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Embedding a Teams Recording in Canvas

Find and embed a Teams Recording on a Canvas page

Including online class / lecture recordings onto Canvas help students that may have missed a class or to refer back to for assessments.

Retrieve the Video via Chat

  1. Open Teams
  2. Navigate to the Chat tab on the left menu of your Teams application.
  3. Click on the video to open.
  1. The video will open in an internet browser tab in Microsoft Stream.
  2. Note: the video is not saved in Stream, it is saved in Documents inside the Recordings folder, the Stream application is used to view and play videos.
  1. Click on Share
  2. Select Copy link
  1. Click on the Copy button, to copy the link.
  2. Close the pop-up window.

Retrieve the Video via OneDrive

  1. Open OneDrive
  2. Navigate to My Files on the left menu
  3. Open the Recordings Folder
  1. Click on the video to open
  2. Click on Copy link
  1. Click on the Copy button
  2. Close the pop-up button

Adding the link on Canvas

  1. Go to Canvas, create a new page or click edit on the page that requires the link.
  2. Click on link icon.
  1. Paste the video link to Link field.
  2. Add a display text name into the Text field. This is what will be displayed on the page as the link.
  3. Click on Done.
  1. Click on Save.

Hints and Tips

  • Instead of adding a link to each recordings, try saving all recordings into a SharePoint folder and add the link of the folder on Canvas.. Using SharePoint folders. (link to this article to come.)
  • Another way of centralising Team Recordings is to save them into a Channel on Stream (Classic). See the article How to Create Stream Channels
  • You may need to update the permissions on the video link setting, some students who missed this session may not be able to access this video via this link.