Community help

pricejl · 2017-10-17

How do you add a signature line in the Canvas email

linda_aponte · 2017-10-07

Eek! I reopened an assignment that had about 100 ungraded submissions so that some students who missed the closing date could submit. Somehow, only those last handful of students now show up in the gradebook. How can I retrieve those submissions t...

mlehman1 · 2017-09-24

Hi all, is there a way to disable student comments on assignments? I find that students use the comment option to ask questions that they should be emailing me, and I'd rather them not have the option to comment.

hmrozarb · 2017-09-22

I would like to know if it is possible to hid the to do list from the student view. We are having an issue with some students clicking on the assignments from the to do list instead of following the order of the modules. It would be less confusing ...

richardhaggarty · 2017-09-17

Let's say I want to refer someone to a post that already exists, either in the same discussion or another discussion. Is there a way to do that using the tools? If not, is there a way to find the URL for a given discussion post?

danielostendorf · 2017-09-08

Is there a way to use HTML code to make a link start a new Canvas message to me, as the instructor? I could use "mailto", but that forces the students to contact me through email. I'd rather have the link kick them right to a new message within Can...

ginner_hudson · 2017-09-01

How do I hide the rubric for an assignment until the students have submitted their work? I have the correct answers in the rubric and do not want them to see it until I finish grading (using the rubric).

emily_morgan · 2017-08-20

I have a list of assignments being pulled in from Pearson's MyFrenchLabs. All of the assignments from the publisher are showing correctly in the assignment index in my course. When I go to insert some (about a dozen out of 50 assignments) of these ...

mark_anderson · 2017-08-15

Hi all,I've experienced a small but annoying problem with assignments in Canvas.I delivered a presentation to my staff on Monday about the joys and wonders of Speedgrader, especially the ability to use the feedback tools directly on student submissio...

troyer_59 · 2017-08-10

I have a class where the instructor copied everything from one course into another. Something that did NOT copy was the profile picture associated with his Announcements. I copied some announcements from one into another and I'm seeing the same thing...

mhinojosa · 2017-06-01

I am in the process of cleaning up my Canvas Training courses. Some of them go back almost 2 years and most of the teachers can't even access them because of the date restrictions. Is there anyway to do a mass delete for this course? Some were set up...

proy33 · 2017-05-11

I do not want Canvas to calculate my students' final letter grade. I want the freedom to issue the semester letter grade in an additional grade center column. For example, a student earns 895 points out of 1000, a B on my grade scale--but the student...

mwade · 2017-04-12

I've submitted a feature request for Scheduled Reports. We have reports we run on a regular basis and it would be nice to have these reports run at a pre-determined day/time on a schedule.https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/8465-schedule-reports

jenniferbell · 2017-03-29

I have an instructor that splits her class into groups and has them discuss among themselves. She wants to know if there is a way that, after the discussion has taken place, she can open the group discussions up where everyone in the class can see ea...

sandy_bolt · 2017-01-26

Is it possible to hide grading totals until a later date in the semester? I want students to see the graded assignments, but not the overall total grade at this time.

dmbaird · 2016-09-20

Is there a way to see if a student saw an announcement? Are there statistics showing how many of the students in a course saw an announcement?

ctmay · 2016-08-31

In Canvas, once there are a self-organized group been created, the Student Groups will be created. the Student Groups tab will then stay in the People page forever.I can not find a way to remove it even there are no more groups inside.Can anybody sho...

bwalters · 2016-08-16

How is the “Total Activity” time that’s shown on the people page in Canvas calculated. Is it based on total interaction time on pages? How does “hang time” between interactions get taken into account? If at all.

eshaffer · 2016-08-16

I'd like to print a Canvas calendar; is there a function to create a PDF or somesuch? Also, what will print when I print?

josterfeld · 2016-06-02

I'm trying to create a quiz for an assignment where I will accept any answer. This is my way of making an assignment a completions grade. Is this possible? If not, is there any other way to get this done? Thanks for your help.

cgurysh · 2016-05-31

Has anyone experienced issues with formatting changing in a Word Document upload to an assignment. We have had the formatting change not only in the Croc Doc view but also when downloading the file submission?

rquinn1 · 2016-05-11

I would like to give my final exam inside Canvas (as a quiz), and then download all of my students' answers on the final (my school administrators want a copy in case a parent has a question/concern about a student's exam over the summer). Is this po...

jham18 · 2016-01-26

I recently had an assignment where my teacher gave me a good comment. I replied back saying "Thank You!" but I would now like to delete my comment. Is there any way to do so? Thanks in advance!

randy_mathisen · 2015-09-10

Teachers are not receiving notifications to their emails and are receiving the attached error message. The email worked all of last year and for he first weeks of this current school year. It is a global problem. We are using Gmail and have not ch...

jbess · 2015-08-19

I really do not want to check Canvas and my email for student questions. How can I either disable inbox messages or have them forwarded to my email account?

asatkins · 2015-07-29

Hi all,On the Hidden Canvas Permissions thread there was some discussion of sharing permission structures that work for people. I don't want them to get lost on the other thread, so I thought we could start this place to compare notes and give new ad...

vartouhi_asheri · 2015-04-29

I have a quiz set up as graded quiz for 40 points but I want to use that as extra credit. How can I do this? I do not have weighted categories it is straight point system Please advise.

sgergely · 2025-10-10

Following our recent announcement about the changes to the Canvas Page Views feature, we are excited to share a major update specifically for our developer community and partners: The new PageView History API is now available in Beta! This new asynch...

annalindsay · 2025-10-08

Discover the key takeaways from Berkeley College's Customer Discovery Session, where administrators, educators, and students shared their insights on the teaching and learning experience. Learn how their focus on simplicity and consistency will shape...

RyanNorton · 2025-10-07

Mark your calendars! Sharing early communication about a few changes we’ve made to our Canvas deploy and release schedule.

carlycurran · 2025-10-07

Empower Your Staff with Targeted Analytics

KevinMeredith · 2025-09-26

Updates and Resources on Parchment Digital Badges

SamGarza1 · 2025-09-16

We’re continuing our work to improve the instructor assignment experience in Canvas, and we’d love your input.

sgergely · 2025-09-12

We're rolling out some important updates to how Page Views are handled in Canvas, affecting both the user interface and our public APIs. These changes are designed to improve performance, accessibility, and data management, while also changing how pa...

rthornton · 2025-09-09

The Block Content Editor is coming — shaped by the voices of educators every step of the way. This new editing experience, powered by AI, makes creating engaging, accessible course content simpler and more attainable than ever before.

ruthfoulkrod · 2025-09-09

We’re developing Co-Labs, our new interactive product roadmap experience – and we’re looking for engaged customers to join the pilot. If you’re excited to share meaningful feedback and influence what comes next, this is your chance to get early acces...

F_King · 2025-09-09

At Flinders University, our Instructure Product leadership team had the privilege of coming together with educators, administrators, and students from across APAC. The conversations were filled with creativity, commitment, and collaboration. They rem...

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.

Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-10-22)