Community help

DavidGelb · 2025-09-14

We have an issue with nothing showing up under the TO DO list on card view. This is affecting one of my three students (the other 2 have normal functionality). This is consistent across all devices, both in student and parent views. We have tried all...

DavidAldrich · 2025-09-14

I am new to Canvas. I came over from Moodle. In Moodle, you can add multiple possible answers and say what percent of full credit they are awarded. For example, if I ask to give the word for "yes" in Spanish, I can say that "Sí" is 100% correct and "...

LB_Teach · 2025-09-13

In Canvas, I recently copied over a course from another course. I hit the edit button on a page in the newly created course to edit content (see screenshot #1 in attachment) and when I click into the edit area the content disappears except for the pa...

DerekGreenfield · 2025-09-13

I am new to teaching with Canvas and have been using Discussions. The issue is... the students weren't receiving info about tasks in their ToDo section, so I went ahead and added the next Discussion through Assignments. Now, I have students partici...

AndreaImhoff · 2025-09-13

Why is the Syllabus button inactive on the Canvas Course homepage? I have used Canvas for many years at my institution. Courses are created every semester. The Syllabus button has always been a boilerplate button on the home page, along with offi...

MohamedGwaballa · 2025-09-13

Hello,Hope you are doing great,I'm experiencing a bug in the new desktop version of Canvas while trying to complete the pre-course assessment. When I'm trying to select multiple-choice options, the page scrolls or jumps, but no selection is registere...

TiffanyDoody · 2025-09-13

I am registered for a class that was published 9-12-25. It isn't showing up on my dashboard, and when I go to all courses, it shows that it's published, but the course name is not showing as a hyperlink for me to open it. I did get an email from my i...

hawkinsdianne · 2025-09-13

Hi. I created a google slide. I set the assigment so they would have to upload using an external link: Google drive. When they clicked on it, everyone got their own file and it had the submit button. I can see the submissions in speedgrader, but ...

MarilynNibling · 2025-09-13

I have created 5 discussion posts for students in Canvas LMS. How do I reconcile the gradebook for the 3 that are not chosen so that the ones not chosen will not count against the student's final grade points?

FrankKelley · 2025-09-13

how do i make a quiz available for students to take and how do they submit?

CBGlendening · 2025-09-13

Greetings,I recently created rubrics in the Canvas LMS and I would like to take screenshots of them to include in my professional web portfolio. However, when I attempt to screenshot a rubric the screen blacks out. Now I'm not sure how to share these...

karen_harris1 · 2025-09-12

I would like to deliver in person quizzes on paper, but enter scores for each question in Canvas Quizzes in order to generate Quiz Analytics and Outcomes Data that can be disaggregated by question. All guidance says to create a Canvas Assignment "on...

ZACHARYYINDRA · 2025-09-12

My classroom policy is 10% off per day an assignment is late. Is there a way to use the attendance feature included with Canvas so that a student marked as absent does not have that day counted against them on auto-grading assignments? For instance,...

MKN351 · 2025-09-12

Just recently, my to-do list has been reduced from displaying all my courses' work until the end of the semester, to only displaying one or two assignments. Is there any way I could revert my to-do list to go back to what it was before?

BobbieJeanKoen · 2025-09-12

We are having an issue with professors who need to use more than one rubric to rate an assignment. Our goal is to have faculty use a university-wide rubric to rate an assignment using the Learning Mastery gradebook (Outcomes). However, some professor...

JoshStock · 2025-09-12

Is there a way to have the rubric score automatically added to the grade score or do I have to type it in each time?

DouglasCook · 2025-09-12

My students would like to be able to review their responses to quiz prompts to identify correct answers. They would also like to retake the quizzes for mastery.

AngelaArnett-Co · 2025-09-12

I am trying to create a courses that sync to multiple blue prints that appear in the course as modules. For instance, Course 101 includes (and syncs) content from Blue print A (The basics) Blue print B (Growth). Course 301 includes Blue Print A and B...

alenkahr · 2025-09-12

Student groups and assignment settings are correct the Canvas. However, when students submit their assignment, the speedgrader does not have them organized in student groups. It treats student submissions as individual submissions, not as group.

ivamotusaga · 2025-09-11

I'm trying to find the most efficient way to make changes to multiple pages and the best way so far is to add a CSS code to the original HTML. However it gets stripped out when I preview page. Is there a way to add the CSS code without issues occurin...

Hannahdavis67 · 2025-09-11

Can you please change the to do list back to how it was before, it was so such better and it helped way more helpful and everyone in my classes are suffering because everything we already did is still posted and we can not swipe it done please change...

BecBec8989 · 2025-09-11

My student started online schooling a week ago and has been completing all scheduled modules, tests, and live group sessions each day. A majority of the graded assignments are showing as missing, and the modules show that they have not been opened or...

vlgutier4 · 2025-09-11

In learning from @DrNufer 's How to Canvas site, I've been working on adding background images to pages (https://www.howtocanvas.com/create-amazing-pages-in-canvas/background-css). Unfortunately, it appears that the code if being altered on copy, cau...

jchaomignano · 2025-09-11

I'm an administrator and an ELA teacher in my school shared with me that after we imported course content from her previous course, for each Assignment that used Google Assignments LTI as the external tool, she had to do this: Edit the Assignment to ...

NolanAustin · 2025-09-11

jonathan_bruce · 2025-09-11

If a new teacher has existing teachers in the building send/share classes and lessons will the new teacher change the existing modules/assignments/due dates if they edit them for their classes. We used this method to Import them:How do I copy content...

RaynettaLemieux · 2025-09-11

How do I edit the number of attempts in an assigned assessment after the assignment has been published?

amoldenhauer · 2025-09-11

I am a middle school teacher, mt students recently received Chromebooks that flip into tablet mode. I am having the upload photos of their work, however they are unable to turn on the rear camera and take a photo in tablet mode. This is creating a fr...

MorgenWM · 2025-09-11

Apologies if this question has been posted or answered in the guides and I didn't find it; the keywords are a bit tricky as you might imagine. I'm new to Canvas and trying to work out policies and resources for our K-12 district ahead of our August 2...

DennisLabrie · 2025-09-11

We have installed the new Microsoft Education (LTI). In the Admin Settings is the option "Hide Admin settings for all users" is fade out. I can't find any artikel of documentation how I can enable this option. We don't want the users to change the se...

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)