Hi Fellow Instructional Designers,
I'd like to propose that Canvas have some basic keyboard shortcuts for instructional designers to expedite the editing of pages. A shortcut to save a page would be incredibly useful. A shortcut to edit a page would be great as well.
Best,
Alan
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sayan Chatterjee My intent for this idea does not pertain to the syllabus specifically, and it does not pertain to losing lost work either.
My idea is for any page, whether it is a content page, discussion page, assignment page, or quiz page is to have a keyboard shortcut to save the page to update it with the most recent content so that the designer/developer/whomever does not need to scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Save" each time content is added.
I would like to expand this to support keyboard entry across the platform. It is annoying and SLOW to have to use the mouse to do simple repetitive tasks. I can execute three or four commands with a keyboard in one second that takes me three or four seconds using a mouse. When I'm trying to delete a hundred pages for example, it takes too long to keep moving a mouse across the screen.
To make it clear, we would like to save the syllabus or other text entry while in the box and not have to click update which takes us out and then we have to open the syllabus box again. Also, if by mistake you hit any other tab all your entries are lost. this can be very frustrating.