DocViewer File Types

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

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

VeriCite Plagiarism Checking

VerCite 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. 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 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