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dmon55 · 2025-10-14

Hello I had a question about my canvas dashboard and if I have the old one becuase all my friends have a diffrent layout and how I can update to it thanks heres a screenshot

slwilso3 · 2025-10-14

Which settting turns off a quiz in progress for a student? Scenario: A student is taking a quiz that ends at 2pm according to the Until date and time. It is timed, allowing the students have 90 minutes. If the student starts taking the test before th...

KendallDinniene · 2025-10-14

I've noticed that more and more often these little banner notifications appear when I do things in my course shells. Add a folder? "Folder created successfully." Delete an assignment? "Assignment deleted successfully." And my personal favorite, add a...

JWinterer · 2025-10-14

Gemini (AI) helped me write the code for a web page that has embedded in it an interactive quiz we made, and room for other interactive assignments. I would like to prepare an assignment in Canvas that opens that web page. How do I do that? All I ...

saustin · 2025-10-14

Good afternoon, in Beta, I was looking at how grades were displayed in the Gradebook for a particular Assignment. The Assignment setting for "Display Grade as" is: Letter Grade The Grading Scheme: "Enable course grading scheme" is checked (enabled)...

CarlosCantu0607 · 2025-10-14

Last year I taught a course and had some files uploaded to the course. I am teaching the same course this year and to prevent students from last year to download the answers to the HW and share them with this year students I want to erase the files. ...

ksmithbcsd · 2025-10-14

I've been requested to setup the grades to sync to Infinite Campus for the school district. What are the steps to get this completed? I read the documentation (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Infinite-Campus-and-Canvas/How-do-I-view-and-manage-Ca...

MrsWhiteOHS44 · 2025-10-14

I have my gradebook set up to mark work as late with the grade of zero posted. When students turn in work late, it does not remove the zero and it is frustrating to both parents and students to understand if their work is turned in or not. Can this b...

ppapantos · 2025-10-14

How do you remove a rubric from an on-line discussion? I do not want to simply delete the rubric because it is being used in other on-line discussions. I want to remove the rubric from this one discussion. I researched but could not find a workabl...

cweddle · 2025-10-14

I have a course in which, as I have done many times in the past, I posted several documents scheduled to publish for students at specific dates and times. They are consistently failing to appear, both for my students and for me as the test student. I...

ConniePerkins · 2025-10-14

If students are taking a test on Canvas, is it possible to block them from also using internet at the same time?If someone has a response, can you please send me an email at cperkins@calstate.edu ? Thank you.Connie

TANIYAHGAVIN · 2025-10-13

Im trying to make my canvas more organized, but having the important dates tab on the side of my canvas everytime I open it has become annoying. Its visible on my Ipad and computer. There are no important dates on it, and plus I already have the canv...

mielmi · 2025-10-13

When I click on the Load in a new window button, all my students submitted files appear at once. There used to be boxes next to the students names, and I could select all at once and then hit return. There does not seem to be that option anymore. Doe...

NicholeSietsema · 2025-10-13

Hi All, We recently installed the Microsoft for Education LTI in our district and are wondering if anyone else is experiencing issues with the microphone function working with Reading Practice in Immersive Reader. We have set the permission in our Pr...

RickBusselle · 2025-10-13

I need to see what happens to the moderate data/information during a quiz. But when I take the quiz as a "test student" I don't get any moderation data. Suggestions?

CarolHollinger · 2025-10-13

hello i am an instructor I need to export from a sandbox to my live portal. i have tried to share to common etc nothing will work

JenniferRoss86 · 2025-10-13

Is there a way to listen to audio direct from Canvas? Currently, when I click to listen to submitted audio it automatically downloads onto my computer.

bernhard_lohkam · 2025-10-13

I can message all unassigned students in a group, but how can I edit this list? Or put a filter on? Usually all Canvas messages have the possibility to manually remove students and/or filter but not when I message all unassigned students in a group? ...

KarishmaRamesh · 2025-10-13

do any of the members offer a colleague recognition programme ?

NiteshVanapalli · 2025-10-12

It looks like you've uploaded two screenshots with best practices for posting help requests on a discussion board. Based on those guidelines and your situation ("I am a student. I tried to upload an MP3 file to a discussion board, but when I did, I g...

KateB3 · 2025-10-12

Hi all,I want to enter grades into the Gradebook now and have them release on a set date and time. Someone asked this question in 2020 in this post (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Archived-Questions/ARCHIVED-How-do-I-release-grades-on-a-specific-...

CatherineOliver · 2025-10-12

Hello. I do not have an assignment tab on my canvas. How can I fix this issues?

JeffreyBush · 2025-10-12

Is there a way to have a custom grading formula for quizzes? The most basic one that I am looking for right now is that they either get 100% if they get all questions right or 0% if any question is wrong (with unlimited attempts).An obnoxious workaro...

jesuschris · 2025-10-12

I would like to delete my account. I accidentally made it when trying to sign in to my student account.

Kejones17 · 2025-10-11

Hello,My name is Kyla, and I am a student using Canvas with the Google extension " BETTERCAMPUS" . I’ve been experiencing an issue where the extension indicates that my assignments have been submitted, but when I check directly in Canvas and turn the...

lxb41 · 2025-10-11

I have been assigned a second section for an online course that has only ever had a single section. The setup for this course is complicated. For example, there are many hyperlinks that have to be created after the contents of the master course are t...

ClydeMorgan · 2025-10-11

I am creating assignments in my assignments files under daily work and quizzes, and I am trying to make it more organized by grading weeks and want to know if there is a way to create a sub file in the daily work folder

RhysLWilliams · 2025-10-11

In the "Modules" section of a course offering in Canvas for which I am the instructor, there is a Module entitled "Meet the Instructor." This Module has a formated section where a video may be uploaded. I would like to upload a video I created that ...

BlancaF · 2025-10-11

I am not able to see the average score for an assignment in any page or in any menu as a teacher. How do I see the average score for an assignment once all grades have been submitted?

MaliaHilker · 2025-10-10

I am trying to use Canvas Capture in Canvas Studio, on a chrome browser, to upload a speech. I am using the fullscreen option, and I made sure that every option was allowed. On my screen I am presenting a speech with a Microsoft Powerpoint slideshow,...

sgergely · 2025-10-10

Following our recent announcement about the changes to the Canvas Page Views feature, we are excited to share a major update specifically for our developer community and partners: The new PageView History API is now available in Beta! This new asynch...

annalindsay · 2025-10-08

Discover the key takeaways from Berkeley College's Customer Discovery Session, where administrators, educators, and students shared their insights on the teaching and learning experience. Learn how their focus on simplicity and consistency will shape...

RyanNorton · 2025-10-07

Mark your calendars! Sharing early communication about a few changes we’ve made to our Canvas deploy and release schedule.

carlycurran · 2025-10-07

Empower Your Staff with Targeted Analytics

KevinMeredith · 2025-09-26

Updates and Resources on Parchment Digital Badges

SamGarza1 · 2025-09-16

We’re continuing our work to improve the instructor assignment experience in Canvas, and we’d love your input.

sgergely · 2025-09-12

We're rolling out some important updates to how Page Views are handled in Canvas, affecting both the user interface and our public APIs. These changes are designed to improve performance, accessibility, and data management, while also changing how pa...

rthornton · 2025-09-09

The Block Content Editor is coming — shaped by the voices of educators every step of the way. This new editing experience, powered by AI, makes creating engaging, accessible course content simpler and more attainable than ever before.

ruthfoulkrod · 2025-09-09

We’re developing Co-Labs, our new interactive product roadmap experience – and we’re looking for engaged customers to join the pilot. If you’re excited to share meaningful feedback and influence what comes next, this is your chance to get early acces...

F_King · 2025-09-09

At Flinders University, our Instructure Product leadership team had the privilege of coming together with educators, administrators, and students from across APAC. The conversations were filled with creativity, commitment, and collaboration. They rem...

rthornton · 2025-08-27

Our commitment to preserving the learning experience remains unwavering. When we launched our latest NPS survey, our north star was clear: do not disrupt learning. We set broad-stroke parameters with care but received feedback that these parameters f...

AkosFarago · 2025-08-08

Learn about the new integration between Canvas Studio and YouTube’s Player for Education!

NikkiWhang · 2025-08-05

Last week approximately 2,000 Canvas LMS users traveled to beautiful Spokane, WA for our annual InstructureCon event. During the week, we were granted an opportunity to sit down with several of our K12 and Higher Education users for a Customer Discov...

eschiebel · 2025-07-21

Canvas users may now choose to use a dyslexia friendly font.

KataKeri · 2025-07-21

A cleaner, more accessible, and easier-to-use Files page launched in Canvas on July 19! With improved navigation, bulk file actions, better accessibility, and a modern design, managing course and user files just got simpler. Prefer the classic view? ...

Rachel-Bowman · 2025-07-10

In today’s crowded edtech landscape, integration quality matters. Educators and administrators are under pressure to deliver seamless digital learning experiences without compromising on usability, data privacy, or security. That’s why we’re proud to...

Amy_Haskell · 2025-07-08

Last week, we hosted a K-12 Assessment Product Discovery Session (CDS) in San Antonio, bringing together curriculum and assessment leaders from districts across the country. This in-person event provided a valuable opportunity for participants to eng...

MichaelLysaght · 2025-07-08

Today, I’ll update you on some major progress on one of these projects: the Global Identity Service. And offer details of what you can expect over the next 12-28 months.

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-08

During a recent Customer Discovery Session in Budapest, educators from Europe and Africa shared powerful insights on collaboration, mobile teaching, accessibility, and more. Their voices are already influencing how we evolve Canvas to better sup...

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-03

A long request is now available: Canvas New Quizzes support to localized numeric formatting, allowing institutions to configure decimal and thousand separators based on regional conventions.

sgergely · 2025-07-02

We’re excited to release the data access platform (DAP) command line interface (CLI) referred to as DAP CLI 2.0. For developers and data engineers that access data from Canvas Data, this is a major version update that introduces new functionality, i...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-23

Now that Differentiation Tags is available in Feature Preview in production as of June 21, 2025 , you may be asking yourself: What’s the difference between Sections, Groups, and Differentiation Tags? How do I know when to use each one?

AlexisNast · 2025-06-23

Discover how the new Canvas Apps experience streamlines app discovery, management, and monitoring, saving administrators valuable time. This enhanced experience provides critical data for informed investment in tools educators and learners truly use,...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-18

Discussion Checkpoints are now available in Group Discussions! As we conclude the Discussion Redesign initiative, we invite you to share your feedback in a brief survey.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-11

We’re exploring ways to improve the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) in Canvas—and we’d love your input.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-09

We’re exploring ways to improve the Peer Review experience in Canvas and we need your input!

sgergely · 2025-06-03

We're excited to announce the upcoming release of a new column, non_collaborative, in the Canvas Data 2 (CD2) Query API's groups and group_categories tables at 2025-06-12. This column helps clearly distinguish between standard collaborative groups an...

ZoeLubitz1 · 2025-06-02

The Course Pacing feature is now only in Course Settings, not behind a feature flag. It is still disabled by default.

YasiAfsharnive · 2025-05-21

Learn more about performance and usability updates coming to SpeedGrader, June 21, 2025!

SamGarza1 · 2025-05-21

Differentiation Tags are a powerful new feature coming soon to Canvas! And we’re excited to announce that the Differentiation Tags feature is now available in Feature Preview in beta environments.

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