According to this doc, institutions can set the new Dashboard List View as default for all users. Has anyone taken the plunge?
Not yet. I thought would continue with some "Hey we have this new feature" messaging for the first semester then go live with it in December before students return from break. I think it will be more useful for students to have the List View but instructors will likely want to switch back to Dashboard View. To that end, I will do some directed Global Announcements that the change is coming and the how to switch back after the change for instructors. I have found that timing these changes to happen between Fall & Spring semester goes over better than springing it on folks midterm or before the start of Fall.
I would be interested to hear how others are rolling this out too!
Thanks for your feedback, Rebecca. It's especially helpful to hear about your roll-out plans.
We did not...and frankly, I don't think we ever will. At the beginning of the term, when there is literally nothing "to do," it's not exactly a user-friendly introduction to Canvas for the new student! While it's great that they can change it, I personally don't think it's great as the default setting.
Hi Ken, yes this is what I'm grappling with. Great point about the nothing "to do" at the beginning of a term - that's probably a misleading message!