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Can I hide text in Announcement snippets? Is it possible to hide text in the snippets that appear under announcements, perhaps with CSS? In the attached example, the text under the "Week Two Introduction" says this: "Week TwoMay 23... |
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Embed Canvas page within Canvas Assignment? Is it possible to embed a Canvas page within a Canvas assignment (both being from the same course)? Longer version: When I create an assignment, I make it the *only* page on Canvas where ... |
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05-26-2022
01:06 PM
Is it possible to hide text in the snippets that appear under announcements, perhaps with CSS? In the attached example, the text under the "Week Two Introduction" says this: "Week TwoMay 23rd - May 27th OverviewIn Week Two, you'll begin working with the textbook, and you'll do more reading and writing that considers your role as a technic..." I'd like to prevent "Week TwoMay 23rd - May 27th Overview" from appearing in the snippets. That text is from headings within the announcement, and they appear without appropriate spacing unless I add spaces in the headings on the page. I can do that, but I'd love it if I could just make that text disappear since it's not particularly useful to readers. Thanks!
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01-19-2021
12:25 PM
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I tried the iframes html previously but the resulting embed included the left-side Canvas menu, which would be even more confusing. Your testing shows that if you narrow the frame width, Canvas will embed the page as if it were (I think) being viewed on a mobile device, so the left-side menu is eliminated. This is certainly an improvement, but you're right about the "next" and other links leading to more potential confusion.
Keeping the Canvas Assignment submission page brief but adding a link back to the Canvas Page with full instructions is always an option, and I've done that when designing grad-level courses. But with undergraduate courses, I want to make sure students can see all the relevant assignment details without having to click elsewhere. So I'll probably stick with my current way of doing things for now (Canvas Assignment with full instructions) and hope that my single-sourcing idea catches on.
Thanks for your help.
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01-18-2021
04:16 PM
I don't mean only having one assignment in the course for which I can change out the content. I mean that currently I create a Canvas Assignment for every assignment that is due in the course (so, like 5 major assignments, not counting weekly discussion posts, etc.). Each Canvas Assignment includes detailed instructions for that particular assignment, plus it's (obviously) the place where students submit that assignment.
The issue is that if I create a weekly schedule that includes "Read instructions for Assignment X," I can't do any sort of a reminder for students. If the assignment instructions were a separate page, I could add it to the student "to-do" list, and also list it separately under a "Readings" heading in a Weekly Module (particularly useful if I want them to read the instructions on Monday and submit the assignment on Friday).
It seems like currently there are three potential solutions:
Leave things as-is and stop overthinking it. Students will (and do) figure it out.
Create a separate page for each assignment that provides instructions and also links to the final assignment submission. The problem with this is that there are now two Canvas documents to keep up to date.
Use Google Docs or Microsoft 365 to create all of my assignment documents. The Google/Microsoft doc is the single-source I can then embed wherever I want to on Canvas. I only have to update one set of instructions to place it anywhere within Canvas. The problem with this is that I'm dealing with a separate app.
If I could embed Canvas content like I can embed Google or Microsoft content, I'd have more flexibility without having to leave Canvas.
Basically I want a way to embed content from one Canvas document into another, and/or create a single-source document within Canvas that can be utilized across multiple instances without creating the need for multiple edits.
Hope this makes things more clear.
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01-18-2021
02:00 PM
Is it possible to embed a Canvas page within a Canvas assignment (both being from the same course)?
Longer version: When I create an assignment, I make it the *only* page on Canvas where students can access the assignment instructions as well as the only place where they can submit the assignment.
However, from a design standpoint, it seems advantageous to maybe have a page with an assignment's instructions separate from the place where that assignment is submitted. But then it creates the problem of having assignment instructions in two places (and thus having to make sure both are correct).
Being able to create a single-source document that can populate both pages and assignments, or simply being able to embed a page within an assignment, would solve this issue. I tried using iframe and linking to the Canvas page, but it attempted to insert the entirety of the Canvas view (including menus, etc.). I haven't been able to locate a URL for just the page, and even if I do, I'm not sure it'll work for students. Thoughts?
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