Community Help

RickAdcock · 2020-10-20

Is it possible to allow an instructor to limit access to a Page within a module, in the same way we can limit access to a file. In particular to only allow the page to be viewed after a certain date. In can manually publish a page on a given date, bu...

Galactic_Broski · 2020-10-19

I had an idea for Canvas that if you're trying to find something specific within a module or a teacher('s) page, there should be a keyword search. so you would have the ability to find what you're looking for quicker. the search bar would search not ...

talway · 2020-10-19

I have an instructor who has two sections of the same course, section 23 and section 26. Section 26 was created by copying section 23 when it was finished and ready to be published. Both sections are exactly the same. In section 23, unsubmitted as...

rmarker · 2020-10-19

When parents/observers receive email notifications, there's an embedded link that says Click to view. When parents click this, it brings them to the student login page. Is this a dead end for parents/observers?

AMZ · 2020-10-17

When syncing the canvass calendar to Outlook or Gmail, is it possible to control which courses are represented in the "Calendar Feed"? For example: I am a student enrolled in 8 classes, 6 of which have posted their online lecture times on the canv...

lfmantic · 2020-10-17

I was writing notes on instructor provided pdfs last night. All of a sudden, canvas spazzed out and when I logged back in, it had deleted the majority of the notes I wrote on my pdf as well as previous pdfs's notes from weeks ago. I've already transf...

Vastib · 2020-10-06

Under quiz statistics>Question Breakdown, CANVAS displays a "Discrimination Index" value. But in the Item Analysis output for a given question, that number is actually the "Points Biserial" value and, as far as I can tell, the actual Discrimination I...

tmenghini · 2020-10-06

Hi, I made a "New Quizzes" with Canvas. I like all the new features but for some reason the grades are not in the gradebook. I cannot find them for the life of me. The only way that I can get the grades is to go into the new quiz and click "Moderate"...

jwalker10 · 2020-10-05

How do I make question groups in New quizzes? All of the walk throughs I'm finding are explaining how to do it under the old quiz format. Thanks for your help!

montgjoa · 2020-10-01

I am an instructor. I assigned peer reviews, and insisted that students use the rubric. Now, when students go to look at their feedback, they're seeing blank rubrics. I can see the feedback, but they can't. This student shared a screenshot of what he...

sespillar · 2020-09-30

It would be extremely beneficial as an instructor to be able to have a saved message signature that automatically populates when sending or responding to messages in Inbox. Does anyone know if this is possible?

MSCSapirations · 2020-09-21

I am a student taking CPE-MCS-BP1-101 from ASU and there is no clear indication of which assignments need to be completed in the orientation despite the fact that I have been through each assignment multiple times reading the nondescript ...

fredrose · 2020-09-21

Good morning everyone; When I publish an assignment (not pulled over from another course) I am getting duplicate assignments in grades inside of canvas. The duplicate is giving them 100 that I cannot delete. When I look in modules and in assignment...

JessicaKimbrell · 2020-09-21

Hey, all! I am new to Canvas, but I spent last week reading guides and setting up due dates and assignments. I have all modules and assignments published, but am unable to publish the actually courses. There's just no publish button. I'm so frustrate...

Saniyah · 2020-09-18

There should be an option to select Announcements and mark them as "Read" or a "Mark All as Read" option. There are many announcements that I've read already from my email account connected to my Canvas account, so when I log into Canvas, I have to...

RWMAY · 2020-09-17

My coworkers and I created a shell course for Pre-Calculus so we could add content then drop it into our individual classes. Our quizzes have images added. When we transfer from the shell to our course the images all show up. When a student goes to o...

kathrynmccullou · 2020-09-17

How do I remove an assignment uploaded incorrectly by a student?

erfoster391 · 2020-09-17

We are in the middle of setting up Canvas ALLY for Stanislaus State, and part of the support we want to set up is a team lead by a supervisor (myself) and a group of student assistants to support remediating content for accessibility. In the "Ally Re...

mas · 2020-09-16

I use a PowerPoint template to create all of my Storyline 360 presentations and then publish them as "Web" and use iframe tags to embed them into Canvas. Without changing anything on my end, the content area is now appearing blank in Canvas on my rec...

Reggie52 · 2020-09-16

I registered to canvas and can't pair as an observer with my son because I think I registered as a student. how can I fix this problem?

davidparks21 · 2020-09-16

I'm editing the syllabus of an existing class that someone else has set up. The column widths of the table are off. The 4th column with links should be big and the 1st & 2nd column with dates and names should be small, but the opposite is true. I'm v...

GSpray · 2020-09-14

When I go to grade an assignment on SpeedGrader, I get a screen that says "No Preview Available." I know the students have turned the assignment in, but I am unable to see it, grade it, or comment on it. This hasn't happened on all assignments, jus...

rislis · 2020-09-13

My students continue to get this message regarding the website is under heavy load.Interestingly, I find no advice when I search the Canvas Community for related searches.So, I decided to head to Google and this search shows me that this is a common ...

Fromen · 2020-09-12

I've got my class setup in a bit of a funky way this semester, largely because of COVID. The class has been split into 2 separate groups, where one group is delayed from the other by 1 class period (helps with social distancing in-class). This also m...

kdingle · 2020-09-10

Is there an "out of office" for "Auto Reply" feature in the Canvas messages so that I as the teacher can communicate to students and observers when I'm out of the office? If not it would be an incredible useful tool to have.

KathyS · 2020-09-09

Hi, every time I sync Canvas to Powerschool my grades are posted in Powerschool as points. We use percentages. Then for each assignment in each class, I have to go in and manually change from points to percentages. Is there a fix for this? Thank...

4381 · 2020-09-09

Hello, I am a post bacc student taking online classes and last week I ran into a very unusual issue. I took an online quiz and after I submitted all my answers, I noticed that on 2 of my questions, the answers that I selected were changed to somethin...

korslunds1 · 2020-09-08

In SpeedGrader when reviewing Multiple Dropdown type questions for a quiz created with Classic Quizzes, it has come to our attention that not all of the dropdown boxes will show in SpeedGrader view. The dropdown boxes will show for the student when t...

and08118 · 2020-09-07

I am an academic technologist helping a faculty member organize her Canvas site. We have a large class with 500+ students and 37 TAs. We are creating small active learning groups and would like to assign one TA per group. Is that possible? We have se...

anilan · 2020-09-05

Is it possible to assign different version of assignments to individual student without having to enter each student's name manually? I have 21 students who need modified assignments and 160 that do not and don't want to manually enter each name eac...

SamGarza1 · 2025-02-24

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our recent survey about Discussion Checkpoints! Your feedback is invaluable, and we're excited to share how it's shaping this feature. Based on your input, we're making some key improvements that will ...

teryn_odom · 2025-02-11

Tl;dr: Impact Admins now have granular adoption data on NQ and the ability to strategically place messaging inside of New Quizzes to support migration and deepen adoption!

TamasBalogh · 2025-01-30

We would like to gather your feedback on the Discussion Summary feature, which has been available as a feature preview since July 2024. This initial period has allowed some of you to experience and utilize the feature, and we've received valuable inp...

sgergely · 2025-01-28

We’re excited to announce updates to a new table in the Canvas namespace that will be available in your CD2/DAP Query API dataset starting February 10th. These changes enrich the dataset with additional context and expand the range of supported use c...

SamGarza1 · 2025-01-22

This morning, we gathered our product team to discuss your feedback on the recent Speedgrader changes that apply to all Discussions in the Discussion Checkpoints feature. We heard you loud and clear – the update disrupted your grading workflow, espec...

ArohiDesai · 2025-01-16

We’re working hard to release the modernized SpeedGrader as soon as possible, with a target of Q1 2025. While we are striving to meet this timeline, we are committed to delivering the release no later than early Q2 2025.

SamGarza1 · 2025-01-16

We're diving deep into the world of Peer Review within Canvas and we need your help!

sgergely · 2025-01-10

We’re releasing DAP CLI version 1.3.1 today to address an issue that affected PostgreSQL users following our recent DAP Query API update. Yesterday, we introduced multiple new enum values across several tables in the DAP Query API, which unfortunatel...

TamasBalogh · 2024-12-18

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, we want to share an update on the highly anticipated AI-powered Discussions and Inbox Translations. As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable features, we will continue ...

ArohiDesai · 2024-12-17

We’re excited to announce new features in the Canvas LMS January Release. With the updates to the 2024 release schedule, we remain focused on ensuring that you are fully informed and equipped with the tools you need to succeed and support learners at...

BalazsSerenyi · 2024-12-17

New Quizzes can now be shared to Commons. Save time, collaborate effortlessly, and discover or share assessments internally and externally.

sgergely · 2024-12-16

We’re excited to announce updates to multiple tables and columns in the Canvas namespace with new enumerated values (enums) that will be available in your CD2/DAP Query API dataset starting January 9th. These changes enrich the dataset with additiona...

NinaOng · 2024-12-12

As we near the end of 2024 and look back upon the year… I’d like to share a deeper dive about our discovery process, how the R&D team creates new feature solutions.

ZoeLubitz1 · 2024-12-11

Block Editor will be available in Open Beta on December 16, 2024.

JuditTarnoy · 2024-12-10

Simplifying Learning: Improved Support for New Quizzes TLDR: Quizzes are key to learning, and we’ve made them easier to access and navigate in the Canvas Mobile apps. With improved support for New Quizzes, both learners and instructors can now enjoy ...

BalazsSerenyi · 2024-12-06

Hello, New Quizzes users! We're excited to share some recent improvements, inspired directly by you - our Canvas users! Many of these new features are ready to enjoy now, while some are planned for early 2025. Today's highlights focus on "delighter...

sgergely · 2024-11-29

We are excited to announce the release of DAP CLI & Lib 1.3.0, bringing new features, enhanced functionality, and critical updates based on your feedback. This update reinforces our commitment to improving developer tools and addressing the needs of ...

sgergely · 2024-11-25

Three new columns to be added to the assignments table: parent_assignment_id, type, has_sub_assignments. These changes will go live on December 9th, 2024.

SamGarza1 · 2024-11-25

We’re excited to introduce a new feature we're working on called Differentiation Tags, and we’d love your input to make it the best it can be!

ruthfoulkrod · 2024-11-21

What's next for Ideas and Themes

AlexisNast · 2024-11-20

We're excited to announce the Canvas Apps page will be going live to open beta on December 16th! This new feature is designed to streamline app integration and management for Canvas root admins. While still in development, this initial release, which...

SamGarza1 · 2024-11-15

The release date for the Discussion Checkpoints feature has been adjusted. Originally planned for November 16, the new release date for production is January 18, 2025. In the meantime, Discussion Checkpoints will still be accessible in the beta envir...

SamGarza1 · 2024-11-04

We’re making an important change to the rollout of Discussion Checkpoints based on your feedback. Instead of enabling Checkpoints as a default feature that is on for all users on November 16th, we will now release it as a Feature Option.

sgergely · 2024-11-04

Get ready to shape the future of Instructure’s data capabilities! We’re running an Instructure Data Questionnaire to gather your valuable insights for our 2025 roadmap, focusing on cloud adoption and analytics trends. Your feedback will guide our fea...

TamasBalogh · 2024-10-25

I’m excited to extend the End of Quarter Update practice - which might be familiar from New Quizzes Updates - to Discussions, ensuring you’re informed about recent improvements in the last 3 months and our upcoming objectives for the upcoming quarter...

SamGarza1 · 2024-10-24

We’re excited to share an update on the progress of Discussion Checkpoints! Before moving the feature into our beta environment, we had the privilege of working with four institutions that tested the functionality.

RaviKoll · 2024-10-24

We’re excited to share that SpeedGrader is getting a significant upgrade! These changes are designed to make your grading process even smoother, faster, and more reliable.

GergelyTar · 2024-10-24

With our October release, we're introducing some really exciting updates in Intelligent Insights.

teryn_odom · 2024-10-21

Tl;dr: Get excited! LTI Usage has two powerful new capabilities being released tomorrow! Read on for more details.

ruthfoulkrod · 2024-10-18

The feedback window is now closed. Further updates will be provided soon!

Canvas Release Notes (2025-03-15)

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2025-05-17 Breaking Change: Gradebook Icon Update for LTI Assignment and Grade Service For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes. In this Canvas release (15 March), the Copy Course and Import Content pages ...

Published: 02-14-2025