Digitizing Materials Using a Smartphone
This webpage outlines the wealth of resources that are available on both iOS and Android phones to digitize materials. Including documentation and tutorials, the aim of this webpage is to assist faculty, staff, and students in transferring their hard copies into digital resources that can be posted on Canvas.
Digitizing from iOS
To digitize from a iOS device, consider the following applications. To digitize from an Android device, consider the following applications: This app is especially useful for users familiar with other Adobe products. This app is user friendly and creates high quality scans. This app has a limited time offer of a VIP account for educators and students. This means there are no ads and heightened features on the app. This handy scanner turns your phone into a mini scanner for documents, photos, and other things you may desire to scan. It is very user-friendly and quick. It provides 3 modes for different files: color, grayscale, and black & white. This app caters to IOS and Outlook users. The app can airdrop to IOS devices and directly link to Outlook accounts for document storage.
Digitizing from Android
Information on Digitization Tools
Uploading to Canvas
To upload your scanned documents to Canvas, utilize the following documentation:
- Uploading to Canvas from iOS Device Tutorial (Written)
- Uploading to Canvas from iOS Device Video Tutorial
Contributors
Special thanks to our Information Commons students who contributed to this page: Sarah Braunstein, Laura Stark, Tatum Turner, and Laura White