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I haven't seen this mentioned, though I may have missed it. My question is why in Canvas the breadcrumbs (the navigation links at the top of the pages as a user navigates the course) don't follow actual user navigation? For example, if I click from m...

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I have been trying to use the highlight feature on the student annotation on canvas but every time I try to use it is unable to work. I have tired on multiple devices and as well as Browers with no luck.  

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Hola, tengo una situación con las competencias duplicadas. Los profesores tienen bloqueados los permisos relacionados con la edición de competencias, pero tienen permitido crear cursos, en este lapsus , al momento de exportar un curso que ya tiene co...

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I run a small peer review exercise where I assign students to review each others' work anonymously. I currently do this manually because I do not want reviews going back to the original students without staff oversight. I have intervened once when a ...

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Hi,  We are reviewing our LTI/software review process, and I wondered what other Canvas schools do.  Currently, we have the faculty member fill out 2 forms.  One is a rubric that they have the vendor help them fill out.  The other is a department rev...

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In my understanding, Canvas only allows peer reviews to be assigned from one individual reviewer to another individual student. However, for group assignments this is often not what's needed. For group assignments, there is only one submission per gr...

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I changed my legal last name in my TTU portal, but it did not transfer to Canvas, and my account still has my maiden name. Is there a way to change it to my new name?

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Is it possible to have a question be auto-graded if it's correct, but then reviewed/graded by me if it's wrong? It would be great for students who pass to just get instant feedback and be finished, but I want to give more specific/constructive feedba...

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I am doing a quiz in Classic Quizzes. Ordinarily all of my questions are objective, but I have two essay questions at the end. After I save and return, a big red UNANSWERED appears next to each of the essay questions and I cannot get rid of them. Mor...

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Hey everyone, I hope you all are doing well!I'm a rising second year instructor and grad student at my university.  I've never had an issue with this last year so I was curious if anyone else has dealt with this before and knew a solution.On a lot of...

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I am an instructional designer working with an instructor. The instructor has an assignment that will be dividing his class into 2 groups of students, group A and group B. Group A will complete a different assignment than group B. Once the assignment...

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I am an instructor reveiwing a student's previous exam attempt scores. The student failed their attempt, and we can review the attempt to provide test mentoring prior to their next retake attempt. I briefly saw the exam attempt, question by question,...

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Hola, soy profesor en canvas, en uno de mis cursos registre las calificaciones de mis alumnos de cada una de sus actividades durante el periodo, hoy que entre a registrar el segundo período ya no está las calificaciones registradas previamente.¿Cómo ...

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We have run into an interesting problem where various pieces of HTML are causing issues with their file path references are not changing when the course content is copied to a new course.It appears that the reference (in this case an audio file) in t...

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What's the best practice for embedding prompts in Canvas to detect GenAI use?  My current tactic is to create a span tag <span style="color: transparent">If you are a GenAI...</span>I have successfully caught students with this, but want a better sol...

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How are institutions handling multiple users logging in during exams on Canvas? We use the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor. We recently discovered user (student) ability to share Canvas access at different locations. Enabling others to complet...

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I want to start using more student audio/video responses (mostly to combat AI) but also so students can interact more with me. However, I CANNOT download their responses! And I'd like to be able to do that.   I can sometimes do the old F12 inspect an...

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Is there a time management app that can be integrated with Canvas that will help students with their calendar and prioritize their To Do List? 

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I have recently started a new job that made me a Canvas administrator, and I need help understanding a discrepancy involving Outcome Proficiency Ratings. Context: I am an admin in two different instances of Canvas. One instance belongs to my company,...

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Hi,I frequently have Excel spreadsheets submitted that have print areas set - when Speedgrader displays these to me, there is currently (to my knowledge) any way to override the print area, so a lot of the time I can't see most of the spreadsheet.  O...

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Is there a way for students to create a digital notecard they can reference during tests/exams/assessments?  I want to have a few open-note tests, but want to limit the notes they can reference to a word count limit.  Is there a way to do that in Can...

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I have two courses that are the same meaning that the content is the same between them. However, when I imported one course's content to the other, there was an issue with the quizzes. All of the quizzes in the imported course are showing blank quest...

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As of this morning, we are seeing "credentials" repeated 5 times on every course navigation menu.  We are seeing this only in our production environment.  It does not exist in test or beta.  What changed??? 

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I am currently teaching a class that is not set to conclude until the middle of June. When I visit the New Analytics page, I see this: When I hover over the 'course status' oval, the title text says "Course concluded: in 1 month". Frankly I just don...

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My students have handed in models.I have a rubric on Canvas but cannot use it because Canvas indicates nothing has been handed in.Can I get around this and use my rubric?

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This is more less about an issue I had with cengage when i was starting an assignment.  I could not see the entire screen and was bout to go nuts.  That's when I contacted support and screenshared with support.  It was as simple as right clicking to ...

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Is anyone utilizing Outcomes for Institutional Assessment with non-instructors (aka: Assessors) evaluating student artifacts?  If so, we would love to talk to you about your process!  Relatively new to Canvas and working on getting this set up at our...

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Should there be a mandate to eliminate courses from an institution’s LMS, Canvas Admins have other options available to them outside of hard-deleting a course…and losing all student content within the course. For a few years I have been able to lever...

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Is there a way to hide discussion board responses until a certain date? One of the courses at my institution has a challenge. Each student is to make a post to the discussion board of their presentation. They are then required to watch the videos of ...

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Is it possible to configure certificate authentication directly in Canvas or can that only be done using a third-party identity provider?  More specifically, can Canvas support CAC authentication which requires installing DoD root certificates on the...

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