[ARCHIVED] Full screen not preview files

[wendy_fletcher]

How can you make a file open full screen in  canvas  rather than in a preview panel? I know you can download it then open it full screen but want it to just open full screen for my early childhood students .is this possible ?

[rconroy · Accepted solution]

Hi  @wendy_fletcher ‌,

How young are they? When you click the "preview" spyglass next to a document, it takes you to the DocViewer where you can then select full screen mode.

Is that a little too advanced? Are you opposed to taking them to a new tab? If not, you could always embedd something using the Google Apps. Save that document as a PDF, then just upload to your drive, make sure the privacy setting is set to "public" and you can either embedd or link it, which will just open it up in a new tab full screen. 

Hope this helps!

[wendy_fletcher]

Some of my students are very young, 4 and 5 years of age, I don't want them to get a preview panel at all because the scrolling is quite confusing for early readers when part of your text disappears, same with toggling to new tab, is confusing which is why I just wanted an auto open full page feature. For older students and adult learners it is fine to preview then use download link if wanted, not so for little ones. I will pursue the google docs embed option but have a few copyright concerns here as some of my stuff is available with limited copyright, worried about putting it up with public access..

[Stef_retired]

 @wendy_fletcher ‌, I like Deactivated user‌'s suggestion to use an embedded Google Doc. What's nice about that solution is that you can manipulate the dimensions of the embed code so that the resource displays seamlessly in the Canvas page. If you need to use an uploaded PDF or Word file, you could enable the auto-inline preview for the file (How do I set the auto-open for inline preview for files using the Rich Content Editor?‌).

[wendy_fletcher]

Thanks Stephanie but I really don't want a preview panel at all, see reasons above. 

[Stef_retired]

In that case,  @wendy_fletcher , Deactivated user‌'s suggestion to use an embedded Google Doc is definitely the way to go, as long as you can resolve the copyright issue. Check with your school's admins on that; it's possible that including these resources in a course that requires authentication to access would not constitute "public access"—but the "publish" piece of the Google Doc process would have to be evaluated in that context. Check out Using Google Docs for dynamic Canvas content for guidance on creating the pages.