Canvas Commons Preview

Status: Completed Submitted by on ‎04-03-2015 12:06 PM
This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

It would be great if you could preview the actual content you find in Commons before you download it.  This is especially true in regards to modules.  I want to be able to see the quiz questions instead of just knowing there is a quiz in it.

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96 Comments
traciebosket
Community Champion
‎08-02-2017 12:00 PM

Brilliant  @eduplessis 

How did you create the course that the public can view and interact with? I tried to do that, but still only can be access within our instance.

kmeeusen
Community Champion
‎08-02-2017 12:04 PM

Hi traciebosket‌

It is easy, and you can learn how here: How do I customize visibility options for a course? 

There is this disclaimer in the guide:

"Public: The course is available to anyone with the URL. If a public course is unaccessible to unauthenticated users, your institution may require a login and password to view all courses within their Canvas instance."

I hope this helps,

Kelley

traciebosket
Community Champion
‎08-02-2017 12:07 PM

I tried to do that a few times without any luck. I am going to try it again...

traciebosket
Community Champion
‎08-02-2017 12:12 PM

Okay, just opened it for the public. I downloaded it from the OEI.

Are you able to access it? https://vcccd.instructure.com/courses/6181 

siouxgeonz
Community Contributor
‎08-02-2017 12:22 PM

Just passing by and I can't access it -- I get a login page Login with Ellucian Identity Service .. 

traciebosket
Community Champion
‎08-02-2017 12:28 PM

That's the issue I keep running into. Do you think it is an Admin settings in our instance?

siouxgeonz
Community Contributor
‎08-02-2017 12:31 PM

I'm no expert but based on what people have said in the thread, yea.   (I'm a "Free for Teachers" user for the most part, so it's not an issue at all for  me!) 

kmeeusen
Community Champion
‎08-02-2017 12:34 PM

traciebosket‌

Most definitely an admin issue, Your school is using what appears to be an SSO portal, and that's a firewall we common strangers cannot cross!

Bummer,

Kelley

traciebosket
Community Champion
‎08-02-2017 12:58 PM

Ahhh, that makes sense. Thanks!

mhegg1
Community Member
‎10-26-2017 11:21 AM

Hoping to see quizzes made preview-able soon! I don't think answers are important - the instructor probably knows or has a good idea what the answer is already. If the instructor doesn't know what the answer is (or doesn't agree!) that's easy enough to view/edit once the quiz has been downloaded. (And, as others have said, there's a test-security issue with revealing the answers on Commons.) Quizzes can be time-consuming to create, and they are the most "Canvas-specific" resources available, therefore they are the things I am most likely to come to Commons to find.