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VernieTrail · 2025-09-10

t_dygert · 2025-09-10

In a classic quiz, I want the ability to have a specific number of each question type included (random questions pulled from several banks so that all question types appear in the quiz). The main reason is that I want to ensure essay questions are al...

DylanHaigler · 2025-09-10

I am a student. The Canvas to-do list is blank on desktop, only showing the phrase "Nothing for now". This happens across multiple web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, and Edge). However, the to-do lists for each individual class are working correctly and ...

rachelsupp · 2025-09-10

I am having a problem in Canvas where I will add an image to a page and it will look fine at first. But then when I go to "Image Options" and edit the alt text, as soon as I click out of there, the image will suddenly get huge. It will still show the...

MargaretRamsey8 · 2025-09-10

When I attempted to login this morning from this saved link - https://canvas.instructure.com/?login_success=1_ my saved login and password were not accepted. I reset my password using the link that was emailed to me. When I log in with the new pass...

vernellbutler · 2025-09-10

Searching for assignments and videos for this course… Lesson one.Dont know how to find the video by Bill Patterson and the Reading assignment by Richard Alan Fun and Andreas J. Kostenbuger

thomas_walker · 2025-09-10

Which rest API can be used to get the number of logins per student for a term?

JohnBuckingham1 · 2025-09-10

Our institution (Pepperdine) recently transitioned from the Sakai LMS to Canvas. In Sakai, we had the ability to configure Turnitin default settings when setting up an assignment. But in Canvas, it appears we don't have that ability. In particular,...

thompsli · 2025-09-10

My school district is requiring us to issue letter grades based on course outcomes. I have my summatives linked to the course outcomes in Canvas, but the letter grades seem to still be based on their formative work that's being recorded in the tradit...

KatGorringe · 2025-09-10

Good morning all, I am working with one of our teachers in her Spanish classes and we are trying to get it set so students are able to record audio as a submission type on a canvas quiz. The teacher is creating her quiz and creating each question...

Jan-ErikJonsson · 2025-09-10

In Speedgrader, what is the point with the button "Reassign Assignment"?A student can resubmit an assignment anyway. It does not matter if I "Reassign Assignment" after I have done the grading and submitted.This means a student can submit again even ...

MatthewObbink · 2025-09-10

After I post my lectures to my modules tab, in power point format, when I review them the original formating of the power point that I have designed is changed. The fonts are different and some of the image layout has also shifted. This is only in th...

RobIrwin · 2025-09-10

I uploaded videos to the SCORM page and added them to the Assignments page. When I view them, the videos appear shortened. How can I expand them?

TarleenAhuja · 2025-09-09

Hi,I am unable to add a particular student to Canvas despite doing SIS import thrice. User gets added successfully, however, upon searching cannot be found under students.Thanks

MartyHollis · 2025-09-09

Is there scope to be able to make pages into a more systemic way to store and locate information? At the teacher level, a systemic file management system would be good (similar to files). I'm not if it needs to be its own thing or have the ability to...

jc71 · 2025-09-09

I used New Quizzes for an introductory survey (all short answers) for students. I set it up where I wanted students to earn the point only after I have reviewed their answers (this makes it easy to see whose responses I've already read). I set it up ...

awasser · 2025-09-09

The course announcements are located at the top of my homepage. I'm attaching a screenshot. How can I rearrange the page and move them to the bottom? Thank you.

a-c-brown · 2025-09-09

Let's say I have one course with one student and one assignment with one rubric containing one learning outcome.I assess the outcome in Speed Grader and I can view the Outcome Result via the Outcome Results API. There is one result for one student an...

C_Strubes · 2025-09-09

Hello, I am an admin and have a request to create a survey with a Likert scale. I've seen information regarding how to do this w/ quizzes. What I am not finding, however, is if there is some way to align the questions to the outcomes. The teacher w...

VarreCummins · 2025-09-09

I have numerous courses in the unpublished list of my dashboard. How do I delete a course from the list?

Matthew_Medford · 2025-09-09

Hi! I've submitted a jpg photo to be used for my canvas account, but it renders as an empty html image tag. When I try to go to the original file source hosted by canvas everything looks okay, so I'm wondering why it won't display on any other page.

TracyAnderson73 · 2025-09-09

When copying an assignment to another class within the same calendar year, the list of courses to choose from includes old, unpublished classes. This makes copying an assignment tedious as you have to look through so many old classes to find the curr...

EmilyStoddard · 2025-09-09

I am an itinerant music teacher, and I work at two schools. Both Principals have created assignments where I need to submit my lesson plans. One school is my home school, where I regularly see students, but the other school is not showing up in the s...

tarekha · 2025-09-09

How do i add my TAs to my classes

SteveMUIR · 2025-09-08

Is there a way of uploading a image that the students can annotate separately?

DebbieSullivan · 2025-09-08

I have a large course with >1000 students. During the course, there are both group and individual assignments, same as last year. Today when using SpeedGrader for a group assignment, it does not change the dot (indicating there is a submission for th...

jelarv · 2025-09-08

I'm challenged in using Canvas' new quiz module in terms of providing students feedback but not access to all the quiz questions. In my environment, after students take a quiz (I proctor weekly quizzes in class while students use their laptops), I wo...

cwoodwar1 · 2025-09-08

I create custom pages to introduce my students to each Module in my class. I want to be able to set these module overviews as the Front Page a few days before the Module starts. The only way I have found to do this is to remember to manually set th...

YvetteBender · 2025-09-07

Hi, I missed the Intro to "Ingnite AI" presentation last week - does anyone have the recording? Is it active yet and if not when will it be available? Any information you could provide would be great. Cheers

lacie92 · 2025-09-07

what if i dont use this plateform is it apart of my grade

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.

shirenv · 2025-05-21

At Instructure, we believe the best way to improve is by listening to the people who use our tools every day—you. That’s why on June 21st US customers will begin seeing a quick question pop up while using Canvas or Mastery asking for your feedback. I...

TamasBalogh · 2025-05-13

To streamline the user experience and create consistency across all Canvas features, the dedicated “attach” button in Discussions and Announcements will be removed on July 19th, 2025. Users can continue to upload images, videos, and files via the RCE...

carlycurran · 2025-04-28

We've heard your feedback! You’ve been asking for clearer course data in Admin Analytics and Intelligent Insights. We're excited to announce a change that will improve your experience.

TamasBalogh · 2025-04-22

Over the past few months, we've implemented several UI and UX improvements to the Discussion Summaries feature preview, driven by the valuable feedback you've shared with us.

KevinMeredith · 2025-04-16

Customer Discovery Session takeaways from March 26th at Instructure headquarters. Members of the Internet2 consortium met with Instructure R&D teams to discuss edtech management and maximizing effectiveness.

SamGarza1 · 2025-04-10

Discussion Checkpoints Now Available at the Sub-Account Level

annalindsay · 2025-03-31

We recently hosted a Customer Discovery Session with R1 institutions at our Salt Lake City HQ, gathering valuable feedback on the Canvas LMS roadmap, assessment tools, and upcoming features like STEM item types and Differentiation Tags. This blog hig...

Published: 08-29-2025