Printing from Speed Grader

[levans4]

How do I print in Speed grader so annotated comments are visible

[ericwerth · Accepted solution]

Hi  @levans4 and welcome to the Canvas Community!  This document has good directions and images showing how to download the annotated version of a document in SpeedGrader, How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission? I am not sure what program you have to view PDF documents, but we have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.  When I open a PDF document in this program and print, one of the option is to summarize the comments (see image below).  When selected, this creates a view that prints the comments as a summary after each page.

I will mention that that there is a feature idea currently available that suggested a different view of the SpeedGrader comments, https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/10697-print-annotated-comments-from-speedgrader 

I hope this helps and best wishes!

[normanreese]

After much struggle we have learned how to print annotated comments as displayed in canvas using Adobe Acrobat Pro: 

1. Open the file you want to print in Adobe pro

2. Find a tool called "Optimize PDF" or in older versions go to View/ Tools/ Document Processing

3. Select "Preflight" and then "Flatten annotations and form fields” then "Analyze and Fix"

4. Save it as a new file.  The file has now been "flattened" into a dumb document that prints as it displays.

5. Open the new file and print it.

You can also make a batch process by creating a "New Action" that basically goes through the same steps and saves the file with a modified file name.  Use the new action to convert selected files or a whole folder all at once.

N Reese

LeTourneau University

[ericwerth]

Thanks for the update  @normanreese   Good to know what works for AA Pro!