Canvas Instructional Designers

monikadybalska · 2023-05-16

Hello everyone,After a very successful virtual edition last year, we would like to invite you to our first in-person conference in Amsterdam, inspirED Europe 2023, taking place on June 8th.This year, we're excited to welcome David Nicol and Suzanne M...

kelleyk2 · 2023-05-13

I would like to customize my front page based on student data. In particular, I would like to have a table of modules, with the color of each cell indicating whether a student has completed the module or not. In the course, the student's final grades...

cechevarria · 2023-03-10

Hi Everyone,I am an instructional designer new to Canvas. I am noticing that there are an incredible number of online course templates available for use via the Canvas Creative Commons. I am looking to create a wholly online asynchronous template for...

Robert_Stefanek · 2023-02-09

Hello there!We're using some SCORM files from a third-party content provider. Our institution would like to learners to pass these courses with an 80% on the exam and limit them to 3 attempts.We've noticed that when exam attempts are limited to 3 in ...

ErickaEppler · 2023-02-06

I want to embed a PDF into a page where the page displays the page, not the link I uploaded from a computer. How do I do that?

Haidsong · 2023-01-26

Please put a feature to print materials / files / images from instructors (in the modules) without having to download the files firstThanks

KeshayaHill · 2023-01-11

Looking to see what application and /or tools that are available for embedding a video playlist in canvas as a learning material. I know your able create a playlist in Youtube and embed that playlist into canvas but I do not like how this functions ...

andrew_sheppard · 2023-01-05

I'm working with an instructor that is deep-linking to McGraw Hill Connect assignments from Canvas. If we remove the McGraw Hill Connect option from the Canvas course menu (by going to Settings --> Navigation, and dragging it below), will the links s...

UHD_AdminNickM · 2022-11-16

In Canvas, is there a way to link to previous modules that have been accessed or opened previously. For example:We are in Week 5 of the course, working in the Week 5 module. I want students to be able in as fewest clicks as possible jump to module 2 ...

rianna_peck · 2022-11-02

Instructional designer here. A lecturer came to me recently saying that on the Moderate page for a recent quiz they ran, which was made in New Quizzes and did not have a timer, all the students' attempt durations are coming up as '00:00'. They say th...

MatthewDarch · 2022-10-12

Hi fellow Canvas users, just looking for some advice.We have a CSS style guide that helps us produce pages that look like my example attached (#1). The Rich content editor would usually display the pages with the styling, but more recently, it has st...

dnaab · 2022-09-06

Prior to our district upgrading to the New Assignment interface, I was able to design my assignment descriptions using Canvas' CSS enhanceable_content tabs style. With the new assignment upgrade, this still works, but in a funky way as described belo...

andrew_sheppard · 2022-07-20

Hi, Colleagues.I've opened a help ticket with our local support staff here at our college, but I wanted to see if any of you experienced this issue before. The college-branded global course menu is no longer loading for me. Instead, I see the generic...

andrew_sheppard · 2022-06-01

Hi, Colleagues. It can be challenging to make attractive Canvas pages - especially for novice users. I've put together a handful of tips you may find useful for increasing the overall appearance of your course pages within a publicly accessible Canva...

gnordberg · 2021-05-27

Did you know there are hidden games inside of Canvas? Taking a quick break from teaching and learning in Canvas can be a nice stress relief and an opportunity for a little bit of harmless fun in your day. Just make sure your “quick break” doesn’t con...

SA-2021 · 2021-03-02

I know this topic has been addressed many times before. I have googled, read the form and more but nothing is solving my problem. I am responsible for administering and creating a lot of small courses. This means I frequently copy modules or whole co...

dljoyork · 2020-10-20

I am using SCORM packages imported from Articulate Rise and added to Canvas Modules. Because we also use Catalog, I have to set module requirements in order for Catalog to track course completion. I am trying to find the best settings to work with ...

ericwhitmer · 2020-02-17

I have a Nursing faculty who wants to cross-list her courses in the future, she teaches the exact same content across two different cities. Her current process is that she builds the content in one course and then copies that same content to the othe...

caroline_foley · 2019-12-16

Hi IDs!My fellow ID, @jenny_hopf ‌, and I have been going back and forth on design principles regarding videos. On the one side, you can put multiple videos on one page, and, on the other side, each video could get their own page. We see downsides a...

sfrizelle · 2019-09-16

Hello All,We've been using Canvas for not quite a year. Many of our teachers are using a page as a front landing page and linking from there. In the past few months, I have had a handful of teachers tell me their images have randomly resized themselv...

rrichards · 2018-12-17

Greetings Canvas Community!My institution is looking to purchase 15 university level courses for online delivery. We'll hire the online course instructor - we're just looking for the syllabus + course materials.How would you tackle this challenge? An...

webmaster · 2018-07-16

Hi, One of my navigation buttons links to an external site outside of Canvas, and it adds in the little 'external link' icon, which throws the height of that particular button out of sync with the rest. See example here: Just wondering if there's a q...

kas200 · 2018-04-18

I need some help getting a video to look good on a Page. Is there a way to have the video play maximized (or 100% width) by default instead of having the small minimized preview (shown on left in screenshot)? When I add the video as a file to Modules...

ssungerank · 2018-03-02

We are new to Canvas and I found out that macros in PowerPoint are not supported in Canvas. What do you all use to create the interactive games and can be used also on the Canvas mobile app? Thanks,Stephanie

Amanda_L_Albrig · 2018-02-05

Hi Everyone,Can anyone recommend other Discussion tools that connect with Canvas? The Canvas Discussion Boards fall a bit short. We already use Piazza for some discussions, mostly questions about course content, but it is not appropriate for all disc...

kcolwell1 · 2017-12-05

I tried to write this so anyone can learn from it. Please correct me and ask for clarification as needed.It looks like we can access the icons from the Instructure font from within the RCE without usingclass="icon-xxxxx"With the method outlined below...

melissa_kreider · 2017-03-23

Hi all! An organization that I am working with would like to integrate a social networking aspect into their possible Canvas course. They would like to have a community of practice where both current and past students can share discussions, work, and...

traciebosket · 2016-05-06

I was told that we don't have the option to use a Canvas "Lite" template. Does anyone have a work around? We need to just have a gradebook, a discussion board and a repository. We can't do it manually,(ie) creating a template, upload it to Commons an...

kmeeusen · 2015-06-05

8/15/2018 Update: To sign up as a student, use this link:This course has enabled open enrollment. Students can self-enroll in the course once you share with them this URL:https://resources.instructure.com/enroll/8R9H7B. Alternatively, they can sign ...

James_Kocher_UF · 2015-04-08

So at CanvasCon in Florida yesterday, the question about groups vs. banks came up. Here are my thoughts on them:Right now, I prefer groups over banks for 2 reasons. 1, you can edit a question in a live quiz with groups and regrade automatically. Yo...

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[Conference] inspirED 2023. Sustainable strategies for student-centred learning

How to customize a page based on student data

Best online course templates in Canvas commons

Limiting Attempts on SCORM assignments (especially Captivate)

I want to embed a PDF into a page where the page displays the page not the link I uploaded from a co...

Print without downloading

Embed Youtube playlist, or Create a video playlist and embed in canvas

Hide McGraw Hill Connect from Canvas Course Menu

Switching between Modules

New Quizzes with no timer show students' attempt durations as '00:00'

Rich content editor not showing CSS - but published page is

enhanceable_content in New Assignment Interface

Canvas Branded Global Menu not Loading

Canvas HTML Tips for Headers, Buttons, Tables

Play Hidden Games in Canvas

Images not showing in Student View

New Issues with SCORM Tracking?

What are the benefits and drawbacks to cross-listing a course?

Videos: All on One Page or Each on Their Own?

Images on pages ... randomly resizing?

Where to buy fully developed online courses?

Removing small external link icon

Changing Size of Video on Page

Interactive Games

Alternate Discussion tools

Using the Instructure icon set without setting classes

Social Networking Tool

Lite Shells

CanvasHacks Classroom

Do you prefer question groups or question banks?

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