Quick question: Is it possible to upload Excel files with macros enabled?

Here is a work around where you could set up the answer key in a module that has a pre-requisite set before it could be accessed. I'm not sure you can do this with individual assignments, so multiple ...

It appears this conversation has occurred elsewhere, but it keeps being ignored and archived. Why? This seems like it would be a simple fix. I don't understand why Canvas won't allow us to toggle the ...

We are a K-12 school and have parents enrolled as observers.  They have access to announcements which is generally fine, but we would like to be able to restrict access to specific announcements to st...

@KahoUeda ... I'm guessing that you meant to post this as an introduction for others in your Canvas course and not here in the global Canvas Community website.  You might want to reach out to your ins...

I'm Kaho from Japan, and freshmen. My major is International business law in Japan, but here, my major is management.  In Japan, I worked as a clerk at a Chinese restaurant. I like to see clothes, acc...

Hello @IsabelleMiller1 ... This will be a question that you'll need to address with folks at your school.  Unfortunately, Canvas Community members here do not have access to your school's Canvas envir...

Hi @MrPaulMiller ... Could you create a Classic Quiz or a New Quiz and use the essay type questions to allow your students to type in their responses in a text box which you would then review later on...

How do I create a Question and Answer style document where students may post unique responses?

Hello @RachelNegovan ... Just so we are on the same page...Canvas does not use the terminology "Dropbox" when submitting assignments.  All you are doing is submitting something to your instructor via ...

Hi Cindy Have a look at this page https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Video-Guide/Discussions-Overview-Instructors/ta-p/383769. It may give you a starting point for setting up the discussion. Ian

Exactly, I'm actually accepting late work from students without any penalty, I just don't want them to be able to see the answer key while they're working on it.  That would remove the problem-solving...

What is a graded discussion forum? How does it start? What am I required to do?

Student here. Is there any way I can view my assignment documents uploaded to the dropbox before I submit them? I used to always do this in Blackboard and it made me feel better being able to double-c...

Good morning, @apinto1 ... The section on "Replace Duplicate File" does indicate that you should be able to replace an existing file in your "Files" area of your course so that it does not create a du...

Hi All, When I try to migrate banks I end up with broken images. Were you able to migrate images? If so, did you also have broken images initially and how did you resolve that? thanks! Michael

I am unable to hide the grade/comment detail tray on my iPad Pro 12.9” like I am able to hide it on my laptop. On the smaller iPad, it at least disappears when the iPad is in portrait mode, but on the...

This has been a problem for years and to my knowledge has never been addressed.  At times I upload an updated version of an existing word doc, same name, same extension, and canvas creates a duplicate...

Hello there, @DorothyMorrison ... This will depend on which version of the quiz engine that you are using...either Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes: Classic Quizzes -- Once I publish a quiz, how do I us...

One student was logged out before she could finish a quiz.  How can I allow her to retake it?  

Hi @MeganDear ... Thank you for the reply.  Unfortunately, your process does not sound familiar to me...at least not a process that I'm familiar with as it relates to the Canvas UI (User Interface).  ...

Yes, of course!  My apologies.When I am in the Agenda tab or the Assignment tab, I click "insert," "document," and "upload document."  I find the document on my flashdrive and upload it from there.  I...

@MeganDear ... Could you please describe your process for uploading a document to your Canvas course and then also the process of making that document available to your students?  Thanks!

When I upload documents (word, pdf, screenshots, etc.) to my Canvas shell, students are unable to access/download them because they get an error response that says the folder (uploaded media) is locke...

I am also getting this error.  I see the image in the item bank and in the preview, but my students are not seeing the image in the quiz.  How is "contacting Canvas Support to investigate why this err...

There’s a Canvas limitation where the assignment for editing a Canvas page cannot be included as part of the page, so we made a separate assignment. What we do in @ONE is make a no-submission assignme...

For people who turn in their work late, they may have some issues going on with them, sometimes instructors are considerate.

Hello happy to be here as an auditory learner, this orientation has helped me to know the best learning style for me. and how to improve my studying.

Hi All,I want to format my discussion posts to APA standards where all of my lines are double-spaced and paragraphs have a tab indention on the starting line (not the whole para). How can I do this?

With New Quizzes migration during course copy/import (formerly Bulk Migration) now available in production environments and the feature option turned on, question banks that have questions included i...

When speaking to Canvas users, I often hear about the need for more flexibility in grading, especially for those using more non-traditional methods outside of those that rely heavily on the tradition...

Exciting times in analytics at Canvas! At the end of 2023, we’re going to default the Admin Analytics and New Analytics (which are course-level analytics) feature options to ON for all customers.    ...

We're thrilled to unveil the next evolution of Canvas’s Discussion feature, representing a significant step forward in our ongoing mission to empower educators and students with seamless communicatio...

For Canvas and Apple customers in the United States, iWork files (.pages, .numbers, and .key) can be uploaded via Canvas apps on iOS or the web and they will now preview in Canvas’s DocViewer. This f...

As mentioned earlier, our team has been working on faster access to the Quiz and Item Analysis. We are pleased to announce that this new functionality is now available in the beta environment, follow...

As a Product Team, one of the most fulfilling aspects of our role is seeing user feedback turn into tangible improvements that impact teaching and learning in meaningful ways. Your input is a key dri...

The New Quizzes Migration through Course Copy/Import, previously referred to as the “Bulk Migration Tool”, will be available in production environments as of the August 19 release. With the release t...

  Greetings Educators and Innovators, We are thrilled to share with you the Beta launch of our new product: The Emerging AI Marketplace! The marketplace is set to redefine the way you experience Inst...

In the Q1 quarterly update post, I mentioned our ongoing efforts to enhance the speed of Item Analysis generation. I am now pleased to provide more comprehensive information on this development. New ...

Today, we’re excited to announce that Google Assignments LTI 1.3 now integrates with Collaborations in Canvas, the last feature needed to reach parity with the legacy Google Apps LTI integration. Col...

For reference: Link to New Quizzes End of Quarter Update Q1 - 2023 Update on Rich Content Editor and Bulk Migration The Rich Content Editor (RCE) was re-enabled in New Quizzes and available in Produc...

The Canvas LMS product and engineering teams release new and updated features to production monthly, on the third Saturday. Traditionally, these release items have also been enabled in test environme...

Change is a constant in the world of technology, and Canvas is no exception. On August 19th, Canvas users will bid farewell to the feature preview of "Enhanced Gradebook Filters" as it becomes the de...

Introduction In our continuous efforts to improve Canvas for instructors and learners, we are excited to announce the upcoming release of Deep Linking Assignment Edit in alignment with the 1EdTech sp...

At the beginning of this year, we were made aware of an issue during course copy related to course files where these links would not migrate correctly to the new course as they refer to the original ...

As we are approaching our next significant release, Canvas Data 2 will include weblogs (currently requests table in CD1). Important note:  the target release date has changed from 21 June to 5 July a...

For Canvas admins:What is changing?How is this change being communicated?For LTI 1.3 tool developers:What is changing?What is the OIDC Auth Endpoint?Why is it changing?What will you need to change?Wh...

Filter Updates in the July 5th Canvas Deploy (Updated Date) Many of you have told us that you need more from your Admin Analytics filters because when you’re reviewing your data, filtering by account...

We are excited to share the Prioritized Themes that our Product and Engineering team has committed to work on! Without further ado, here are the themes that we’ve committed to delivering on within th...

We've appreciated all the great feedback on Canvas Data 2 since we released it in March. Today we are going to share some updates on planned features as well as guidance related to timelines and migr...

We're thrilled to unveil our new feature in Canvas Credentials that will revolutionize the way you capture and describe credentials. Say goodbye to limitations and hello to custom badge properties wi...

Often instructors in Canvas want to use practice quizzes to familiarize students with the kind of questions or content they may encounter in a course. These practice quizzes can clutter a gradebook a...

The Impact LTI Tools feature was initially launched at the end of May 2022 as a Beta feature. Since then, the Impact Product Team has been seeking ways to make this area more accurate and more meanin...

We are thrilled to share a momentous achievement with you. Canvas Credentials has successfully obtained LTI 1.3 certification, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to providing you with ...

We are thrilled to announce that the third-party app support for the Rich Content Editor (RCE) in New Quizzes has been released to beta. As you may already know, we re-released the RCE to beta in Apr...

I’m thrilled to share that we are releasing the ability to bulk publish and unpublish modules and module items, saving you precious time and helping to streamline course creation year after year.  Wh...

At Instructure, we are always looking for ways to improve our Canvas mobile apps and make it more user-friendly. That's why we're excited to share that we are working on a new feature - Offline Suppo...

UPDATE: The surveys are closed now. Thank you for the participation! We have collected 308 student responses and 349 from teachers/instructors which is great.   At Instructure, we are committed to pr...

I’m happy to announce that we’ve released the new and improved Catalog Analytics in production today!After nearly a year of work, carefully curated by your use cases and requests, a new analytics exp...

Upcoming Canvas Changes November 2023 End of life for remaining utilities from Canvas related to Flash video support. 2023-12-16 Deprecation of oebmed_retrieve endpointEnforcement of LTI Deep Linking Line Items on Assignment Edit Page Feature Option...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-09-16 Enforcement of ResourceLink.id substitution parameter to supply a resource link’s ‘resource_link_uuid’ instead of the ‘resource_id.' For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes. In this Canvas release...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-09-16 Enforcement of ResourceLink.id substitution parameter to supply a resource link’s ‘resource_link_uuid’ instead of the ‘resource_id.' For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes.   In this Canvas rele...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

In this Canvas release (15 July), Admins can automatically subscribe users to an account calendar. In the Inbox, coding has been updated to improve functionality and user experience. The Grading Scheme is redesigned in both Account Settings, Assignme...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

In this Canvas release (17 June), instructors can bulk publish all modules or individual modules and URLs for LTI 1.1 tools are updated when launched after the bi-weekly beta refresh. In New Quizzes, the Rich Content Editor (RCE) is available and it ...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-05-20 Deprecation of 302 Error redirect for oAuth Token Errors 2023-06-20 Deprecation of oembed_retrieve LTI 1.1 endpoint [Delayed as of 2023-05-15] For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes.   In this C...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-04-15 Deprecation of 302 Error redirect for oAuth Token Errors For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes.   In this Canvas release (15 April), SpeedGrader supports grading one question at a time and the ...

Summary Canvas Admin Analytics dashboards organize and present Canvas adoption and engagement data with enrollment and grade data in interactive charts that make it possible for administrators to see and understand the data that matter most to them....

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-04-15 Deprecation: 302 Error redirect for the oAuth Token ErrorsFeature Enforcement: LTI Deep Linking Line Items on Assignment Edit Page feature option [Delayed as of 2023-03-18] For more information, please see Upcoming...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-04-15 Deprecation of 302 Error redirect for oAuth Token Errors For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes.   In this Canvas release (18 February), no feature updates are available. The next scheduled rele...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

In this Canvas release (21 January), coding has been updated to improve functionality in the Inbox. Additionally, in the Canvas Help Menu, the Training Services Portal has been migrated to a Canvas Instance. Screencast | View the New Feature Screen...