Need help on finding resources on transitioning to New Quizzes? Look no further than this month's Dear Danielle video! 

The internet is full of web typography, and our Canvas pages are no exception. Albeit fairly limited, we do have options to customize and optimize our fonts and typography through the Rich Content Editor and with simply HTML in the HTML editor. Let'...

Turn the Page on Your Canvas Course Wondering how to close out your Canvas course?   The ID team shares tips and best practices for wrapping up a semester or academic year in Canvas. Read more to find out what you can do to make the transition from s...

With a little bit of CSS, you can create some interesting border effects for the pictures on your Canvas pages and assignments.  Check out how to adjust your color, styling, and thickness to create fun custom borders.

Teacher Appreciation ID Giveaway Ready for some Canvas FREEBIES?? Instructure’s Instructional Design Team has created some punny stickers for your course. We hope you’ll stick with us (get it?!) and check out this blog post! Enjoy and please leave a ...

2022 Learning Services Teacher Appreciation Giveaway Are you ready to be appreciated? Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from Instructure! The Learning Services team would love to shower you with gifts of gratitude. Check out what’s in store this week! ...

Confused on how Permissions and Roles work? Check out the latest Dear Danielle video for more information! 

The Dos and Don’ts of Icon Maker Interested in learning more about how to best integrate icons from the new Icon Maker in your Canvas Course?   The Instructional Design Team at Canvas has compiled best practices in using Canvas’s new Icon Maker. Read...

Running into issues trying to differentiate assignments within Canvas? Look no further than the latest Dear Danielle video! 

Curious to how the new question types work within New Quizzes? Learn more in the latest Dear Danielle video! 

Learn more about New Analytics with the latest Dear Danielle video! 

Learn more about how to better use the Gradebook with the latest Dear Danielle video! 

Add a button in SpeedGrader to assign maximum points to all criteria that do not already have points.

Four Tips to Spring Clean your Canvas Courses At a loss for how to make changes to your course this late in the academic year/semester? Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing! The ID team is here to help you Spring Clean your Canvas course with four easy tips...

Hyperlink portions of your image using an HTML map.

Do you need campus-wide courses that have all students and/or staff enrolled? Are you tired or unable to keep enrollments current or sharing self-enroll codes? Let's make a script to generate a nightly enrollment file for these courses!

Problem:  Few if any tools are available to generate QTI packages on a Mac — I'm not aware of any. While it is possible to run Respondus in a virtual environment, it is cumbersome and not practical for the majority of people. For me, it is just too m...

Welcome to our first post in 2022. This issue contains resources to support you as we strive to ensure you receive the solutions to maintain student engagement and learning.

Welcome to our first post in 2022. This issue contains resources to support you as we strive to ensure you receive the solutions to maintain student engagement and learning.

New Year, New Course Goals Are you struggling to set achievable goals for your courses?   Have you ever made a promise to yourself you didn't keep? I've spent so many years making new year's resolutions, only to break them within two weeks of setting...

Careful planning and regular evaluation of your Canvas course is essential for creating and maintaining positive and effective teaching and learning experiences for all stakeholders. A well thought out and efficiently designed course minimizes confus...

  Consider adding some color to your page background, because black text on a white background can be a boring presentation.  

If you're like me, you have quizzes with dozens of mixed multiple-choice, true/false, matching, short answer, and essay questions. This method allows you to easily review the quiz questions that need reviewing by letting you skip straight to the ques...

  Design Tips for Pages in Canvas Are you looking for some design tips for your Canvas Pages?   Ever see a super inviting and well-thought-out page in Canvas and think, “OoooOoOo! I want to be able to do that!” but then wonder how? Or maybe you have ...

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

Why Serve? Humanitarian Expedition Reflections Want to know more about the culture of our design team?   Deonne Johnson, the manager of the Instructional Design Team, shares her reflections on the relationship between service and self care, and in do...

It’s a wonderful thing to be able to pursue your passions in both your career and your personal life. It’s been almost a decade since I’ve joined the CHOICE Humanitarian family (as both a participant and Trip Leader) and, coincidentally, I’ve been at...

Today my heart is overflowing with gratitude for the incredible Instructional Design team at Instructure. A few years ago, I envisioned creating a course focused on accessibility, a topic that is near and dear to my heart. I wanted to share the knowl...