Submitting Source Code in Canvas
Posting Source Code in Canvas
In many of your computer programming courses you are going to be required to submit many pieces of source code. When you copy and paste your code from your IDE into Canvas the formatting gets stripped out. This makes it difficult to grade your assignments. Therefore, You are going to be required to format your source code using a source code formatter like hilite.me or tohtml.com before submitting your source code assignments in Canvas.
Video Demonstration
This video demonstrates how to use hilite.me to format your source code for posting into Canvas.
Step-By-Step Instructions for Submitting Source Code in Canvas
Be sure to follow these steps when pasting your hilite.me (HTML formatted) code in your Canvas assignment pages.
1) click Text Entry tab, 2) click HTML button, 3) paste your hilite.me code, 4) click HTML button again and verify source code displays correctly, 5) click Submit Assignment button to complete the submission process."