Scenario
It may be the case that a student
has
submitted their assignment as a media file -
for instance, if they have uploaded a photo of
their written work. You can view and download
this submission in the
Speedgrader.
Solution
To access media file student submissions, complete the following steps.
- To access Speedgrader, click SpeedGrader, which is available from
any
assignment, graded discussion or quiz. The submission appears in
the Speedgrader preview and can be treated
like any other submission whereby you can
add feedback through comments attached the
the submission or within the submission
with markup.
- In SpeedGrader, click the down arrow next to the file name on the submission for each student.
- Optional: To download student submissions in bulk, click Download submissions on the main assignment page. When the file is finished processing, click Click here
to download to download a zip of submissions. Canvas will also include
the size of the download file as part of the
link for your reference. Bulk downloads can be
used for the following submission types:
file
uploads, text entries (displayed as HTML
files), website URLs (displayed
as HTML files), and Google Docs
submissions.
Troubleshooting image
submissions - Media recordings
In some cases, the
uploaded image is presented in
a video file format, this may
happen if the student uses
"Record media" to add their
image rather than "File
Upload". You
will see a message saying This
submission is a media recording." To access
this file, click Click here to view.
These media
recordings can often be
presented in what looks like
very poor quality. You will
likely need to increase the
quality of the loaded file
when you click to access it if
you would like to preview it
in
Canvas.
To increase
the quality, you can hover
over the symbol to the left of
the audio symbol and choose
the last setting (694x1080
5152kbps
(mp4)).
These media files will not appear in
a bulk download zip file, and it is not
possible to download them using the tools
available in Canvas SpeedGrader. While you can
add grades and general feedback to these
submissions in SpeedGrader, you may need to
capture a screenshot of the enlarged, good
quality preview and save this to your computer
to view the submission offline. If the media
file is a video or audio file, some browsers
allow you to right click the media, while it
is playing the preview, and using the "Save
video as..." menu option to save the file to
your computer.
For more guidance on organising
images on your computer, see Organising student media/image submissions on your computer.