Set Up a GoReact Assignment in Canvas

Last updated on September 25, 2025

Multimedia assignments can be a great way to test students’ skills and knowledge. Providing them as an option also gives students greater flexibility to engage with your course through a medium they are comfortable and familiar with. GoReact is an excellent tool to facilitate your students’ creation of multimedia. GoReact can be used easily on a computer or smartphone, generates automatic captions, and can be set up to allow students to comment and respond to each other’s recordings.

This Tutorial will cover how to create and set up a Canvas Assignment using GoReact as an external tool.

To learn more about how to use GoReact to provide feedback and grades, refer to the CTLD tutorial, Use GoReact to Provide Feedback on Videos.

Considerations:

There are alternative options to GoReact to consider, so choose the one that works best for your assignment:

• The Canvas Media Recorder is appropriate for simple recordings without captions that only you will view.
• Yuja is better for more complex recordings that require the student to share their screen or make simple edits to the recording.

Directions

1. Click Assignments in the left-hand course navigation menu.
2. Click + Assignment in the top right-hand corner.
3. Enter a Name for the assignment.
4. Click the drop-down menu next to Submission Type.
5. Click External Tool.
6. Click the Find button to the right of the URL field in the Submission Type box.
7. Select GoReact from the alphabetical list of External Tools.
8. Click Select in the bottom right-hand corner.
9. Choose all the other Settings you want for the assignment.
   • Note: If you want GoReact scoring to sync with your Canvas Gradebook, ensure that the points on the Canvas Assignment align with the points on the GoReact Assignment.
10. Click Save in the bottom right-hand corner.
11. Click Load GoReact in a new window.
    • If this is your first time using GoReact, you’ll be prompted to create an account and log-in before continuing.
12. Click Blank Assignment.
13. Click the Assignment Type drop-down menu and choose an option.
    • Standard – Students will make a video that you, and optionally other students, can leave feedback on.
    • Stimulus – Students will make a video while watching another video you provide.
    • Comment Only – Students will leave feedback on a video you provide.
14. Click the Recording & Feedback Privacy drop-down menu and choose an option.
    • Private – Recordings and feedback will only be visible to the student who made the recording. Students will not be able to view or comment on each others recordings.
    • Closed Peer Review – Peers will be able to view and provide feedback on others’ recordings, but will only be able to view feedback made on their own recordings.
    • Open Peer Review – Peers will be able to view and provide feedback on others’ recordings, and they can see everyone’s feedback on all submissions.
15. Click Recording Settings.
    • Select the boxes in the drop-down menu that you would like to include.
    • Click + Recording Instructions
    • Type any instructions for the students to view before recording in the Text Box, or Click + Video Instructions to record the instructions for the students to view.
    • Click Close.
16. Click Feedback Settings.
    • Click the Scoring & Evaluation drop-down menu and select how the recordings will be evaluated.
      • Points – Type the highest points possible in the text box to the right.
      • Rubric – Choose a rubric from the GoReact Collection or create your own rubric within GoReact.
      • Not Scored – Recordings will not be scored, and you will only be able to write comments on the student videos.
    • Click + Feedback Instructions.
    • Type any instructions for the students to view before providing feedback to each other in the Text Box, or Click + Video Instructions to record the instructions for the students to view.
    • Click Close.
    • Select any other Feedback Settings you would like to include.
17. Click Done.