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Your instructor may choose to include comments directly in an assignment submission using inline comments, or annotations. If an assignment's submission details page includes a View Feedback button, you can view these annotated comments through a preview tool called Canvas DocViewer. You can also use Canvas DocViewer to reply to any comments or make your own annotations.

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Notes:

  • If the assignment attachment displays a Preview button instead of the View Feedback button, your file is not DocViewer compatible and will not include any annotated comments.

  • If the assignment you are accessing displays differently, Assignment Enhancements may not be enabled in your course or your instructor may not have used a supported assignment type. Learn how to view assignment feedback from your instructor using Assignment Enhancements.

  • If you
    • viewers may not display annotations properly, so download the file and open it in your system’s default PDF viewer (e.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader on Windows, Preview on Mac) for full functionality.

    • If you submitted a group assignment but are not

    a member
    • part of a group, instructor comments may not

    display in
    • appear on the Submission Details page.

    You
    • Instead, you can view

    comments from
    • them on your Grades page or in the Submission Comments folder

    of the
    • in your Inbox.

    1. In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.

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    1. Click the title of an assignment.

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    1. Click the the View Feedback link. The View Feedback link displays an indicator if link. If annotated comments have been added to a supported assignment, an indicator will appear on the link.

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    Notes:
    Note
    • If the assignment attachment displays a Preview button instead of the View Feedback button, your file is not DocViewer compatible and will not include any annotated comments.

    • If your the assignment layout looks different than what is displayed in this lesson, your instructor may be using Assignment Enhancement in your course. Learn how to find , Assignment Enhancements may not be enabled in your course, or your instructor may have used an unsupported assignment type. Learn how to view assignment feedback from your instructor in using Assignment Enhancements.

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    1. View the annotated comments from your instructor [1].

    • To reply to a comment, click on the comment and click the Reply button [2].

    • When If an annotated comment includes contains multiple content lines of text, the content box displays an ellipses link. To expand a comment, click the ellipses an ellipsis link will appear in the comment box. Click the ellipsis link [3] to expand and view the full comment.

    • To view stacked replies, click the comment to expand all replies [4].

    • To view comments in an expanded view, click the Full Screen icon [5].

    • You can also use DocViewer to make your annotations on your assignment.

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