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Canvas Mobile Features
Canvas Mobile Features
This document compares the features available in the Canvas app on Android and iOS devices and Canvas web.
The following tables show the current functionality comparison between the web version of Canvas and the Canvas app. Additional features will be added based on development priorities.
To compare app functionality for other user types, please view the Canvas Teacher mobile features document or the Canvas Observer mobile features document. The Canvas mobile applications require Android 8.0 or later and iOS 17.0 or later.
Navigation
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v 8.0 |
v 8.0 |
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Features |
Web |
iOS |
Android |
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Dashboard |
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View Courses |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Groups |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Set Course Favorites |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Set Group Favorites |
✔️ | ✖️ | ✔️ |
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Set Course Colors |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Set Course Nickname |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Concluded Courses |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Grades |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Course Invitations |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Global Announcements |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Change Dashboard Layout |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Reorder Course Cards |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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To-Do List |
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Show To-Do List Items |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Mark To-Do List Items as Done |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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Notifications |
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View Notifications |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Set Notification Preferences |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Conversations |
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Create Conversations |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Add Attachments |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Reply to Conversations |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Calendar |
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View Calendar |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Add Calendar Items |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Scheduler Appointments |
✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
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Profile |
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Set Profile Picture* |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View User Files |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Manage User Files |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Switch Users |
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Help Options |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Change Landing Page |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
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Generate Pairing Code |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Change App Theme (Dark Mode) |
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Masquerade as User (Admins) |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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App Options |
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View Canvas Widgets |
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Bookmarks |
✖️ | ✖️ | ✔️ |
Course Features
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v 8.0 |
v 8.0 |
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Features |
Web |
iOS |
Android |
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Announcements |
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View Announcements |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Reply to Announcements** |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Assignments |
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View Assignment Details |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Assignment Submission |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Assignment Rubric |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Peer Reviews |
✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
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Submit Assignments |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Submit Assignments with Device Scanner |
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Add Annotations |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Resubmit Assignment |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View DocViewer Annotations |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Assignment Comments |
✔️ | Text/Media | Text/Media |
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Add Assignment Comments |
✔️ | Text/Media | Text/Media |
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View Assignment Score Statistics |
✔️ ** | ✔️ ** | ✔️ ** |
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Set Assignment or Quiz Reminder Notifications |
✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Collaborations |
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View Collaborations |
✔️ | ✔️ ^ | ✔️ ^ |
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Conferences |
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View Conferences |
✔️ | ✔️ ^ | ✔️ ^ |
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Discussions |
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Allow Discussion Attachments** |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Create Discussions** |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Peer Reviews |
✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
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Reply to Discussions |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Show Pinned Discussions |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View/Reply to Anonymous Discussions in Discussions Redesign |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
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Course Files |
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Download Files |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Files |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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External Tools |
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Launch from Rich Text |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Embed in Rich Text |
✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
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Grades |
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View Grading Periods |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View What-If Scores |
✔️ | ✖️ | ✔️ |
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View Grades |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Modules |
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View MasteryPaths |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Offline Content |
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View Offline Content |
✔️ * | ✔️ * | ✔️ * |
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Outcomes |
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View Outcomes |
✔️ | ✔️ ^ | ✔️ ^ |
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Pages |
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View Pages |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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People |
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View People |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Profile Bio* |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Message Users |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Quizzes |
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Take Quizzes |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Quiz Results** |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Rich Content Editor |
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Basic Text Formatting |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Attachments |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Group Features
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v 8.0 |
v 8.0 |
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Features |
Web |
iOS |
Android |
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Join Group |
✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
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View Group Home |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Group Announcements |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Add Group Announcements |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Group Pages |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Group People |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Group Discussions |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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Add Group Discussions |
✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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View Group Collaborations |
✔️ | ✔️ ^ | ✔️ ^ |
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View Group Conferences |
✔️ | ✔️ ^ | ✔️ ^ |
Group features are available to all users; navigation links cannot be hidden or rearranged
*Users can view this feature if the institution allows permission
**Users can access this feature if instructors allow permission
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Last update: 2025-08-21
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