Crocodoc is a tool that allows annotations on online assignment submissions in Canvas. If Crocodoc has been enabled for your institution, you can use Crocodoc for assignments. You can also use Crocodoc when viewing annotated feedback on assignment submissions.

When you open a submission, Crocodoc will automatically save any annotations made to the submission file for one hour. You can restart a Crocodoc session at any time by refreshing the submission page. To help you avoid losing work, Canvas will generate a session expiration warning after 50 minutes.

Some browsers may not initially render comments correctly when viewing feedback. If your browser includes a built-in PDF viewer, select the option to view the PDF in the system viewer. You can also download PDF files with comments to view on your computer. The settings required to view or print the annotations in the PDF vary based on the software installed on your computer.

Compatible Crocodoc Files

If a submission includes a file that can be rendered in Crocodoc, but the submission preview is not complete, Canvas will generate a message stating the document is still processing.

If a file is submitted that is not compatible with Crocodoc, the Canvas document previewer will still display the file, but Crocodoc markup and commenting will not be available.

Canvas currently supports .doc/.docx, .ppt/.pptx, and .pdf Crocodoc file formats.

Notes:

• Crocodoc is not available in the Canvas beta environment, so Crocodoc documents will never be rendered.
• Files over 100 MB and password-protected files will not be converted by Crocodoc.
• Crocodoc annotations can be viewed in the Canvas by Instructure app.
• Crocodoc annotations cannot be viewed by screen readers; for users with accessibility concerns, please leave feedback in the assignment's comments sidebar.
• Crocodoc has limitations when used in Firefox. To avoid losing any annotations, click the screen before navigating away from the page, or choose another browser.

If your institution has enabled Google Docs or Google Drive as a submission type, you can upload a file from Google Drive for an assignment. Unlike other assignment submissions, files from Google Drive are not uploaded into your Canvas user files.

Canvas accepts Google Doc, Google Sheet, and Google Slide files. You can also upload any uploaded Word (.doc/.docx), Excel (.xls/.xlsx), PowerPoint (.ppt/.pptx), and PDF files not converted to Google Docs formatting.

Notes:

• If the Google Docs or Google Drive tab is not available in your submission, your institution has not enabled this feature.
• If your course displays a link to your Google Drive in the Course Navigation Menu, your course has enabled Google Drive directly. Otherwise, you must enable Google Drive a web service in your user profile to upload Google Drive files.
• In Google Drive assignments, you can only submit one file for your submission.
• When Google Drive files (docs, sheets, and slides) are uploaded as a submission, the files convert to their Microsoft counterpart file types and appear in the submission as respective Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files. This conversion essentially preserves the submission in its current state; any changes made to the file in Google Drive will not be updated in the submission.

If your instructor allows file uploads as a submission type, you can upload a file from your computer as an assignment submission.

Any attachments added as part of a graded assignment submission are also copied to your user files but are not counted against your user quota. However, once the file has been uploaded as a submission, you cannot delete the file. Files are stored in the Submissions folder.

If your institution has enabled Google Docs as a submission type, you can also upload a file from Google Drive.

Puede incrustar un archivo de imagen directamente en las respuestas de una discusión mediante el icono de imagen. Las imágenes pueden ser incrustadas desde la web, desde sus archivos de usuario de Canvas o desde Flickr. Si se realiza un cambio a la fuente de la imagen después de que ésta es incrustada en una respuesta de la discusión, la imagen añadida a su respuesta de la discusión no se modificará.

Nota: Antes de que pueda incrustar una imagen desde Canvas, la imagen debe ser primero subida a sus archivos de usuario.

Si su instructor permite archivos adjuntos, puede adjuntar un archivo a la respuesta de una discusión mediante el icono de archivo adjunto. Los archivos adjuntos pueden agregarse tanto a discusiones calificadas  como no calificadas.  

Cualquier archivo adjunto añadido como parte de las discusiones es copiado en sus archivos de usuario. Los archivos adjuntos para discusiones calificadas no cuentan contra su cuota de usuario y no pueden ser eliminados.  

Notas:

• Si no aparece el icono de archivo adjunto, esta opción no está disponible en su curso.
• Si su archivo adjunto causa que exceda su cuota de archivo de usuario, puede que el archivo no se pueda adjuntar a una discusión no calificada.