Set Up a GoReact Assignment in Canvas

Last updated on August 19, 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

Note: This video is outdated. See the Written tutorial for updated directions. New video coming.

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 from the alphabetical list of External Tools.
    • There may be two GoReact options, either will work.
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.
   • Alternatively, click Go Fullscreen if the GoReact assignment is embedded in the Canvas page.
   • Note: If this is your first time using GoReact, you’ll be prompted to create an account and log in before continuing.
2. Select the Activity Type
   • Blank Activity – Build a new GoReact activity from scratch and choose all the settings yourself (this tutorial will go over the steps for this option below).
   • Previous Activity – Reuse the settings from an activity you created previously.
   • Copy from Template – Start from a GoReact Library template.

Adjust Activity Settings

1. Click Activity Details from the menu on the top left of the GoReact page.
2. Click the Activity Type drop-down menu near the middle of the screen 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.
     • Click + Source Media (Required) to select or upload a media file to add to the assignment.
3. Click the Scoring & Evaluation drop-down menu and select how the recordings will be evaluated.
   • Not Scored – Recordings will not be scored, and you will only be able to write comments on the student videos.
   • Points – Enter 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.
     • Check the box next to Allow review access if you would like peer reviewers to score using the rubric.
4. Click the + Icon to the left of an option to add it to your assignment.
   • Participant Rubric – Adds a rubric that students can use to evaluate each other.
   • AI Assistant – You can use these settings to decide if videos should be automatically transcribed or if the AI should auto-tag student speech habits.
   • Marker Set – Adds a collection of custom, color-coded feedback tags or preset comments that can be placed at specific moments in a video.
   • Owner Attachment – Upload a supporting resource for students.

Create Task List

The task list is the list of activities that students will have to complete. You can add, delete, or rearrange the tasks for your GoReact Assignment. 

1. Choose which tasks you want included in your assignment.
2. Click on a task from the Task List to open and view the task.
   • Create Your Video – Students record or upload their video to GoReact.
     • Check the boxes next to the setting options you want under task settings.
   • Self Reflect – Students watch their own video and add comments.
   • Submit Video – Students submit their video to receive feedback from the instructor and/or peers.
   • Give Peer Feedback – Students view and provide feedback to their peer’s videos.
     • Select the Feedback Privacy dropdown menu.
       • Private – Only instructors can see and review student’s videos.
         1. Note: Selecting this option will make it so students cannot complete the Peer Feedback task. For assignments where only the instructor sees the videos, it is better to remove the Give Peer Feedback task from the task list instead.
       • Closed Peer Review – Students can view and provide feedback on each other’s videos, but students can only view the feedback provided on their own video/s.
       • Open Peer Review – Students can view and provide feedback on each other’s videos, and they can view the feedback for all video submissions.
   • Learn from Feedback – Students review feedback provided on their video submission. This task is marked complete once students have reviewed feedback from the instructor.
3. Click+ Task Instructions at the top of the task page to add task specific instructions.
   • Optionally, click + Video Instructions on the top right of the Task Instructions box to record or upload a video to explain the instructions.
4. Click the X to the right of an Activity Task to delete it.
5. Click +Add next to a Recommended Task on the left-side panel to add it to your task list.
6. Click and drag the 6-dot array to the left of an Activity Task to rearrange the tasks.
7. Click Preview at the top right of the page to view an overview of the GoReact Assignment.
8. Click Save & Close on the top right of the page once your assignment is ready.
   • Note: To edit the GoReact assignment after setting, click Activity Preview at the bottom left of the GoReact assignment, then click Edit at the top of the left-side panel next to Activity Overview.

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