Force Gradebook to use full screen height on modern screen resolutions

[Fergus-Wood]

I frequently disappointed at having to use the Gradebook through a "letterbox" view on a large monitor. 

Many of the list-based screens in Canvas are restricted to a pixel height, which results in a table of only 10 rows (with a scrollbar), when the screen real estate could easily show 20-30 rows. It feels very old-school that these tables cannot render in the full screen area available. It makes managing large cohorts frustrating as you need to unnecessarily scroll.

Has anyone come across a way to force the Gradebook to use the full vertical height available?

 

[chriscas]

Hi @Fergus-Wood,

What you're seeing in your grades area is something that is not inherent to Canvas. I'll attach a screenshot of a test course here (none of the students or assignments are real, no FERPA issues).

As you can see, I have way more rows, and if I was at my work computer and in an even larger-enrollment course, the gradebook would keep going.  I know there is a feature option in Canvas (New User Tutorial) that can affect how wide page content can be, but I don't think it affects vertical spacing at all.  I'd honestly recommend reaching out to your school/institution Canvas team (usually in the eLearning / IT / Digital Education area) to see if this is something they customized for some reason.

I hope the screenshot helps to at least show Canvas does normally let the grades area take up more vertical space.

-Chris