Allow Canvas assignment instructions to be visible before assignment is available

At present, before the Available date of an assignment, students can't see the text in the instruction box for the assignment.  It would be helpful if we had an option to show the instructions b...

Allow Discussions to be synchronous with "pushed" posts

Canvas discussions don't allow real-time interaction, as many online tools do.  The only way to see new posts is to refresh your browser or navigate out and back to the page.  It would be g...