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mary1 · 2025-09-04

Hello! I have a problem transferring grades from one section of a course to another taught by a different teacher within the organization. I know how to find grades from concluded sections of the course offered in previous semesters. However, I can'...

Claudia_O · 2025-09-04

Dear all, We have noticed that some course discussions do not appear to students in the Discussion section of the course navigation menu even when they are pinned. Do you know why this happens? This is before course launch, so the discussions have no...

ALLISONKINGSTO1 · 2025-09-04

Teachers are editing a quiz question in "Classic Quizzes" then copying the edited quiz to a new class. When students open the edited version that was copied into a new class (in the new Quizzes), then it's the old version that somehow appears. Any ...

KatyDirks · 2025-09-04

I wanted to bring to your attention an issue related to hiding grades from students in Canvas. At first glance, it seems that setting the Grade Posting Policy to "Manually Post Grades" would be sufficient to prevent students from viewing their scores...

screviston · 2025-09-04

I just ran into an issues for my fall semester courses. SpeedGrader has always worked fine showing .sql files, which are plain text files. However this week they stopped rendering in speed grader. Thinking this is a file issue I had a student resubmi...

AnilTiwari · 2025-09-04

Hi, I am thinking to create questions within question bank using an API. As these questions are already available with me. Can you help me with Question bank API information, so i can use and push all the questions in the respective questions bank. A...

AlondraBenito · 2025-09-03

Thank you for the information! I really appreciate it so much!

farmurey · 2025-09-03

I’m using a Canvas Observer account to track my student’s progress. Right now, I only seem to be able to click into each course separately.Is there a way for parents/observers to see all grades/assignments across classes in a single view?

102721560197159 · 2025-09-03

Students are unable to reply to a discussion. The "Reply" button does not appear for them, even though the discussion is published and visible. This issue occurs even when the option “Allow students to reply to this topic” is enabled in the discussio...

OliviaGadlin · 2025-09-03

I don't have an assignments link in Canvas to complete the peer reviews.

FarahKashef · 2025-09-03

I have faculty who want a certain file to be available to students AFTER their second attempt on a quiz. I cannot find a feature that allows that in Canvas. We can do it after the first quiz attempt, but not the second. Am I missing something?

SherriaNettles · 2025-09-03

jakell · 2025-09-03

This issue is with the resolution used by the Canvas Speedgrader when rendering PDF files. Canvas will "refresh" the pdfs at different resolutions depending on the zoom level chosen in the speedgrader pdf viewer, but also depending on the zoom level...

murphy_1527 · 2025-09-03

I have created an assignment that was in a locked module (open August 26th). I created self-sign up group set in the People tab a week before and also created a Discussion board that I then set to group assignment and connected the group set.As of to...

LendraFriesen · 2025-09-03

How do I remove scheduled recurring zoom meetings set up by another instructor who is disignated as the host?

JenniferBurch · 2025-09-03

Seems like I stumbled across a place last year to link all of my assignments to our gradebook system rather than syncing each assignment individually. Did I dream that? Thanks.

jtorresr · 2025-09-03

Hello everyone, I’ve noticed that when I create a course manually in Canvas, students do not receive notifications for announcements. However, when courses are created and loaded through SIS, students do receive those announcement notifications. Is t...

lawrence_rodis · 2025-09-03

I'm using checkpoint discussions not sure if it applies to those who don't use that feature. If you use the speed grader and look at the individual posts view the history feature is missing. However if you switch to viewing the full discussion contex...

JackieWaller · 2025-09-03

In 2 courses my books are grayed out and not able to be clicked on, what do I do, who do I contact? Everyone I have reached out to so far blames it on a different dept.

cheryl_colan · 2025-09-03

I have a new faculty member who created a course and began creating Question Banks in it using the Classic Quizzes engine. He had hoped to build question banks in this "Quiz Banks" course during the term and be able to use Find Questions to populate ...

EmilyBonta · 2025-09-03

Canvas is putting in assignments that are not due yet in as zeroes in PowerSchool. I have set up all the sync categories and checked the due dates. It isn't effecting all of my classes and the classes it is effecting it's not doing it to all students...

kwarner65 · 2025-09-03

I was updating point values in a couple of assignment that some students had already submitted and now I can't get the point values to match, for example if you add up all of the possible points in a quiz it adds up to 8 but the assignment says its w...

thompsli · 2025-09-02

Google has rolled out a new "Homework Help" button in the URL bar of Chrome, and I just tested it out. During a Canvas quiz, if I click that button in the URL bar and select a quiz question in Canvas, it'll spit out the answer right in a sidebar with...

BenPearson · 2025-09-02

Hi , Im currently updating the assessment materials for the whitecard course CPCWHS1001 and I have noticed all of the new courses online have video recorder inserts to allow students to orally record answers as part of their assessments. It looks lik...

JoelCalahan · 2025-09-02

In the new update, I am finding a frustrating glitch when I enter a typed comment to a student submission via SpeedGrader.I type my comment, then click "Submit"--but when I move to the next student submission, SpeedGrader has created a second blank c...

KarenMitchell · 2025-09-02

How can I remove a course from Canvas that I am not teaching?

KurtisBonano · 2025-09-02

I have created the letter grading scheme below. I want to give students a 4.1 on their assessments to show that they exceeded (A+) expectations. In the past, I would give students a 5 instead of a 4.1, but that pulled their overall grade up too much...

csrasmussen · 2025-09-02

There was a recent filter change in Canvas, and I thought I was going crazy. Turns out, my department was struggling too. In Speed Grader, when I moved from P1 to P2, it refused to show me P2 and kept showing me everyone. This led me down a rabbit ho...

MaryAnnMcFarlan · 2025-09-02

I am trying to give students a choice for their daily homework assignments: they can either take a quiz or do a write-up of their readings for the same 10 points. I need to figure out how to set up the gradebook to reflect that they will consistently...

mvieth · 2025-09-02

I have 2 Canvas courses, and then I am also added to 9 other courses as the coordinator. Is there a way to prioritize my 2 courses so that my student work appears on the top of the To Do list? Yes, I can "x" out the other 9 courses worth of work, b...

rthornton · 2025-08-27

Our commitment to preserving the learning experience remains unwavering. When we launched our latest NPS survey, our north star was clear: do not disrupt learning. We set broad-stroke parameters with care but received feedback that these parameters f...

AkosFarago · 2025-08-08

Learn about the new integration between Canvas Studio and YouTube’s Player for Education!

NikkiWhang · 2025-08-05

Last week approximately 2,000 Canvas LMS users traveled to beautiful Spokane, WA for our annual InstructureCon event. During the week, we were granted an opportunity to sit down with several of our K12 and Higher Education users for a Customer Discov...

eschiebel · 2025-07-21

Canvas users may now choose to use a dyslexia friendly font.

KataKeri · 2025-07-21

A cleaner, more accessible, and easier-to-use Files page launched in Canvas on July 19! With improved navigation, bulk file actions, better accessibility, and a modern design, managing course and user files just got simpler. Prefer the classic view? ...

Rachel-Bowman · 2025-07-10

In today’s crowded edtech landscape, integration quality matters. Educators and administrators are under pressure to deliver seamless digital learning experiences without compromising on usability, data privacy, or security. That’s why we’re proud to...

Amy_Haskell · 2025-07-08

Last week, we hosted a K-12 Assessment Product Discovery Session (CDS) in San Antonio, bringing together curriculum and assessment leaders from districts across the country. This in-person event provided a valuable opportunity for participants to eng...

MichaelLysaght · 2025-07-08

Today, I’ll update you on some major progress on one of these projects: the Global Identity Service. And offer details of what you can expect over the next 12-28 months.

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-08

During a recent Customer Discovery Session in Budapest, educators from Europe and Africa shared powerful insights on collaboration, mobile teaching, accessibility, and more. Their voices are already influencing how we evolve Canvas to better sup...

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-03

A long request is now available: Canvas New Quizzes support to localized numeric formatting, allowing institutions to configure decimal and thousand separators based on regional conventions.

sgergely · 2025-07-02

We’re excited to release the data access platform (DAP) command line interface (CLI) referred to as DAP CLI 2.0. For developers and data engineers that access data from Canvas Data, this is a major version update that introduces new functionality, i...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-23

Now that Differentiation Tags is available in Feature Preview in production as of June 21, 2025 , you may be asking yourself: What’s the difference between Sections, Groups, and Differentiation Tags? How do I know when to use each one?

AlexisNast · 2025-06-23

Discover how the new Canvas Apps experience streamlines app discovery, management, and monitoring, saving administrators valuable time. This enhanced experience provides critical data for informed investment in tools educators and learners truly use,...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-18

Discussion Checkpoints are now available in Group Discussions! As we conclude the Discussion Redesign initiative, we invite you to share your feedback in a brief survey.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-11

We’re exploring ways to improve the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) in Canvas—and we’d love your input.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-09

We’re exploring ways to improve the Peer Review experience in Canvas and we need your input!

sgergely · 2025-06-03

We're excited to announce the upcoming release of a new column, non_collaborative, in the Canvas Data 2 (CD2) Query API's groups and group_categories tables at 2025-06-12. This column helps clearly distinguish between standard collaborative groups an...

ZoeLubitz1 · 2025-06-02

The Course Pacing feature is now only in Course Settings, not behind a feature flag. It is still disabled by default.

YasiAfsharnive · 2025-05-21

Learn more about performance and usability updates coming to SpeedGrader, June 21, 2025!

SamGarza1 · 2025-05-21

Differentiation Tags are a powerful new feature coming soon to Canvas! And we’re excited to announce that the Differentiation Tags feature is now available in Feature Preview in beta environments.

shirenv · 2025-05-21

At Instructure, we believe the best way to improve is by listening to the people who use our tools every day—you. That’s why on June 21st US customers will begin seeing a quick question pop up while using Canvas or Mastery asking for your feedback. I...

TamasBalogh · 2025-05-13

To streamline the user experience and create consistency across all Canvas features, the dedicated “attach” button in Discussions and Announcements will be removed on July 19th, 2025. Users can continue to upload images, videos, and files via the RCE...

carlycurran · 2025-04-28

We've heard your feedback! You’ve been asking for clearer course data in Admin Analytics and Intelligent Insights. We're excited to announce a change that will improve your experience.

TamasBalogh · 2025-04-22

Over the past few months, we've implemented several UI and UX improvements to the Discussion Summaries feature preview, driven by the valuable feedback you've shared with us.

KevinMeredith · 2025-04-16

Customer Discovery Session takeaways from March 26th at Instructure headquarters. Members of the Internet2 consortium met with Instructure R&D teams to discuss edtech management and maximizing effectiveness.

SamGarza1 · 2025-04-10

Discussion Checkpoints Now Available at the Sub-Account Level

annalindsay · 2025-03-31

We recently hosted a Customer Discovery Session with R1 institutions at our Salt Lake City HQ, gathering valuable feedback on the Canvas LMS roadmap, assessment tools, and upcoming features like STEM item types and Differentiation Tags. This blog hig...

annalindsay · 2025-03-25

We recently participated in our first Customer Discovery Session of 2025 in Lakeland, Florida, where educators shared invaluable feedback on AI, accessibility, and user experience. Discover how their voices are shaping Canvas LMS.

ShelbySchaefer · 2025-03-25

Discover what’s top of mind for today’s career learning leaders—from skills-based frameworks to AI-powered efficiency—in our latest customer discovery session recap.

shirenv · 2025-03-24

Ideas, Customer Discovery Sessions, and Early Adopter groups are exciting, but our efforts go beyond that. Here’s how we’ve been further strengthening our partnership:

Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-09-10)