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I couldn't agree more! As we work toward personalization, students have FAR more flexibility to determine their path through the curriculum. I believe you will see continued reform in education that makes the linear model of curriculum delivery less and less relevant. Linear deliver is teacher focused, not student focused. ... View more

Agreed, Corey. We are not proposing an endless layering of Modules. Of course, that would get very messy. We do however see immense benefit in one sub-layer to support Personalized Learning. ... View more

I hadn't thought of that as an option, but I love the idea!! Our district is working toward both Personalized and Competency Based learning and, as our teachers push the boundaries of what Modules can do, features like these are becoming much, much more in demand.  We LOVE the features of Modules, we just want more of them ... View more

 @kona  I would LOVE to see the Modules page look more like this. This is a de-cluttering issue and not dissimilar to what others have asked for. However, once you open one of those Modules, I would like the ability to have a structure like this. I realize you can do this as completely separate Modules, but that does not allow for the Complete One of the Following options and many other controls within the larger Module. Unit 1: American Identity (Module 1) Content Page Content Page Assignment Discussion Quiz Content Page (Choose ONE of the following experiences for additional learning from below) American Identity and Race Relations (Module 1.1) Content Page Content Page Assignment Discussion American Identity and Poverty (Module 1.2) Content Page Content Page Assignment Discussion American Identity and Gender (Module 1.3) Content Page Content Page Assignment Discussion ... View more

 @kona  Thank you for referencing those, but no, that is not what I am looking for. Our request is about much more than simply de-cluttering the interface. We want to offer course Modules with varying expectation about what is required, what must be sequential and also differentiate between what is Content knowledge vs what is a Competency. Right now that is VERY difficult to build and even more difficult for students to navigate within Canvas. It has been suggested to use this method ( ) But then you lose all of the functionality associated with Modules such as Prerequisites, Requirements and so forth, not to mention it is a lot of extra work for teachers to create it using this model.  Does that all make sense? ... View more

I couldn't agree more. As we move to implementation, we are repeatedly answering questions from teachers who are hesitant to move away from Google Classroom and I worry the loss of this feature will tip the scales for many. While I realize Canvas has many other collaborative features, implementation in year one will rely heavily on getting our average teacher to try it for paperless assignment delivery and collection. If it doesn't integrate well with Google Docs, I worry that will be a tough sell. ... View more