Download a Secondary Video

Frequently when instructors take videos, they record their screen as well as their front camera. Downloading the primary video is fairly straight forward, but downloading the secondary video requires a couple of extra steps.


Enable Both Videos to be Downloadable

Before you can download the video(s) you need to enable them to be downloadable.

1

Navigate to mymedia.usu.edu

Notice that to do this, you need to go to a site outside of Canvas.

Arrow pointing at URL mymedia.usu.edu

 
2

Click on the user icon in the top-right corner and select Login

User icon circled with an arrow pointing at Login option.

 
3

Select USU Login and log in with your A-Number and strong password

Arrow pointing at USU Login.

 
4

Select My Media

Arrow pointing at My Media tab in top navigation.

 
5

Click Edit (the pencil icon) for the desired video

Arrow pointing at pencil icon in video row.

 
6

Select Downloads

Arrow pointing at Downloads tab.

 
7

Enable Source File

Arrow pointing at enabled Source File checkbox.

 
8

Click Save

Arrow pointing at Save button.


Locating and Downloading the Video Source

Once your videos are downloadable, you will need to locate them, go through another process of enabling options to be able to download them, and then actually download the video sources.

1

Locate and copy the Media Entry ID

This can be found in the Basic Info section directly to the right of the video preview.

Arrow pointing at Media Entry ID with the right-click options open and Copy is highlighted.

 
2

Navigate to My Media

Arrow pointing at My Media tab in top navigation.

 
3

Paste the Media Entry ID into the search bar and hit Enter/Return on your keyboard

Arrow pointing at search bar.

 
4

Click Edit (the pencil icon) for the desired video

There isn't any implication as to which video is the primary or secondary video in the preview. But if you click on the video and both videos pop up in the preview window, then that is the primary video. If a single video appears in the preview window, it is the secondary video.

If you are downloading the primary video, even though both sources appear in the preview, only the source that appeared in the thumbnail will download.

Arrow pointing at Edit pencil icon in video row.

 
5

Select Downloads

Arrow pointing at Downloads tab.

 
6

Enable Source File

Arrow pointing at enabled Source File checkbox.

 
7

Click Save

Arrow pointing at Save button.

 
8

Click Go To Media

Arrow pointing at Go to Media link.

 
9

Select Download

Arrow pointing at Download tab.

 
10

Click the icon under the Actions column

Arrow pointing at download icon under Actions column in table.


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