenshot of the transcript that appears when you use a Canvas Studio video or audio file in the Hypothesis LTI app. In the top left there is a "Play" button which has been highlighted.
  2. Search for text anywhere in the transcript.
    A close-up screenshot of the transcript that appears when you use a Canvas Studio audio or video file in the Hypothesis LTI app. At the top of the screen a "Search" bar appears, which has been highlighted.
  3. Re-sync the transcript with the video at any time by clicking the Sync Transcript icon.
    A close-up screenshot of the transcript that appears when you use a Canvas Studio audio or video file in the Hypothesis LTI app. In the menu below the Search bar the "sync" button, consisting of two semi-circle arrows pointing at each other, has been highlighted.
  4. Copy the transcript by clicking the Copy Transcript icon.
    A close-up screenshot of the transcript that appears when you use a Canvas Studio audio or video file in the Hypothesis LTI app. In the menu below the Search bar the "copy transcript" button, consisting of two rectangles partially superimposed over each other, has been highlighted.
  5. Click on a portion of the transcript to jump to that section of the video.
  6. Jump to the beginning or end of the transcript by clicking the Scroll to Top or Scroll to Bottom buttons respectively.
    A close-up screenshot of the transcript that appears when you use a Canvas Studio audio or video file in the Hypothesis LTI app. In the menu below the Search bar the "scroll up" and "scroll down" buttons, consisting a single arrow up and a single arrow down, respectively, has been highlighted.
  7. Uncheck Auto-Scroll to stop the transcript from automatically scrolling while the video plays.
    A close-up screenshot of the transcript that appears when you use a Canvas Studio audio or video file in the Hypothesis LTI app. At the bottom of the transcript there is a check box with the text "Auto-scroll" next to it, which has been highlighted.
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