Set Up a GoReact Assignment in Canvas

Last updated on July 14, 2026

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.

Note: GoReact remains active for six months from the date the first GoReact assignment is created. After that six-month window, GoReact assignments may display “Videos cannot be added to an expired folder,” and students can no longer access or submit to them.

To Reactivate GoReact in your Canvas course, contact GoReact Support.

Considerations:

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

• Use GoReact for video discussions or assignments where students need detailed, timestamped feedback from instructors or peers.
• Use YuJa for assignments where students need to create longer, more in depth videos, or may need to make edits to their recording.
  • View our spotlight, Use YuJa to Create Video Discussions, for more information.
• Use Canvas Media for simple video recordings that require no screen sharing, and students can create directly within Canvas.
  • View our tutorial, Enable Captions and Rolling Transcripts in Canvas Media, for guidance on how to use the Canvas Media tool.

Directions

Create Assignment in Canvas

1. Log in to your Canvas Account.
2. Select the Course you’d like to work in.
3. Click Modules on the left-hand course navigation menu.
4. Click the + icon to the right of the Module you want to add the GoReact Assignment to.
5. Select Assignment from the drop-down menu at the top of the pop-up window.
6. Click Create Assignment.
7. Enter a Name for the assignment.
8. Click Add Item.
9. Click the name of the assignment you just created.
10. Click Edit in the top right corner.
11. Click the drop-down menu next to Submission Type.
12. Click External Tool.
13. Click the Find button to the right of the URL field in the Submission Type box.
14. Select GoReact LTU 1.3 (prod) from the alphabetical list of External Tools.
    • This is the second GoReact that appears in the list.
15. Click Select in the bottom right-hand corner.
16. Optionally, Check the box next to Load This Tool In a New Tab.
    • If this is not selected, the GoReact assignment will be embedded into the Canvas page.
17. 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.
    • View our tutorial, Create an Assignment in Canvas, for more guidance on the different Assignment settings.
18. Click Save in the bottom right-hand corner.

Set Up Assignment in GoReact

1. Click Load GoReact in a new window if that setting was selected.
   • If this is your first time using GoReact, you’ll be prompted to create an account and log-in before continuing.
2. Click Blank Activity.
3. 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 record a video response while watching a provided media.
   • Comment Only – Students will leave feedback on media you provide.
4. 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 and the instructor. 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.
5. Optionally, click + Attachment under Owner Attachments to add media to the assignment for students to review (required for Stimulus and Comment Only Assignment types)
   • Click the three line menu icon at the top left of the pop-up window.
   • Click My Collection from the left-side panel.
   • Click + Media at the bottom left of the pop-up.
     • A new pop-up will appear. Make sure the drop-down menu says My Collection.
   • Click Next.
   • Select you video source from the tabs at the top of the window.
     • Video: Record a video through GoReact.
     • Upload: Upload a media file from your computer.
     • Youtube: Paste the URL to a Youtube video.
     • Audio: Record audio only through GoReact.
     • Zoom: Upload a Zoom Recording from your computer.
6. 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.
     • Alternatively, click + Video Instructions to record the instructions for the students to view.
   • Click Close.
7. 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.
       • Note: The total points should be the same as in the Canvas Assignment.
     • 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 the + Icon to the left of an option to add it to your assignment.
     • Click + Feedback Instructions.
     • Type any instructions for the students to view before providing feedback to each other in the Text Box
       • Alternatively, Click + Video Instructions to record the instructions for the students to view.
     • Click Close.
8. Click Done.

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