As previously announced, Canvas Studio has been discontinued. We know that one feature many people enjoyed about this tool was an ad-free experience for videos. Fortunately, two platforms the distict has—Edpuzzle and Lumio—offer solutions to make integrating YouTube videos seamless and safe.
Edpuzzle: The Ad-Free Gateway
If your primary goal is to ensure students watch content without interruptions, Edpuzzle is your key. Edpuzzle has partnered with YouTube to integrate the YouTube Player for Education.
This means when students view videos through Edpuzzle, they access YouTube content that is free of ads, tracking, and distractions.
This partnership commitment allows teachers and families to have peace of mind knowing students are engaging with videos in the safest possible environment.
As discussed in previous blog posts, Edpuzzle also allows you to integrate questions to check for understanding while students watch the video.
Lumio: Seamless Video Integration
Using Lumio also helps ensure that videos play without ads. It also has the added bonus of helping combine multiple lesson components into one place (so you don’t have to navigate to several different platforms). Lumio allows you to pull in Google Slides, PDFs, YouTube videos, and more into one “deck.”
To bring a video directly into your Lumio lesson structure:
- Start a new lesson by clicking New, or open an existing lesson in Editing mode and click the add page icon.
- In the Add page window, select YouTube.
- In the Add Video window, you can either type a search term or paste a video’s URL, and then click Search.
- Once you select the desired video from the results, click Add to import it onto a new page. You can then give the resource a title before continuing to add more pages or clicking Finish Editing.
Learn more about YouTube videos in Lumio.
Bonus
We know a lot of teachers like to put on winter scenes with calming music to create a welcoming, classroom atmosphere. These are great, but the ads can get overwhelming and annoying!
Here’s a winter jazz scene in Lumio.
A coffee shop scene with smooth piano jazz music and a calming 5 minute timer with ocean waves in Edpuzzle.
