adding multiple images to a Page

[jlivingston1]

How to you upload more than one image (jpg, png) to a Page at a time?

[rpsimon · Accepted solution]

If you insert the images inside the RCE (Rich Content Editor), and click on image icon, the Upload Image box will appear.  If you are uploading images from your computer, you can just select more than one and drag them all in together at the same time to the Upload Image box.

[rpsimon · Accepted solution]

If you insert the images inside the RCE (Rich Content Editor), and click on image icon, the Upload Image box will appear.  If you are uploading images from your computer, you can just select more than one and drag them all in together at the same time to the Upload Image box.

[jlivingston1]

Thank you for reaching out, Rebecca. However, Canvas still does not allow me to select more than one image (.png) to upload at a time into the Rich Content Window or into the Course Files > Course Images. Perhaps I need an update? Perhaps this is due to the prompt for Alt text? Please let me know if you can further clarify. Thank you.

[rpsimon]

Yes, you can add more than one image at a time. I am sorry you are having

difficulty doing so. You need to select a bunch at once and drag them in

together. What kind of computer are you using?

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 12:51 PM jlivingston@alfred.edu <

[jlivingston1 · Accepted solution]

Mac computer. I can easily browse to, for example, my desktop and see all of the images. However, I'm not able to select more than one to upload into Canvas. 

[rpsimon]

Which version of OS are you using? I really don't think it should make

a difference, but I figured I might as well ask. I would recommend using

the Finder and select a file while holding down the Shift Key and select

another file (you might need to use the Command key if the file isn't next

to the first one). Continue holding down the Shift key and drag it into

Canvas. Can you please try that and let me know what happens? Thanks.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 2:42 PM jlivingston@alfred.edu <

[jlivingston1]

I'm holding the shift key to select, say, 2 images. Dragging to the Rich Content Editor does reveal the green + sign for "add." But the images do not add.

[jlivingston1]

MacOS Sierra, 10.12.6

[rpsimon]

OK....it sounds like you're getting there! Make sure you continue to hold

that Shift key while you drop the files in. As soon as I can, I will be

happy to record my screen and share it with you.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 3:18 PM jlivingston@alfred.edu <

[James]

 @jlivingston1 ,

Don't feel bad. I do not have the ability to upload more than one file at a time either from the Rich Content Editor. This is both using the (legacy) Rich Content Editor and the New Rich Content Edtor. It is on an up-to-date Windows machine with the latest version of Chrome.

Using the New Rich Content Editor, I can select multiple files and it even showed (2) when I went to drag them into the space, but it only inserted one into the page. The space is named "Upload Image" not "Upload Images." If you go into Files and choose Uploaded Media, then it only shows the one file.

There is a feature idea available to allow the New Rich Content Editor to support multiple file uploads: https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/15771-new-rce-multiple-file-upload 

In the (old) Rich Content Editor, I cannot select multiple files with the upload and do not get a drag/drop interface. I get the brower's dialog box to find a file and then upload it.

What I do when I need to upload multiple files is to go to Files where multiple uploads are supported. I drag and drop all of the images I need to upload to Canvas. Note that this is from the File menu directly, not from the Rich Content Editor embed image button. Then I go to the page where I need them and add them one by one using the embed image button of the Rich Content Editor and pulling the files from where I uploaded them inside the Course Files.

[bsr]

Same problem here, also on a Mac (10.15.7). I have 8 images to place in a quiz question, and REALLY don't want to have to add ... each ... one ... individually. It wouldn't be so bad if the "embed image" navigator remembered where you were for the previous image, instead of starting all over at the very top level of your Canvas files, so that you have to click through layer upon layer of files over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again!