I called canvas to ask if there was a way to customize what symbols/categories that you want at the bottom of your dashboard card for 1 click easy access.  They said "no".  That would be so much better if I could customize what I want at the bottom o...

In New Quizzes, questions that need graded and late submissions don't show up on the teacher to-do list. The only way to access it is through the grade book and going to speed grader. This has resulted in missing points for students since I am not no...

I teach a course with three different sections each day, and we follow a consistent schedule throughout the week. That means that when I say, "This is due tomorrow at the start of class," it's due at the same time each day depending on what section t...

In the last version of Canvas, you could just highlight the words you wanted to link and then paste the link directly to them.  Now you have click the link button and paste the link in there.  It is not a huge deal, but does take a little more time. ...

Hello and thank you for your time, I am having trouble with my Canvas gradebook auto-populating students' retake scores on quizzes after I've manually entered a Zero into the gradebook for missing work. I use the Classic-Quiz creation and have all of...

The new Canvas layout update is VERY frustrating. I am a fifth grade teacher, and I used to love the ease of uploading and linking content. Now, there are so many drop-down menus to insert files, quizzes, and pages now. It was so much simpler before....

I have some students in my course whose discussion board posts are being deleted/removed from the board when they attempt to post. On our end, the discussion board shows their photo like they have posted, but there is no content, just a blank box. Ha...

How do you align two or more assignments to one outcome? When I try and do this, it only feeds one score into the learning mastery.

I want to create a discussion forum to which students contribute 3 times per week.  Is there a way to do this that counts their contributions, gives them participation credit each week, and doesn't confuse the grade book?

I'm having trouble verifying the viewing of Panopto videos by my students. I have been fielding questions about assignments from students who simply haven't watched the lectures or the recorded synchronous sessions. If I call them up individually in ...

Using "quasi-automations" from Analytics for monitoring progress I would like to set-up some quasi-automations to monitor progress and engagement. (I hesitate to call this "automation" because someone might get the wrong idea about a class on "auto-p...

In my Spanish classes, I occasionally like to do a fill-in-the-blank question, checking on student ability to use grammar appropriately in a paragraph. Since longer context is usually best for this sort of exercise, I have a multi-blank fill-in-the-b...

Hey there, Is there a place to add notes (for yourself, as an instructor), in a student profile? For example, if a student goes by a different name than shows up in Canvas, or a phonetic spelling for myself. Thanks!

Hi there, I have been using the canvas app on my ipad and grading assignments using the ipad and apple pencil.  I can see all my comments and hit done but when my students look at the graded assignment some of the comments are half there or missing. ...

If a student misses a graded quiz, I would like to let them view this quiz afterwards, but not be able to take it for grade.  But, when I check the box allowing students to see the correct answers, this only applies to students who have taken the qui...

Each time I want to open a google doc, I am asked to "authorize" it, even if I have just authorized it within the previous minute. Is there any way to fix this?  Thanks!

I am an elementary school teacher. Where do I get information on data privacy in Canvas (used for K-12 settings)? How is personal data stored (grades, student email addresses, etc.)? Is there are area that addresses data policies?  Thank you. 

I think this MIGHT be a work around to a problem I am having.  I have unit quizzes the students take for practice (no credit) BUT I want them to look/feel/function just like the for credit quizzes (exams) in terms of all of the settings.  Making them...

How do I activate the Raise Your Hand?

The past 2 weeks I have had the worst trouble with the audio during live lectures. Students repeatedly message that they can't hear me or that I am breaking up. I then get booted from the audio. Sometimes I am able to rejoin, others I have to grab my...

As students are submitting essays under assignments, some have a blue bookmark next to the submission and others a yellow one. What does this mean?

Hi Everyone,   My school has created a self paced recovery course for students, and I am overseeing it. As such, they added me to this course that had already been designed by someone in the front office, and it doesn't quite touch on the material I ...

Hi all, I apologize if this is not the right forum to air this suggestion, but can Canvas please make it possible to set a Quiz so that students can see the questions that were on the quiz, with their responses to them, in addition to your feedback t...

Hi there,  The only way I can guard against cheating online (without using creepy software) is to require students to write descriptive answers in their own words (where I can check for plagiarism, shared answers etc). (I also have a section of mult ...

Is there any way to view my students video submissions without downloading the file?

It would be grand if the RCE had a calendar button that you could use to insert long form dates into the content without having to check manually for the accuracy of day and date. Such a feature could also be linked to the assignments in the Canvas c...