Download, edit, publish, unpublish, or delete a worksheet in the Canvas View'em tool
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Overview
After you upload a file in View'em, you can download, update, publish, unpublish, or delete the worksheet. To make changes to a View'em worksheet, download the original, modify it, and then upload the modified version using the Edit feature as described below.
Download a worksheet
Instructors can download View'em worksheets at any time:
- Log into Canvas and navigate to your course site.
- In the course navigation menu, select .
- On the main View'em screen, locate the worksheet you want to download and then, from the menu, select .
- Save the file to your computer or cloud storage service.
Edit a worksheet
In View'em, the Edit feature allows instructors to change the title or publication status of an existing worksheet as well as to upload a new version of the .csv
file.
Change the title or publication status
- Log into Canvas and navigate to your course site.
- In the course navigation menu, select .
- Find the worksheet you want to modify and then, from the menu, select .
- To change the title, edit the text in the "Worksheet Title" field.
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen, and choose one of the following options:
- To preserve the current published or unpublished status of the worksheet, choose .
- To change the worksheet's status, choose (visible when the current status is published) or (visible when the current status is unpublished).
- To exit without saving, choose Note:
The document's status ("Published" or "Unpublished") appears in the "Status" column. To change the publication status of any worksheet, select the
menu and then choose or , depending on the item's current status.
.
Upload a new .csv file
If you don't have the original .csv
file and want to upload a new version, first download the worksheet as described in Download a worksheet. Then, edit and upload the file:
- Log into Canvas and navigate to your course site.
- In the course navigation menu, select .
- Find the worksheet you want to modify and then, from the menu, select .
- At the bottom of the "Edit" screen, select .
- Next to "Select a csv file", select
.csv
file.
, and then navigate to and choose your - To save your file and advance to the "Preview" screen, choose . To cancel and return to the main View'em screen, choose .
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen, and choose one of the following options:
- To preserve the current published or unpublished status of the worksheet, choose .
- To change the worksheet's status, choose (visible when the current status is published) or (visible when the current status is unpublished).
- To exit without saving, choose .
Delete a worksheet
- Log into Canvas and navigate to your course site.
- In the course navigation menu, select .
- Find the file you want to delete and then, from the menu, select .
- To confirm the deletion, select .
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Last modified on 2023-02-20 11:20:59.