Canvas has integrated a new tool in their system that you may find very useful, especially if your instructor puts you in peer review groups. This new tool is called Crocodoc (https://crocodoc.com). Crocodoc is the default tool for embedding Word documents, PowerPoints, Excel files and PDFs in Canvas (it is important to note that only these document types are currently supported). Once one of these documents has been uploaded, and it is a part of a peer review assignment for you, then you can open the file in Canvas and annotate directly in the browser. No longer will you have to download the file, add comments and the re-upload. You can do all of that work directly in Canvas. To learn more about how this works check out the video below:
Canvas Product Release Screencast - Sept 29, 2012 from Instructure on Vimeo.
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