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Canvas Commons is still a beautiful work in progress. I appreciate that we can start using it while it is still being built. It's kind of a 'chicken or the egg' first project. There needs to be content to use it, but at first there won't be a ton of content yet. It's up to us as a community to build it.
I recommend starting a new course as a sandbox. Then add content to that sandbox. To keep things simple, I named my sandbox course Canvas Commons. There, I can download items and preview them. Files, videos, and images are already pre-viewable.
In the feature request for this item
https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/1086#comment-11041
Commons Product Manager Deactivated user asks the community which objects we want them to start on next (what to make pre-viewable next).
You get share your thoughts. We can see files, video and images. I'm guessing assignments would be the next most helpful.
Back to helping building it -
There's a contest!
Canvas Commons is still a beautiful work in progress. I appreciate that we can start using it while it is still being built. It's kind of a 'chicken or the egg' first project. There needs to be content to use it, but at first there won't be a ton of content yet. It's up to us as a community to build it.
I recommend starting a new course as a sandbox. Then add content to that sandbox. To keep things simple, I named my sandbox course Canvas Commons. There, I can download items and preview them. Files, videos, and images are already pre-viewable.
In the feature request for this item
https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/1086#comment-11041
Commons Product Manager Deactivated user asks the community which objects we want them to start on next (what to make pre-viewable next).
You get share your thoughts. We can see files, video and images. I'm guessing assignments would be the next most helpful.
Back to helping building it -
There's a contest!
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