Case Study: Excelsior Charter Schools regains control of video content with Instructure Canvas Studio

Excelsior Charter Schools migrates 40,000+ videos with Instructure

Excelsior Charter Schools, a public charter school in California, faced a significant challenge when new IT filtering policies unexpectedly blocked access to YouTube videos embedded throughout their Canvas LMS curriculum, rendering core content inaccessible. This incident revealed their vulnerability to external hosting restrictions and a concurrent need for better insights into student video engagement. They turned to their vendor, Instructure, and its product Canvas Studio for a solution.

Instructure's solution involved using Canvas Studio's migration tool to quickly and automatically transfer over 40,000 existing videos into their secure system. This restored immediate access and gave teachers valuable data on student engagement with video content. The result was a new, controlled video learning environment that provided Excelsior with the security and insights they needed, especially for their independent-study students.

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