Uploading book to Canvas

[Rhonwill89]

How do I upload the student's book into Canvas?

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rhonwill89,

Are you trying to upload a textbook for the course?  As a Canvas admin for a higher-ed institution, I can say that for us, online textbook access would usually come through a Canvas integration with the book publisher (which may require conversations with the publisher and a Canvas administrator for your school/institution).  At least in the USA, directly uploading a textbook file is likely to be a copyright issue/violation unless you have express permission from the copyright owner to provide the book to students that way, but that could potentially vary in other countries.

Hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rhonwill89,

Are you trying to upload a textbook for the course?  As a Canvas admin for a higher-ed institution, I can say that for us, online textbook access would usually come through a Canvas integration with the book publisher (which may require conversations with the publisher and a Canvas administrator for your school/institution).  At least in the USA, directly uploading a textbook file is likely to be a copyright issue/violation unless you have express permission from the copyright owner to provide the book to students that way, but that could potentially vary in other countries.

Hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@Rhonwill89 ...

Maybe I'm misinterpreting your question, but my first concern with your question would be about copyright.  Do you have permission from the book publisher to upload content from the student book online?

Also, are you looking for help on how to create content within your course based on information within the book your students are using for the course?

If you could help clarify these things for us, that would be helpful...thanks!