SVG images with animation won't animate

Question

Many of the ideas tutors attempt to communicate to students have a temporal element that is not easily included in static images.  While you have now allowed svg images to be embedded using the rich content editor, the way you have done this using a 'preview' stops any animation from taking place within the browser.  Animation within SVG images is now extremely well supported across browsers, so could you please simply embed the image as it is in a Canvas page?

Greg · Accepted Answer

I don't think Canvas will support animating SVG files, @a_symons. The  tag is not on the Canvas HTML Editor Allowlist, and any scripting within the Rich Content Editor is also not allowed. If creating an animated GIF is not an option, consider hosting those files elsewhere and making them appear in Canvas using an