Print from Canvas
In general, Canvas pages can be printed via the browser. To print annotated student submissions requires Adobe Acrobat and a few more steps. Please see below for directions. If you need help printing from Canvas, please contact Academic Technologies for assistance.
To print a Canvas page via the web browser
- Navigate to the page you would like to print
- Use the print function to preview the page to double-check you're getting all pages
How to print student submissions to include annotations, annotated comments and feedback left in sidebar comments field:
Part 1: Create a PDF of the student submission via Canvas
- Go to SpeedGrader
- Open the student's submission
- Use the down-arrow button at upper left of the student submission to download student submission in PDF format to your computer
Part 2: Print via Adobe Acrobat to capture comments/feedback:
Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Use the "Print" function via Adobe Acrobat: in the print settings window that comes up, go to Comments & Forms at right check that "Document and Markups" is showing in the drop-down menu and click on the Summarize Comments button, this should open another (smaller) pop-up window asking, "Do you want to include the text of summarized comments int he document being printed?" click on the "Yes" button
allow Adobe Actobat a minute or so to process this request
after the request has processed, you should see there are additional pages to print (the comments are printed on separate pages following the original submission)
Click "Print"
