File Types in Canvas

DocViewer File Types

DocViewer Links to an external site.is used to annotate assignments in the SpeedGrader. Canvas currently supports these DocViewer file formats Links to an external site.:

doc, docx, ppt, pptx, zip, pdf, odt, odp, ods, odg, odf, sxw, sxc, sxi, txt, rtf

VeriCite Plagiarism Checking

VerCite Links to an external site. can consume student in-line submissions (authored in a rich text editor) and attached files in any file format (e.g. pptx, html, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, ppt, doc, odf, etc.).

Canvas Document Previewer

Canvas supports a variety of document types that can be previewed Links to an external site.. The following file types are supported for the auto preview in Canvas: 

doc, docx, ppt, pptx, zip, pdf, odt, odp, ods, odg, odf, sxw, sxc, sxi, txt, rtf

Image and Media Files

Canvas can upload specific image, video, and audio files Links to an external site. as user content. 

Image formats: 

jpeg, gif, bmp, png, tiff

Note: While TIFF files can be uploaded to file storage, they will not display within any area of Canvas

Audio Formats

mp3, wma, wmv

Video Formats

flv, asf, qt, mov, mpg, mpeg, avi, m4v, wmv, mp4, 3gp