Permissions and Roles... Roles and Permissions. Woes. But hidden and unclear permissions are the worse thing to stumble across. Especially when they don't work the same across tools.

With a gradebook export, instructors are able to get a list of students in a course.  However, I have seen requests from instructors and admins to be able to download the People list as it includes other helpful information like last activity date/ti...

Learn about a new feature to export assignment submission scores with rubric criteria scores and comments with the Canvas LMS Mods (Basic) Chrome extension.

Some detail about the Canvas Collections tool. How it can be used to improve the Canvas modules index page of your course site.

Our Instructure Global Support team has been hard at work preparing for our busiest time of year, or Peak Period, between the first part of August and continuing through the end of September.  We’d like to share a few updates and insights into what y...

Make MORE Memories at InstructureCon 2023  Pre-Con being held Wednesday Morning What’s Included in This Post?• Why You Should Attend• What's Being Offered at Pre-Con This Year• Wednesday Sessions   Pre-Conference workshops offer users a deep dive int...

Did you ever use Blackboard's template variables to embed user or course information into content? Would you like to be able to do something similar in Canvas? Well, it can be done, but not in as straightforward a manner. Keep reading for further exp...

We are excited to see you at Educause this year! Now more than ever, educators and administrators like you are eager for insights on what’s next for higher education. And where that conversation is happening, Instructure will be there.   

Add a button in SpeedGrader to assign maximum points to all criteria that do not already have points.

If you're like me, you have quizzes with dozens of mixed multiple-choice, true/false, matching, short answer, and essay questions. This method allows you to easily review the quiz questions that need reviewing by letting you skip straight to the ques...

Many instructors use Canvas to provide digital copies of their slides, and for students they are a key resource in courses.  It is important every student be able to use those digital files including the visually impaired.  But presentations are more...

We are continually amazed at what the participants in the Canvas Certified Educator program have done to transform teaching and learning with Canvas. Every day, the facilitators and program managers of the Canvas Certified Educator program learn some...

Shareability vs Data Collection  Considerations for Non-Classroom Courses Are you using Canvas for Conferences? Professional Development? As a Resource Hub?  Canvas courses are being leveraged more and more frequently for innovative, non-classroom us...

Have you ever wanted to do a live demonstration of New Analytics with a real course but couldn't because of student privacy issues? Fake students in a fake course don't generate realistic usage. New Analytics pulls information from the production ins...

Facutly who use Canvas effectively are criticial to improving student outcomes and ultimately student success.

Here is our article about using Canvas group pages for Wiki projects: https://itsupport.umd.edu/itsupport/itsupport?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0015206  

Here is our article about creating Canvas Groups for Large Enrollment Courses: https://itsupport.umd.edu/itsupport/itsupport?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0015840

You will learn how to create a group in Canvas for students.

Canvas allows instructors to give individual students extra time or attempts on quizzes, however, extending time on quizzes for specific students will only work if the instructor has not put an availability restriction on the quiz that does not allow...

Users may experience blank or missing content when accessing Zoom or other tools from within Canvas if their third-party cookies are blocked. To resolve this issue, follow the instructions below or see the enable third-party cookies in your browser P...

We wanted to share the following article about Developing Program Level Assessment in Canvas: https://itsupport.umd.edu/itsupport?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0013527 Enjoy!  

The University of Maryland, College Park wanted to share their self-paced tutorial with the Canvas Community.

Accessibility is just the work we do.  Here at the University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences we are working hard to improve the accessibility of our digital content.  For the next few months we are focusing on closed captioning.  This c...

When the time comes that you are finally letting students submit assignments online rather than turning in papers in the classroom, you may be ready to explore the many other options Assignments have!This article provides an overview the options avai...

These are some of the strategies I use to help maximize time for meaningful student contact. (first mentioned in Saving time teaching online‌ )The goal is to spend your time and creative presence on teaching.  The more you can front-load your courses...

ClicK-12 (free) Webinar series powered by FIU OnlineSimple Ways to Digitize Your ClassroomArticle by Monica SmithThe live virtual workshops are part of the FIU Online Community Learning portfolio, which stems out of FIU’s belief that lifelong learnin...

In creating a course called Intro to Pharmacy Technician, I was privileged to work with the Department Chair who was also the subject matter expert (SME), and the chief instructor. My SME was doubtful this PHAR course could ever be taught online. Fur...

Caution My comments may sound critical of teachers, so I want to clarify that I am a higher ed instructor and this the community I strive to serve. I am also an instructional designer, user testing professional, and an unusually experienced student s...

      Before the pandemic took over, I was fortunate to speak at a conference where I discussed providing feedback to students through technology. In sum, I spoke about how technology can be a win/win for both teacher and student. Students require fe...