Thanks, Allison!  What a great idea to get some UI design ideas from the crowd.  I'll be using Canvas for an orientation course at Penn State this summer (already using it in my upper levels) and I'm ...

For example, even the indentation on THIS discussion is more intuitive than the one in Canvas!

Yes!  We just spent almost an hour in a chat with Canvas this morning trying to figure out a work around.  I tried just me creating the 'forum' (via a discussion thread) and having students reply to t...

I strongly agree that students being able to name their replies would greatly increase the usability of discussion forums.  For example, I use a General discussion forum for students to post questions...

Thanks, Allison!  What a great idea to get some UI design ideas from the crowd.  I'll be using Canvas for an orientation course at Penn State this summer (already using it in my upper levels) and I'm ...

For example, even the indentation on THIS discussion is more intuitive than the one in Canvas!

Yes!  We just spent almost an hour in a chat with Canvas this morning trying to figure out a work around.  I tried just me creating the 'forum' (via a discussion thread) and having students reply to t...

I strongly agree that students being able to name their replies would greatly increase the usability of discussion forums.  For example, I use a General discussion forum for students to post questions...