When asked to submit handwritten work to a Canvas assignment, the easiest way to scan your work is with a smartphone. With a smartphone, you can scan multiple pages to a single PDF file which you can submit to the Canvas assignment.
Step 1: Scan Your Handwritten Work
You can scan handwritten work with built-in smartphone apps, the OneDrive app, or another cloud storage app.
TIP: Students have a generous amount of cloud storage when signed into OneDrive with their UWGB account, so use OneDrive if storage space is a concern.
For iPhone Users
iPhone Users can use any of the following apps to scan handwritten work and combine multiple pages into a single PDF file:
For Android Users
Android users can use the Google Drive (comes with most phones) or OneDrive apps to scan handwritten work and combine multiple pages into a single PDF file:
Step 2: Submit the Scanned PDF File to the Canvas Assignment
Ater you've created your scanned PDF document, submit that file to this assignment. You can submit directly from your smartphone by using the Canvas mobile app. Here are the Canvas Guide pages on submitting with the Canvas mobile app:
Video Demonstration
The video below demonstrates the entire process of scanning handwritten work using the OneDrive app on Android and submitting it to an assignment with the Canvas app.