Differentiating Student and Instructor Guides

[amunger17]

It can be really hard for me to tell if a guide is geared for students or instructors.  Would it be possible to change the look of the pages between the two:

• Different color schemes that were more indicative of which guide you were in.
• A different trail at the top.  For example:
  • All Places > Q & A > STUDENT Guides > Guides: Canvas > Documents
• A different title.  For example:

  • For Students: How do I sign up for a Scheduler appointment in the Calendar?

Any help would be much appreciated!

[tlampley]

Greetings  @amunger17  

WELCOME to (y)our Canvas Community, its a pleasure to make your virtual acquaintance!

Hey!  That sounds like a innovative idea!  It looks like you will fit in quite well here!

The reason I say that, is because Instructure is always working to determine a better-developed pathway to locate the vast amount and types of resources our community has to offer.

In that vein, I would recommend that you submit this innovation for Instructure's Feature Idea Process.

• Plant your concept in the fertile soil of the community
• Watch it grow, as your shared idea gains traction in the community
• Finally, if enough attention and influence is given to it, you just may see Instructure add it to the platform!

For more information please view the following links:

What is the feature development process for Canvas? 

How does the feature idea process work in the Canvas?

One small favor, if it's adopted and implemented, then can I have your autograph?   

Seriously, it's a noteworthy idea, worthy of being shared with the community.  Let's see what the rest of the community thinks about it!

Have a SUPER Day!

[Stef_retired · Accepted solution]

 @amunger17 ‌,  @tlampley ‌'s advice is always greatly appreciated—but in this case, please know that the Ideas space is for suggestions for enhancements to the Canvas software, not to the third-party platform on which this community resides or to our documentation, which is why we've moved this question out of the general Q & A forum and into the Meta Community Group, where we discuss all-things-Community.

Our documentation team appreciates your feedback. As welcome as some of the innovations you've suggested might be, our ability to implement them is limited by the platform as well as the integration with (believe it or not) a fourth-party platform our team uses to author and revise the documentation behind the scenes which allows us to push out updated resources simultaneously with every release.

While it's not something we're able to do right now, we'll certainly take these suggestions into consideration as we move toward our next platform.

[tlampley]

Greetings stefaniesanders

Thank you for correcting my understanding of this (and my future replies to inquiries such as these)!

Few things are as frustrating and providing information in a well-meaning, but inaccurate manner!

"When you're green, you're growing...when you're ripe, you're rotten!" ~ Zig Ziglar

Have a SUPER Day!

P.S. - Please accept my regrets  @amunger17    - T.S.L.

P.P.S. - You have a SUPER Day too! -  T.S.L.

[amunger17]

Hi @Timothy,

Thanks for jumping in to help - no apology needed!

[amunger17]

Great, thanks Stefanie!

[kmeeusen]

Hi  @amunger17  

Many of the individual lessons in the two guides, specify the target user in the lesson title.

Student Guide.....

Instructor Guide......

Then again, for many features and functions, there is no difference between how a teacher does it compared with a student.

I think that a consistent use of naming conventions might be very helpful; however, since I support both teachers and students, I typically have both guides open on my desktop, and can easily differentiate between the two.

Kelley

[amunger17]

Thanks Kelley!  Hopefully as I get more versed I will be able to discern between the two more quickly!