What should I do if I can't record video comments with my webcam?
Follow these steps before submitting a ticket.
Troubleshooting Step 1
- Go to your Assignment
- Click Submit Assignment
- Choose Media tab
- Click Record Media Comment
- Choose Webcam from the left
- In the black box where the picture should appear, right click and choose Settings
- On the Privacy tab, click Allow and check the box for Remember
- Click Close
- Select your webcam from the drop-down menu
- Click Record
Troubleshooting Step 2 (if necessary)
Go to your assignment and pull up your media webcam window.
The first thing is to check the drop-down menu and choose your webcam from the options.
If your camera is chosen, please try the following:
- Right click on the black webcam window on the right
- Choose Settings
- Remove the check mark next to Remember (no check mark present, skip to below)
- Close out of the Flash settings box and logout of Canvas
- Log in and try your webcam again
No Checkmark Present:
- Empty your browser cache
- Empty your browser cookies
- Restart your browser
- Log in to Canvas and try webcam again
If No Camera Appears - Black Box:
- Click Record Media Comment from your assignment
- Choose Webcam from the left
- Click Allow on the Flash Player pop-up box, if the box does not appear, skip to next step.
- Right click on the black webcam window on the right
- Choose Settings
- Click the bottom tab that looks like an eye in a monitor.
- Put a dot next to Allow
- Put a check mark next to Remember
- Click the bottom tab that looks like a webcam (far right tab)
- From the drop-down menu choose USB Video Class Video
- Close out of the Flash settings box, your webcam should be working
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