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AVPOO · 2025-10-16

Faculty are trying to pull the roll call reports from the Attendance Link for dual credit/high school reporting needs. It keeps giving him error codes. Here is an example: You can download your report for the next 6 hours at https://rollcall-product...

RM-BhamTech · 2025-10-16

See this previous post where the idea was proposed, voted on, and approved. See the release notes from Feb 2, 2017 where the feature was deployed. Now I can't seem to find anything about it?

Andreas_Hopf · 2025-10-16

Returning after summer, I noticed SpeedGrader has changed. One can no longer see all PNG and JPG uploads a student made (oddly, they are now hidden under "Details", who would have thought?). And, even worse, there's no download button under "Details"...

NitinN · 2025-10-16

I am exploring the APIs to fetch Total score for every Module in a Course for all the Students. Please refer the attached screen print. I was able to get the scores for each assignment/quizzes using /submissions API and the final score for the whole ...

SierraRoberts · 2025-10-16

I want to sure my Canvas course with other Teacher's in my grade level so they can see what we are doing. Having the Copy To function is super helpful if we want to utilize assignments the other teacher has made. However, you have to give a teacher e...

NguynBaoGiaH · 2025-10-16

My LMS default language is my native language, but I am more comfortable with English(US) as my system language. But when I changed it and came back hours later, it switched back to my default language. This problem has repeated many times, and I can...

KClarkson16 · 2025-10-16

I have my Delta Math assignments set to "passback" the grade to Canvas at the due date/time. I believe new this year is that when Canvas imports the grade, it includes an automatic comment on the assignment, "DeltaMath Grade Passback." This is not a ...

Catste2300 · 2025-10-16

Hej!Kan jag själv skapa ett nytt kursrum för OM115G för VT -26 eller behöver ni göra det?Det är kurs koderna O2960 och O4412.

DheerajHinduja · 2025-10-16

Hello Friends,How do I set up a Canvas Discussion so that students are forced to submit their original post before they can view or read any replies from their classmates? Which checkbox or option enables this feature in the Discussion settings windo...

SupportAdminFXD · 2025-10-16

Hello there, I created this post to send feedback to Canvas LMS team about Vietnamese language localization.Currently, Vietnamese can be used on the Canvas LMS interface, however, the words used are not suitable for the actual context of Vietnamese e...

MathewJOHNSON · 2025-10-16

Have a subject with multiple classes. Is there a way to download just my classes assignments?

Justin_Reynolds · 2025-10-15

We have an issue where a student registers for a driver's ed course using their parent's email address. This gets entered into Banner as preferred. Then the student registers as a dual-credit high school student, adding a different preferred email....

sara_samples1 · 2025-10-15

Use case: I have made a classic quiz for use in Course Name. I want to make a duplicate of that quiz, for use in the same course, that I can then modify for students who require modifications. Can this be done? Just to head this off: Yes, I know h...

RebeccaCash · 2025-10-15

When using a discussion board for a graded assignment, is there a way to let me know that a student has posted again AFTER I have graded it? For example, a student posts one response, but they needed to do two. I grade it a 5/10. Then the student ...

cheri_masters · 2025-10-15

I have a teacher who created a course announcement for each day of school. Today, 10/15/25, is day 35. When he woke this morning, all previous announcements in his course were gone. I looked before he added his morning announcement, and the Announcem...

mcarrion · 2025-10-15

We have a case in which one of our students' information was unfortunately confused. The student had previously been enrolled at the university in the on-ground format, but switched to the online format. However, she was re-enrolled as a new student,...

CaroleFrancis · 2025-10-15

Once a Collaboration Group is created using Google Docs, how do students use it? How is the resulting document saved in Canvas as a Word document?

BrookeGates · 2025-10-15

One of our teachers is attempting to copy an assignment from the Master course to a section. Once the assignment is copied, she then is modifying the Google Assignments that are attached. When the students are opening the assignment, it is still show...

dmon55 · 2025-10-14

Hello I had a question about my canvas dashboard and if I have the old one becuase all my friends have a diffrent layout and how I can update to it thanks heres a screenshot

slwilso3 · 2025-10-14

Which settting turns off a quiz in progress for a student? Scenario: A student is taking a quiz that ends at 2pm according to the Until date and time. It is timed, allowing the students have 90 minutes. If the student starts taking the test before th...

KendallDinniene · 2025-10-14

I've noticed that more and more often these little banner notifications appear when I do things in my course shells. Add a folder? "Folder created successfully." Delete an assignment? "Assignment deleted successfully." And my personal favorite, add a...

JWinterer · 2025-10-14

Gemini (AI) helped me write the code for a web page that has embedded in it an interactive quiz we made, and room for other interactive assignments. I would like to prepare an assignment in Canvas that opens that web page. How do I do that? All I ...

saustin · 2025-10-14

Good afternoon, in Beta, I was looking at how grades were displayed in the Gradebook for a particular Assignment. The Assignment setting for "Display Grade as" is: Letter Grade The Grading Scheme: "Enable course grading scheme" is checked (enabled)...

CarlosCantu0607 · 2025-10-14

Last year I taught a course and had some files uploaded to the course. I am teaching the same course this year and to prevent students from last year to download the answers to the HW and share them with this year students I want to erase the files. ...

ksmithbcsd · 2025-10-14

I've been requested to setup the grades to sync to Infinite Campus for the school district. What are the steps to get this completed? I read the documentation (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Infinite-Campus-and-Canvas/How-do-I-view-and-manage-Ca...

MrsWhiteOHS44 · 2025-10-14

I have my gradebook set up to mark work as late with the grade of zero posted. When students turn in work late, it does not remove the zero and it is frustrating to both parents and students to understand if their work is turned in or not. Can this b...

ppapantos · 2025-10-14

How do you remove a rubric from an on-line discussion? I do not want to simply delete the rubric because it is being used in other on-line discussions. I want to remove the rubric from this one discussion. I researched but could not find a workabl...

cweddle · 2025-10-14

I have a course in which, as I have done many times in the past, I posted several documents scheduled to publish for students at specific dates and times. They are consistently failing to appear, both for my students and for me as the test student. I...

ConniePerkins · 2025-10-14

If students are taking a test on Canvas, is it possible to block them from also using internet at the same time?If someone has a response, can you please send me an email at cperkins@calstate.edu ? Thank you.Connie

TANIYAHGAVIN · 2025-10-13

Im trying to make my canvas more organized, but having the important dates tab on the side of my canvas everytime I open it has become annoying. Its visible on my Ipad and computer. There are no important dates on it, and plus I already have the canv...

SamGarza1 · 2025-10-24

We are excited to announce that Differentiation Tags is now Generally Available! Over the past several months, Differentiation Tags has grown into a more powerful, flexible, and intuitive tool that is ready to be used at scale—thanks in large part to...

sgergely · 2025-10-22

At Instructure, we're constantly working to enhance the tools you rely on every day. As part of that commitment, we’re excited to announce a significant upgrade to the core infrastructure powering our DAP Query API / CD2. This upgrade will require a ...

ElizabethEzzi · 2025-10-22

On November 15, 2025, we’re excited to make Canvas Portfolio generally available (GA) to all Canvas LMS customers at no additional cost. Canvas Portfolio makes it easier for educators to assess learning and for students to showcase their growth, all ...

DoraJekkel · 2025-10-17

From Filler Badges to Real Achievements: Your pathways can now directly pull verified course progress from Canvas. Fast, automatic, and trusted.

AlexisNast · 2025-10-16

You may have noticed that we are updating how we handle User Access Tokens. These changes have been made across the September and October deploys. I wanted to walk through all of these changes together and how they will improve institutions’ security...

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.

Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-11-05)