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Canvas Character Limits

Canvas Character Limits

This document includes the character limit for the Canvas Rich Content Editor in different parts of a course. 

Note: These are approximations based on the information given by our engineering team.

 

Character Limit

 

Character Limit

Announcement

153,585 characters

Announcement Reply

64,620 characters

Assignment

506,000 - 507,000 characters

Assignment Submission

506,000 - 507,000 characters

Assignment Submission, text entry

506,000 - 507,000 characters

Discussion Post

506,000 - 507,000 characters

Discussion Reply 

65,000 characters

Page

506,000 - 507,000 characters

Quiz Essay Answer

Around 1,000,000 characters

Quiz Instructions

506,000 - 507,000 characters

Quiz Question

16,161 characters

Submission Comment

65,000 characters

Syllabus

506,000 - 507,000 characters

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