Annotations in Canvas

Introduction

There will be times you have to use tools to make marks on your assignment. We call this "annotating." In your next assignment, you will use annotations to complete it.

Watch the video below to learn how to annotate a document on your device.

Video: How do I annotate?

00:07: How do I annotate a file as an assignment submission using Assignment Enhancements? 00:12: In course navigation click the assignments link 00:16: Click the title of the assignment. 00:19: Your instructor May specify which submission types are appropriate for each assignment. 00:24: In the choose a submission type section click The annotation button. 00:29: If your instructor only allows annotation submissions doc viewer 00:33: May display in place of the choose a submission type section. 00:38: To annotate your assignment submission use The annotation tools in the doc 00:42: viewer menu. Learn more about how to use doc viewer. 00:47: To download the file click the download icon. 00:50: To zoom in or out click the zoom in or zoom out icons. 00:55: To view the document in full screen click the full screen icon 01:00: To select and move annotations. Click the selection icon. 01:04: To add a point annotation. Click the point annotation icon. 01:08: To add a highlight annotation click the Highlight annotation icon. 01:13: To add a text annotation click the free text annotation icon. 01:18: To add a strikeout annotation click the strikeout annotation icon. 01:23: To add a drawing annotation. Click the free draw annotation icon. 01:28: To add an area annotation click the area annotation icon. 01:33: To submit your assignment click the submit assignment button. 01:37: When your submission is successfully submitted the progress tracker displays a 01:41: submitted status and your most recent submission displays in a read-only format. 01:46: If you choose you may resubmit another version of your assignment using the new attempt 01:50: button. 01:52: If you've submitted multiple assignment submissions, you can view previous submissions 01:56: by clicking the attempt drop-down. 01:59: To view add an assignment comment for your instructor click the add comment button. 02:04: This guide covered how to annotate a file as an assignment submission using Assignment Enhancements.

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Click the Closed Caption icon button at the bottom of the video to access the closed captions.

Annotation Toolbar

Annotation toolbar functions

Zoom- allows you to make the document larger or smaller
Highlighter- highlights text with different colors
Text- adds text to the document
Draw- allows free drawing
Area- creates a box around information

Click the Next button in the lower right to move forward in the module.