Commons

[knoelle]

Every time I try to find stuff on Canvas Commons to use for ideas I get this message more often than not... "External Tool Content Can't Be Previewed."

Is there something I need to authorize in my Canvas to be able to see these public posts by other teachers?  If so, what?

[bbennett2]

I've not run into that message personally (even now, scanning through the Commons). I have run into broken link errors in the past, where something is embedded incorrectly. 

Does it happen with one resource or another in particular? What kinds of those are you searching for? Or, even better, can you grab the public link of a resource to see if it happens for anyone else?

[knoelle]

I am trying to preview some of the stuff this teacher has posted in Commons.

https://lor.instructure.com/resources/3e525887cf114a39854cdca314e0638c?shared

Some things can be opened and others give me the "external tool can't be previewed" message.  I have Google Drive registered on my Canvas so that tool is and has been there.  I thought the point of the Commons was for teachers to share their stuff?