Can presentations be sent in an audio type to students?

[TrishaMeyer1]

@FlorahMmolao Can you be more specific as to what you mean? Canvas does not have a feature called "Presentations," and it doesn't "send" content to students.

You can post audio files on any Canvas feature that has the Rich Content Editor (RCE) - Page, Assignment, Announcement, Discussion - that the students can access and listen to. You use the Insert Media option and then upload your audio file rather than a video file. See the attached image for what an audio file looks like on a Page in one of my courses.

If you're using Modules, you can use + and then select Add File to [Module Name] to select your audio file from your Canvas files. (You would need to upload the file to Canvas first.) When students click on the item, they will be able to play the file.

If you're asking about something else, let us know and maybe someone can help with you with that.

[greydon · Accepted solution]

Hello  @FlorahMmolao 

Similar to what @TrishaMeyer1 has  already stated - there is a way technically but it depends on a couple things. Their suggestions are 100% correct and you can do it by using the built in features with Canvas but the students will still need to click play etc. Do you have actual audio files such as WAV M4A FLAC etc? If you upload or embed those to an assignment or page, it should retain a small play/pause option with a loaded progress bar and that should essentially be it. If you don't have audio only files, then you'd need to convert them or use custom HTML or some third  party app to embed the audio only. There are many music courses (I've seen) that successfully have audio only but the file itself needs to be audio only. Using the RCE media recorder and only recording audio should 100% work for you.