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How do I upload a PDF to a page in a course?

You can upload PDFs to a page in Canvas.

Open Pages

Open Pages

In Course Navigation, click the Pages link.

View Pages

View Pages

Pages is designed to open to the front page for the course, if there is a front page selected. To select a page from the Pages Index, click the View All Pages button.

Open Page

Open Page

Click the title of the page you want to edit.

Edit Page

Edit Page

Click the Edit button.

Insert PDF Link

In the Rich Content Editor, place your cursor where you wish to insert the PDF document. You can embed previously uploaded documents or upload new documents.

View PDF Link

Look in the Rich Content Editor to be sure that the file was properly inserted where you left your cursor. If you look closely you will see the file name flash yellow the moment it is inserted in the page.

Save Page

Save Page

Click the Save button.

View Page

View Page

View the PDF file by clicking on the file name [1] or Preview icon [2].