Make Canvas harder to make a mess out of

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The is no standardization. 

Professors hide things across files, pages, assignments, modules, etc. Every professor does it differently, and it is extremely confusing. Give them less options. 

 

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KristinL
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Hi @JohnElwood -

Welcome to the Instructure Community! This is a place where people who use Instructure products come to collaborate and share ideas. It's an amazing global network!

There are schools that use templates and have instructional designers who review courses for consistency. Some schools are able to "lock" features and layouts and allow instructors to only add assignments and activities. Other schools provide their faculty with complete independence and freedom to design their courses as they desire.

I did a little searching, and it looks like Bradley University has a department that you could contact. the Learning Design and Technology's email is learn@bradley.edu. I think the points you raise are important pieces of feedback. Consistency and predictability between courses definitely does make it easier to navigate content and get to the important part, the learning.

Good luck!