Add date when students view feedback for an assignment to the Canvas API

In the Canvas SpeedGrader you can see whether or not a student has viewed the feedback added to files submitted with an assignment.  The Canvas API provides data about whether or not feedback ha...

Using API to see when students view feedback

I am looking at how students use the feedback I provide on written assignments. One question is when and if they view the document they have submitted after I have provided feedback. This informa...

Student access to quiz answers

Am I right to think that the only way for students to see details for a completed quiz - their answers, the correct answers, feedback on a specific question - is for them to access the quiz through t...

Is there a good way to hide groups or mark them in-active?

I use groups in many different ways in my classes and have recently been getting some comments from students about the large number of groups they have to manage across all of their courses. In lo...

Grading submissions for students not assigned to a group

I have a question about students who are not assigned to a group for assignment that is setup as a group assignment. What I observe is that these students end up functioning as their own group of ...

Why do student created discussions show they were edited by the instructor?

I am using Canvas discussions for an assignment where a student posts an article for discussion in class.  The students do this by creating a completely new discussion for each article.  Th...

Easy way to see details for a differentiated assignment?

I have a semester long activity where each week a specific student has to create a new discussion with an article we discuss in class, and another student is assigned to post a summary of the in clas...

More contrast in colors used in the gradebook.

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas   Idea open for vote Wed. February 3, 2016 - Wed. May 4, 2016  Learn more about voting... The current Canva...

Have two due dates for peer review assignments

For assignments that are setup for peer review, it would be useful to have two different due dates: One for the students initial submission that will be reviewed by their peers A second one for co...

Allow upload of multiple files for quiz file upload question

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas For the file upload question type on quizzes, allow multiple files to be uploaded.   I use this question type to have students up...