Missing Keyboard Shortcuts when Embedding New Canvas Shorts

Question

Hi all,

I am in the process of replacing embedded Canvas Video Tutorials with the newer Canvas Shorts. I've discovered that the handy keyboard shortcuts option in the New Media Player has been replaced with a button to copy a link that, when pasted into a new tab, takes you to a detailed transcript with screenshots provided by a service called Guidde.

The new shorts seem to be hosted there. With accessibility considerations in mind, is there no way to embed them in our courses while still retaining the option for the keyboard shortcuts display? Ideally, the current button would still exist (because the detailed transcript page is very helpful), but would be an actual link and not just a "copy" function for the link.

Example:

Canvas Overview for Students is a retiring video. We are replacing it with the Canvas Overview (Students) short from the Getting Started page.

Naomi · Accepted Answer

Hi, @lngines!

Great question! The Keyboard Shortcuts menu in the older Overview Videos were hosted in a different platform than we are using now for the Canvas Shorts (Guidde AI). Some of the differences between those two players is that Guidde AI does not include a Keyboard Shortcuts menu and copy link icon is visible by default.

I've created a ticket with Guidde to see if they have any resources on the available keyboard shortcuts for end users and shared your two ideas, to add a keyboard shortcuts menu and update the copy link to open the video, with Guidde for their consideration.

Lastly, I've done some testing. From what I can see, the following keyboard shortcuts are available (it's very possible there are more):

Keyboard ShortcutActionRight ArrowSkip to the next "step" or section in the videoLeft ArrowGo back a "step" or section in the videoUp ArrowIncrease volumeDown ArrowDecrease volumeMToggle mute/unmuteSpace barToggle play/pauseTabNavigate forward through player buttonsShift+Tab (consecutively)Navigate backward through player buttonsFOpen video fullscreen EscExit fullscreenCToggle captions0Jump to start1-9Jump to specific percentage (1=10%, 2=20%, etc.)

Naomi