Latest Topics

The latest questions and discussions in Canvas Question Forum. Ask a question, start a discussion, contribute to the global Instructure Community

Filter by Label:

Hello, I am a Canvas LMS Admin for my institution. Below is a feature request I would like to introduce. Feature Request:We request a new feature in Canvas that allows instructors and administrators to globally download all page views in a course. Th...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

I have cross linked multiple sections of classes that meet at different times to make my life easier. I have created online quizzes and would like to use the same one for each section, but I would like for them to only be able to open it via password...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

I an a teacher of Biology and imported a Canvas Quiz (in new format) that was shared by a colleague into my course.  Sadly, it defaulted to an old-format style quiz.  Problem #1 - I've lost features (accommodations/moderating) that I need.Problem #2 ...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

Absent and Incomplete grade status requestAs a teacher, it is useful to have different types of tags regarding assignments and grades. Would it be possible to create an Absent and Incomplete option for entering grades. This way, students can look at ...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

I have a student with three equally weighted assignment grades: 0%, 0%, 0% and 70% and their current average for the semester is 93.89%. What is going wrong?

Community Member
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

I just went into student view and noticed some issues with the usability of the to-do list. Announcements appear in the to-do list. This isn't necessarily a problem, but:  The list is in chronological order, so old announcements are at the top--there...

Community Explorer
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

I'm trying to duplicate a very simple assignment. When I click on the 3 dots to the right, I get the dialogue box for a second but then it disappears. If I keep my trackpad engaged until I can click Duplicate, nothing happens. I have tried zooming to...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

Grades needs to have the option to sort assignments by date such as due date or available date on the teacher site. Currently as a teacher I am not able to sort my grades on the teacher site by the due date. I have no need to sort them by name or cat...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

Not being able to download quiz responses to grade makes assigning essays and  paragraphs on Canvas essentially worthless for me,  Why is this issue not fixed? This is not difficult and there should be a way.

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

Since I Synced my courses, as advised by my district, the ability to have notebooks through Onenote has vanished.  Help

Community Novice
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

Hello there, A lecturer has asked this question: When multiple markers are involved in grading, could you please advise me on how to generate distributions of the average, minimum, and maximum marks for each marker using the SpeedGrader? This will he...

Community Participant
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

How do I attach a picture to a discussion post without it turning into a link? 

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

HiI accidentally deleted the module content section from my canvas module pages. Thus when I click onto the module content on the home page it says page not found. Is there anyway I can reinstate it? ThanksKieron

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

An instructor imported assignments into their course and it automatically applied zeros to the student's grades. There were some existing submissions for one of the assignments, but the instructor did not manually grade any. They removed the zeros us...

Community Explorer
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

I am having an issue with using Ed Puzzle and allowing users in a course to have multiple attempts at quiz questions embedded in a ed puzzle video. The settings in canvas allow for multiple attempts but if the user does not score the required score o...

Community Novice
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

Hi, I want to withdraw the assignment I already submitted. Because I want to change to a new version but can not find this "withdraw" option. 

  • 0 Likes
  • 2 Replies

I want to discard courses (both course content and submissions) and terms that are more than 7 years old from our instance. When I delete a course do submissions still have an independent existance in the instance? Should I perform identical deletion...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

Hello, In one of our courses, students were added using + People. A few have not accepted invitations and have "Pending" next to their names. However, those same "Pending" students have accessed the course via links from a separate source and have be...

  • 0 Likes
  • 2 Replies

I have significantly been slowed while trying to plow through the 300 assignments I need to grade today. The assignment comments have changed - now it looks comments are left in a Rich Text Editor. This means my submit button doesn't fit on the scree...

  • 0 Likes
  • 5 Replies

The changes to the "Assign To" options for assignments has resulted in some unwanted behavior when assigning times to assignment. The "Time" boxes frequently ignore my time suggestions and need to be fixed despite seemingly correct settings. I make t...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

Canvas updated the "Assign To" functionality recently to include module items and pages. While a very welcome change, I am frequently encountering an issue where I cannot assign items with "Until" deadlines on the same day as the "Due Date" without j...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

I assign student annotations on Canvas. Sometimes students are on the right track, but I would like for them to add to their answers.How can I reassign the assignment so students can clarify their previous answers?

Community Novice
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

Back in 2022 the Observer Dashboard was enhanced to allow the ability to filter for a particular student with a dropdown list.  However, the dropdown was never sorted by name, it seems to be random or maybe by a Canvas ID which is not very useful.  W...

Community Explorer
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

I am grading assignments using a rubric that has four criteria listed. My preferred method of grading, which has worked in the past, is to set the assignment to HIDE GRADES and then grade each criterion one at a time. So first I grade all the assignm...

  • 0 Likes
  • 2 Replies

Emails sent from Outlook in response to a message received in outlook but originating in Canvas Inbox. The reply from Canvas is taking 4-5 hours to show up in recipient's Canvas Inbox.

Community Participant
Canvas Question Forum
  • 1 Likes
  • 1 Replies

I have been posting announcements via canvas but have not been receiving a copy of the message via email. I want to make sure that students are receiving notifications. I had made sure the settings were adjusted and it seems that notifications are en...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

Hi All, Could you please advise me which LTI tool that helps student takes and keeps their notes on Canvas LMS or not? Thank you. 

Community Member
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

I was enrolled in a course and on my TFs system it shows that I am still enrolled but I cannot see the course on the Dashboard anymore. I asked to be reinvited yet even with a new invite the system says that the enrollment link is invalid. I cannot s...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies

I have an ongoing assignment due in a few days & want to check how submissions are coming along. Under grades, I see the ungraded submitted documents and dashes  (-) for students who have not yet submitted.LARRY JONES   doc symbolKATE WILSON    -MARK...

Community Member
Canvas Question Forum
  • 0 Likes
  • 0 Replies

  We’re facing a challenge with our student naming system where we use a format like “Smith_Grade2324” to indicate students’ grades. As students have been promoted to the next grade, we need to update their names to reflect their new grades. What’s t...

  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Replies