kjgomez
Instructure
Instructure

Great news for our Canvas Field Admins who are also Mastery Connect users! We're excited to inform you that you can now seamlessly manage your support needs for both Canvas and Mastery Connect right from the Canvas Field Admin console.

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

Unlock the power to effortlessly convert Canvas course syllabi into PDFs and check if a course lacks syllabus content with this Canvas API and Python solution!

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CanvasDocTeam
Community Team
Community Team

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology and innovation, staying up-to-date with the latest tools, platforms, and methodologies is crucial for personal and professional growth. New users in any field often find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and resources available. This is where well-structured and comprehensive "Getting Started" Canvas guides come into play, serving as a roadmap to navigate Canvas and its features.

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

Learn how to efficiently generate Canvas pairing codes on-demand using Google Apps Script and the Canvas API, especially useful for administrators. Ensure you have the necessary permissions to create observer codes in your Canvas instance for seamless code generation or explore the alternative Python script for similar functionality.

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Hildi_Pardo
Community Champion

We are a K12 district and, especially at the start of the school year, there are a lot of changes made in Synergy SIS, for example: teachers might get reassigned to teach a different class, or perhaps the course code needs correcting in Synergy.    (These things also happen at other times of the year, but the biggest bulk is at the start).  When this happens, teachers see their courses "disappear" and they panic!  Here is an explanation of why this happens, and one way on how to address it.

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

Struggling with editing users or courses lacking SIS IDs in Canvas? Discover an ingenious solution using Google Apps Script, enabling effortless bulk assignment of SIS IDs to streamline your administrative tasks.

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

I used Google Apps Script and the Canvas API to create a solution for addressing frustrations caused by SIS Import issues, including failures, accidental deletions, and lack of notifications for hanging imports or changes in Canvas.

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DanielleLentz
Instructure
Instructure

Wanting to learn more about the differences between the production and beta environments? Look no further than this blog post! 

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

In this post, I am going to show you how to use this Google Sheet to bulk merge users and as a bonus unmerge them.

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DanielleLentz
Instructure
Instructure

New to the role of a Canvas Admin or just need a refresher on go-to resources? Check out the latest blog post for more information! 

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ashleybrough
Instructure
Instructure

The purpose of this document is to outline various best practices, resources, reminders, workflows, and processes for Canvas Admins to stay cognizant of throughout their Canvas Customer lifecycle. The goal of this document is to help Canvas Admins stay on track as they either prepare to or continue to roll out Canvas at their institutions. Below you’ll find resources and best practices for Canvas Admins broken down into focus areas throughout the Canvas Customer Lifecycle.  It is recommended to make a copy of this document, make edits according to your district strategic plans, and share with appropriate internal teams.  

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kjgomez
Instructure
Instructure

As administrators, you are the backbone of your organization's operations, and we understand that your time is valuable. That's why we’re excited to introduce a few small but significant Field Admin Console updates. These updates were made July 14, 2023. 

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tbrinton
Community Participant

It was a long time before we started even considering Blueprints on Canvas for our courses, and although we haven’t started using them on our Core or Elective teaching courses, we have found a use for Blueprints working with our Careers Centre.

With around 90% of the information within our Careers Centres being identical and only a few bespoke pages relating to each specific cohort of students, this was the perfect use case to trial using Blueprints for the first time.

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erin_keefe
Instructure
Instructure

Introducing: Canvas Certified Technical Admin

CCTA Now Available for Purchase!

What’s Included in This Post?
• CCTA is ready to launch!
• All about what's included in the CCTA program
• How to find out more and how to enroll

 

Are you a technical admin of your Canvas instance, or do you expect to be one? The Canvas Certified Technical Admin (CCTA) program is designed to provide technical admins the knowledge they need to ensure a successful setup, design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of their Canvas instances. This program was released at the end of January 2023, and the first cohort will begin on February 20, 2023. All the info you need is here!

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

In this post, you will find the error codes the SAML debugger returns and the resolution to solve them. 

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

A blog post from a Technical CSM about the common trust questions I see!

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brian_mullins
Community Participant

I get asked often how we use our custom SIS Imports rostering and why we choose to take that path. After writing nearly the same summary over and over again, and then emailing it to the requester during the last several years, I thought I’d write it one final time and post it here for future reference. I hope it’s in some way useful to you all.

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brian_mullins
Community Participant

When we were young and dumb, we just created a sub-account structure that mimicked what we had in our SIS. Geez, what a mistake! If you are new, spend time thinking/planning your account structure.

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brian_mullins
Community Participant

At Beaverton School District we've been syncing Parent/Observer accounts from our SIS for several years. Many times, we've been asked how to do this, so I thought I'd go ahead and document it here. I'm also eager to hear from the community your thoughts on our method.

 

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mloble
Instructure
Instructure

We are so excited to better understand your holistic experience with all of the key Customer Experience teams at Instructure.

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helfco
Community Participant

Hi all,

We had 2 instructors call today panicked that they couldn't start their Zooms from Canvas. I did some digging and found that on certain computers when enhanced tracking protection is on in Firefox, Canvas can't make the connection to zoom and the error message is displayed. You can use another browser like Chrome, but here's what worked for us to fix Firefox:

  • Go to Canvas and click the zoom link in Course Nav
  • Click the little shield to the left of the URL
  • Turn the blue switch off (this only disables enhanced tracking protection for Canvas, not other sites)
  • Click Start or Join

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This message should go away:

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erin_keefe
Instructure
Instructure

 

What You Wish You Knew As a New Canvas Admin

We're Listening - Tell Us Everything!

 

Are you a Canvas Admin? Have you helped to roll out a small or large-scale implementation and adoption of Canvas? This post is for you. The Canvas Certified team is building a new offering - Canvas Certified Admin - and we need your input! We want to hear all about what you wish you knew, mistakes you made, and what you think is important for us to include in a certification program that specifically targets new Canvas Admins. 

Keep reading - and tell us what we need to know!

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kyle_cole
Instructure
Instructure

Don't sweat adding a new authentication method. Here are some tips for adding a new authentication method. 

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riosd
Community Participant

The complete custom javascript code used at Oregon State University to add an item to the Global Navigation menu.

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Maryna_Dibrova
Partner
Partner

Due to an unexpected service incident, users of Turnitin solutions may have experienced an unexpected service disruption. Our team encountered the incident between the following times:

  • PDT September 14th 14:10 to September 14th 16:44
  • BST September 14th 23:10 to September 15th 01:44
  • AEST September 15th 08:10 to September 15th 10:44
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erinhmcmillan
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni

On behalf of our product team, I'm enlisting your help to find out what you think about Canvas release resources. Please see the full post in our Product Blog.

Thanks,

Erin

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alunsfor
Community Participant

Canvas seems overwhelming for those that are just getting started but the best advice to to choose one feature at a time to add to your course and try out.  Check out my article on Conquering Canvas, one feature at a time.

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jkremer
Instructure
Instructure

Congratulations on making it to the end of what has likely been one of the most challenging years in education! As the CSM team begins to get questions from Canvas Admin about what they need to be doing to prepare for the end of the year, we decided to put together resources and answers to our most commonly asked questions and share them with our beloved Admin team. See below for those resources and answers and please reach out to your CSM team if you have any follow-up questions. We're here to support you!

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jwadec
Community Contributor

Learn how to extract the context id within a course and create the csv file needed for the Zoom LTI integration.

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Maryna_Dibrova
Partner
Partner

Hello everyone,

It is a monthly update from Turnitin Team. Learn about upcoming webinars and training sessions, discover the most useful resources and latest company news.

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