Publish/Unpublish Assignments/Quizzes in Canvas Mobile Apps

Status: Archived Submitted by on ‎02-02-2016 01:39 PM
  Idea open for vote Wed. February 3, 2016 - Wed. May 4, 2016  Learn more about voting...

Teachers should be able to publish and unpublish assignments/quizzes inside the Canvas iOS/Android Mobile apps. This could be similar to the cloud icon that's already present on the web.

 

Use case: A teacher notices and issue with their assignment or quiz. Instead of having to struggle with the mobile web, or find a computer, it would be nice to quickly tap a button to unpublish an assignment or quiz until they can fix it at a later date.

Labels
8 Comments
Renee_Carney
Community Team
Community Team
‎05-04-2016 03:42 PM

182611_pastedImage_6.pngWe appreciate you, and the submission of your idea. Your dialogue helps our product teams prioritize feature development. Unfortunately, this idea has been archived because it did not meet the 100-vote threshold within the 3-month voting period. Learn more at: How does the voting process work for feature ideas?

Can archived ideas still become a feature?  Potentially, yes. Archived ideas can be resubmitted by Community members. As people’s needs change, previously submitted ideas may gain additional traction. Feature ideas are evaluated as a whole and influence product direction.

Renee_Carney
Community Team
Community Team
‎02-24-2017 11:04 AM

This idea will remain in the open voting forum as an idea related to Priority: Canvas Teacher App.

*Being a related idea does not guarantee it is slated for development, instead it indicates that the idea is related to the overall scope and is being used to inform the process.

ronmarx
Community Contributor
‎04-17-2017 11:28 AM

Good call on this feature,  @rseilham ‌! Why shouldn't teachers be able to manage basic elements of their course remotely too? #canvasteacher_new‌

CraigOgden
Community Participant
‎05-04-2017 11:39 AM

I need this. Enough said.

rseilham
Community Champion
‎05-05-2017 01:47 PM

This is coming to the Canvas Teacher app later this year, with many other options to control content. #canvasteacher_new‌

tobe_baeyens
Community Contributor
‎07-14-2017 01:40 AM

This would also make it possible to use quizzes as a polling tool. You can create a few quizzes with one or more questions ahead of time, and publish them during class when you want to check the understanding of your students. This is already possible if the teacher has access to a laptop or is using the mobile site. The results of quizzes are saved in the gradebook, and it's easy to communicate with students that have low or high grades from the gradebook. This is not possible with Canvas polls.

rseilham
Community Champion
‎07-15-2017 11:37 AM

That's a great idea. Like you said, it's something you can do now, but it requires a laptop in class. Luckily, it appears this will be part of the Teacher app. 

KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
‎01-18-2023 12:55 PM
Status changed to: Archived

Thank you for sharing this idea with the Instructure Community!

The Product Team reviewed all feature proposals recently, and unfortunately, this thread was identified as one that they would not be able to include in their current or future plans. While we appreciate your proposal, we also want to be transparent about the likelihood of something like this making it to production.

Thank you for collaborating, and we hope that you submit another idea in the future!