This week’s Tech Tip is on the Canvas DocViewer, a tool that allows you to make annotations and markups on assignment submissions. The DocViewer automatically appears for the teacher in SpeedGrader when a student has uploaded their assignment as a word processing document, pdf, Excel or PowerPoint file. Here are resources offering a basic overview of this tool-
DocViewer Overview Video
How do I add annotated comments in student submissions using DocViewer in SpeedGrader?
The root of this Tech Tip is really how students view the annotations you have made on their papers – which requires some pretty subtle navigation! Please see this 1-page guide showing students how to view your annotations on their graded papers.
Hoping you’ll find this helpful!
-Jenn Azzaro