[ARCHIVED] Using stylus on Canvas

[manjum]

Can I use stylus while grading assignments on Canvas? I know it does not work on Blackborad. Is it the same here? Thank you

[KristinL · Accepted solution]

Hi Umar -

With the Canvas Teacher app, you can use a stylus to add annotations to assignments. It's great with tablets!

What is the Canvas Teacher app?‌

[manjum]

Thank you. It is a certainly a good idea. 

[ElisaBarneySmit]

I have a Surface Pro. That doesn't work.

Our university just switched from BlackBoard to Canvas. It took BlackBoard too long to give stylus support, but they finally had it. Now I'm back to practically inoperable pen input. Grading 2 page reports is taking me FOREVER and my writing looks like a kindergardner's. Pen input is not a new computer technology. You know that teachers and professors will be doing grading of essays. Why do you have a pen icon if yo didn't expect it? Making a transition from one platform to another is difficult enough. Now this just another insult. I am not impressed and am incredibly frustrated.