Community help

JoshuaHill1 · 2025-10-01

I'm an administrator and had a question regarding temporarily suspending a student. When a student is suspended in Canvas, what can they still view or have access to while suspended in Canvas?

devanandhan_rav · 2025-10-01

I need admin access. The Admin left my school.

DarylRosenbaum · 2025-10-01

The student is having a problem uploading material that she has already done, but when in Workspace and submitting the generated PDF is missing certain sections

mdhuyvet · 2025-10-01

I was beginning to grade an assignment in Canvas. I assigned a grade to the first student, then opened the second student's submission. Canvas will not let me move my cursor to open submissions for other students. It is not an internet issue.

DJ975 · 2025-10-01

Hello, During my recent exam, I accidentally clicked on a pop-up notification, and the activity log recorded that I was away from the exam page for about 20–30 seconds. However, after that click, I did not interact with anything outside the exam page...

Sariga · 2025-09-30

I have completed my Knowledge check, but it is still not showing as completed in my account.course name: KC (amazon virtual private cloud)Issue: The status/progress is not updating even after completion.Kindly help me resolve this issue.Thankyou.

aibee · 2025-09-30

Is there a possibility that modules accessible by students will be limited to reading only and they will be restricted in downloading the files in the modules?

dbradbury · 2025-09-30

In Speedgrader, if the student has a long name, the right arrow to move to the next student is not visible. Expanding the sidebar by dragging from the left does not make it appear. The only solution is to go back to "marks" and then click click and c...

MICAHPADGETT · 2025-09-30

Today I was trying to keep up with my work in high school and I realized that they don't show you the work they give this exact day

ilia · 2025-09-30

Posts in discussion forums that have been deleted are being included in email summaries even if the email summary is generated after the post was deleted. Only the first n characters are displayed in the email, but this is still a potential issue if ...

MacyTimmerman · 2025-09-30

I teach over 500 students a week. I often use exit tickets, which include both typical and modified assessments. To assign students to one or the other, I have created "modified" and "non-modified" sections. However, this requires me to go to each st...

HeatherSaigo · 2025-09-30

Hello! I'm trying to help an instructor make his materials accessible. He teaches math and statistics, and uses Latex, tables, and images of formulas in his materials. He's trying to make these things accessible for students using screen readers and ...

BrookeGates · 2025-09-30

Is there a way to take a quiz as a test student without publishing the quiz? I would like to test the quiz prior to assigning it to students, or making it visible for them. But, once I take the quiz as a test student, I am not able to unpublish it. ...

jawmedina · 2025-09-30

Is there a way to create a Master Question Bank so that when I make an update in the Master, it updates all of the active courses using that question bank?

JennLong · 2025-09-30

As an instructor, I would like a one-click option that, when I publish a Page, also offers the ability to publish all linked or related unpublished items (e.g., module items, assignments, quizzes, discussions) so students can access everything at onc...

ScottHahn · 2025-09-30

I have students who use Google Docs to develop essay assignments. We require essays to be formatted in APA style. When a student submits a Google Doc to an assignment in Canvas, Canvas converts the document to be read in Canvas Doc Reader, but change...

nritchie · 2025-09-29

Hello,I'd like my students to be able to use two class periods to write a full literary analysis essay while using the respondus lockdown browser with Canvas. Respondus says this is a canvas issue. Does anyone know how to set up an assignment so stud...

DesmondJimenez · 2025-09-29

I am an instructor at Woodland Community College I have some discussions that post the score from the rubric and others that do not. They look like they are all configured the same way. Dr Jiménez

109022805412850 · 2025-09-29

every time I go to open one of my assignments it denies me and tells me that google workspace is not set up correctly and I just don't know how to fix this issue

N_C · 2025-09-29

I want to make my class innovative and fun for my students. I want them to have lots of interaction with the modules and each other while learning. I am also writing a paper about technological tools that are effectively used by teachers inside the L...

annagraceh · 2025-09-29

The box and whisker plots on assignments are not appearing for myself or my students despite:the box being unchecked in settingshaving at least 5 submissions gradedhiding and unhiding the distributions in settingsThis is true of all assignments, with...

lilruggedboy1 · 2025-09-29

Hi there! We frequently have Students in multiple sections of the same course. For example, we have an "Internship" course, and students are allowed to be in two or more internships, which result in being in INT101-01, INT101-02, etc... To make thing...

BrielleBrosier · 2025-09-29

MY course has been working fine up to a certain point. All of a sudden, it is not allowing students to progress or view assignments. I haven't changed anything, and this is a copy of a previous course that did not have these issues.

SaraSwenson · 2025-09-29

A student is reporting that discussion board due dates are not showing up in their To Do list, while assignment due dates are showing up. The due dates are set for the discussion boards in the course. Is anyone else experiencing this issue or know ho...

EricRader · 2025-09-29

Hello, Teachers at my school are having issues with their gradebook on canvas. We operate on an A/B schedule. Beacuse of that, many teachers need to have multiple due dates on canvas. When they assign multiple due dates it causes the gradebook on...

NielsWalet · 2025-09-29

I have a number of pages (pre-authored, we are new to Canvas) that contain dynamic svg--and thus use an object tag. These files, and the html files using them, are then hosted on Canvas, but embedded in an iframe. Whereas <img src=a/b.svg> tags (file...

KyleTower · 2025-09-29

As an instructor, when grading student submissions in SpeedGrader, I am able to click View Rubric and use that as a means of grading each rubric item. However, on this particular student submission, I cannot view the rubric. I've emptied cache, hard ...

Claudia_O · 2025-09-29

Hello everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has found a solution to "track" what learners do on a course page? If a course page has a video, I-frame, or a link to an article, is there a way to see who has accessed them and how many times? Perhaps through...

adityaranjan321 · 2025-09-29

Hi,I am trying to delete an old integration from our canvas account. But it does not allow me.I see a request failing in the network tag complaining about invalid dataCould you please take suggest how to resolve this.

smarlowe · 2025-09-28

I am getting a lot of assignment created notifications as teachers tend to create all their assignments for the week on Sundays. I cannot find a setting to disable these notifications.According to this previous post (https://community.canvaslms.com/...

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)