Panorama for Students

Panorama is an accessibility tool in Canvas that allows students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files.

Format Options

Panorama works with file types including documents, PDFs, slides, Canvas pages, and more. 

Panorama can convert and generate files into a range of format options including plain text file, audio podcast, immersive reader, braille formats, PDFs, EPUB, and more. Learn more about format options in Getting Started with YuJa Panorama for Students in Canvas. 

Course Content

 When you log in to your Canvas courses, you will find the Alternative Formats icon in several places:

  • Next to files linked from Canvas pages
  • In File Preview when you open a file in Canvas
  • Next to modules and files

Select the Alternative Formats icon to open the Alternative Formats Menu, with different file formats to choose from.

To generate an alterative format:

  1. Select the format you want
  2. Select Generate
  3. Once the file has been processed, select View

DocHub for Your Files

You can also upload your own documents into the DocHub to generate alternative formats. 

Documents you add here will not be shared to your courses, but will be available to you from within Canvas.

To use the DocHub:

  1. Go into any Canvas course
  2. In the course navigation, select Panorama
  3. In DocHub, select Upload
  4. Selecting the file you uploaded will now open the Alternative Formats menu

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