Grading with an iPad and apple pencil

[pwright1]

I am trying to find a way to grade essays in Canvas with an iPad and the apple pencil.  Can this be done?

[KristinL]

Hi Peggy -

I feel the need to reply with a very enthusiastic YES! :smileygrin:

With the Canvas Teacher app, you'll love how the Apple Pencil can be used to add annotations to submissions. You'll need to require students to submit supported document formats (PDFs are perfect for this) in order for you to use the Apple Pencil, but the extra step is totally worth it.

How do I grade an assignment submission in the Teacher app on my iOS device?‌

How do I add DocViewer annotations in the Teacher app on my iOS device? 

SpeedGrader in Teacher App with iPad Pro - YouTube 

If you have any questions about the Canvas Teacher app after you get started, please reply! I hope you like the features as much as I do.

[delia_orourke]

Would love to be able to do this and share with other staff, but  unfortunately only the you tube link is accessible,

[woodc]

This is the response from the links:

"You do not have sufficient privileges for this resource or its parent to perform this action."

One needs privileges to use a resource?

[KRokke]

Hi,

I have been using my apple pencil and grading students work in Canvas on my ipad for a year now.  Just last week I can no longer write on a student paper if they have submitted more than one page.  The brush and eraser appear for page 1, but when I try to correct page 2 the brush and eraser no longer work.   Any ideas

[Barsky13]

I am having the same issue and want to read about how to do it but when i click on the links in the provided solution it says I do not have access or permission to read them. Please advise. Thanks

[dpesetsky]

I also am unable to access the links.  

[pazehoski]

I am also having trouble accessing the links. Please advise. 

[gruber_m]

As another user has stated above me, the latest update for the Canvas teaching app for IOS, which went live last Wednesday, broke the annotation tool.  I have been in contact with support but no solution has happened yet, and I'm sure I'm not the only user that this is affecting critically.  Clicking the brush/pen tool for annotating no longer works if a student submits more than one file on an assignment.  It works on the first file, but once you navigate to the second or any other subsequent file the brush/pen tool no longer works.  So for now, until this is fixed, the annotation tool is broken, and cannot be properly used as described above.

[KristinL]

Hi @bpaz and @gruber_m - Yes, with the last update, the mobile team is seeing a few issues, and a couple of them are with SpeedGrader. They are aware of what needs to be adjusted and are already working on getting fixes out. Watch the app store for updates coming soon!

[jozsefdavid · Accepted solution]

Hi all,

Please take a look at the above mentioned problems again. The brush/eraser problem in case of multiple files is fixed, so there should not be issue anymore. The grading with pencil is also working. Please also consider the newest submission type: Student annotation, which might be more appropriate for a subset of workflows where the students uploaded files to the assignments previously.