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John_Gaspar · ‎11-08-2022

This thread is over a year old. Has any of the feedback been taken on board for development?

John_Gaspar · ‎05-16-2022

@jsailorhow is the development going? My uni is in peak marking at the moment and I'm getting a lot of complaints about enhanced filters. None of the issues I spoke about seem to have been fixed, not even ensuring that the list of section names is in presented in the drop-down list in alpha-numeric order. The version I looked at a month ago included some really positive changes. Do you have a roll-out date for those?

John_Gaspar · ‎04-14-2022

@sage_arnote, the new filter system works OK for the average tutor, who needs to filter one or two sections. It is jut a few extra clicks and it's done (for the semester, anyway. It'll need to be recreated next semester). My use case is very different. The old section filter just needed to be activated and once it was I could review each class (or section) by going down the list. My subject this semester has 600 students, 16 tutorials, and 150 groups, so I've lost an important management tool. For now (he says hopefully).

John_Gaspar · ‎04-12-2022

@jsailor You wrote "The section filter definitely is not gone" - do you mean that you cans still filter by section, or that the section filter is still available? If the latter could you screenshot where I can access it because I have looked high and low but can't see it.

John_Gaspar · ‎04-02-2022

@jsailor do the changes released over the last week roll through automatically or is that controlled locally? I ask because I haven't seen changes come through.

John_Gaspar · ‎04-02-2022

My team and I started using the new filters a few weeks and while the additional options for filtering may be useful we found some significant usability problems and I lost a useful management tool. Some background. My team is working with a larger course/subject. We have over 600 students in 16 tutorials. Students work on a project in groups of 3 or 4 so we also have about 150 groups (8 to 10 per tutorial). The teaching team comprises a coordinator, a head tutor (me), and 10 tutors. Most tutors teach a single tutorial but some have two. The subject has almost 40 sections as there are 2 sections per tutorial (as duration changes over the semester) plus lectures and workshops. Setting up a filter for one or two tutorials is OK but more than that (and we do need more than that) is time consuming and difficult to use with too many clicks and scrolls needed to move from one selection to another. This is a problem for me because the old filters were a very useful tool to review, manage and help tutors and groups, but the enhanced tool makes it impossible. I'm hoping that at least some of the old functionality will be returned for us to use, or that the UX is redesigned so it's easier to use.

John_Gaspar · ‎03-04-2022

Thanks @James. That's a very detailed answer and much appreciated. I haven't used the APIs before but will give it a go.

John_Gaspar · ‎02-25-2022

Is there a way to see the different sections a student has been a member of at different times during a semester? We use sections for lecture, tutorial, lab, etc groupings. These sections are created by data feeds from the timetable but it is also possible to manually add, edit and delete sections and members. If someone is currently in Section X is there an easily accessible record of sections they were previously members of?

John_Gaspar · ‎11-14-2021

@eharnett I had the same problem. It's reported on Turnitin as a known issue here https://help.turnitin.com/known-issues-integrations.htm#LTI-Class-issue "If a course containing Turnitin assignments is copied and a student attempts to submit to the copied course before it is in any way edited by the instructor, the name of the copied course will automatically change to 'LTI Class' in Turnitin. The name is only shown differently when viewed in Turnitin; it remains the same in Canvas."

John_Gaspar · ‎10-05-2021

@Chris_Hofer I'll play around with Tags and see if that gets me to where I want to be. Thanks again.

John_Gaspar · ‎10-04-2021

Thanks for the suggestion @Chris_Hofer and using a module instead of a whole course would be a better way to do it. It still leaves the problem that someone would have to download a module of perhaps 25 pages, and then delete most of them to use the ones they need.

John_Gaspar · ‎10-04-2021

Is it possible in Commons to group uploaded content? I want to give teachers access to a range of page templates. If I upload them as a course the teachers can only download as a course, not individual pages so I'd prefer to upload as pages, but to group them into a folder or channel or something so they are easy to access. Any ideas?

John_Gaspar · ‎09-28-2021

When I try to run the Course Activity Report (New Analytics> Reports > Course Activity) I get a pop with the message: Warning: Size Exceeded Maximum Number of Rows This report contains 77303 rows, which exceeds the maximum supported number. Filtering is not available for this report request. You may still download the unfiltered, 27 day report. An unfiltered, 27 day report is available for download. I run the report and a csv report file is generated but it has no data, just the header: "<h2>Incomplete response received from application</h2>" Is this a common problem for larger enrolments? Is there a workaround or plans to fix it?

John_Gaspar · ‎09-28-2021

@amyslack - Student Groups is a filter option for me in Gradebook. Is it an option that has to be turned on by your IT department? Sort would be nice to have

John_Gaspar · ‎09-27-2021

@woodc you can download the list of groups / students using the + Import button > Download Course Roster CSV. You'll need to clean it up a but and remove unnecessary columns,

John_Gaspar · ‎03-12-2021

My uni has enabled the Attendance tool but it doesn't work for larger subjects. Using the Attendance button in a subjects with 400 or fewer students works fine but when I try to use it in a subject with 600 or more I get a "504 Gateway Time-out" instead of the list of students. Is this a bug or a known flaw in the tool? Has anyone come up with a way to make it work?

John_Gaspar · ‎12-07-2020

It's risky, but it may be the only option. I've been searching for an in-system solution for a couple of days without any luck.

John_Gaspar · ‎12-07-2020

Thanks for the suggestion but this subject will have over 1600 students next semester so assigning each person manually wouldn't work. I think it's the same problem with Sections. I was hoping to use Groups, as students can self allocate, but "Assign To" doesn't include Groups as an option.

John_Gaspar · ‎12-06-2020

I'm moving a subject from another LMS to Canvas and I'm having trouble setting up a series of assessments so the grade book (and grades) work. In this subject students are given two options, A and B. Their choice determines the work they will submit and how marks accumulate. Option A = Exam1 (40%) + Exam2 (60%). Option B = Exam1 (30%) + Written work (10%) + Exam2 (60%). [NB students complete the same Exam1 but the weighting changes depending on the selected option] To make it more interesting there is an optional assessment task worth an extra 10%. Any suggestions as to how this can be set up would be most welcome.

Post Details	Date Published	Views	Kudos
Feedback on Gradebook enhanced filters My team and I started using the new filters a few weeks and while the additional options for filtering may be useful we found some significant usability problems and I lost a useful management tool. ...	04-02-2022	993	2
Record of Section membership Is there a way to see the different sections a student has been a member of at different times during a semester? We use sections for lecture, tutorial, lab, etc groupings. These sections are...	02-25-2022	631	0
Canvas Commons; is it possible to group pages Is it possible in Commons to group uploaded content? I want to give teachers access to a range of page templates. If I upload them as a course the teachers can only download as a course, not indivi...	10-04-2021	406	0
New Analytics Course Activty report exceeds maximum number of rows When I try to run the Course Activity Report (New Analytics> Reports > Course Activity) I get a pop with the message: Warning: Size Exceeded Maximum Number of Rows This report contains 7730...	09-28-2021	289	0
Using Attendance for larger subjects My uni has enabled the Attendance tool but it doesn't work for larger subjects. Using the Attendance button in a subjects with 400 or fewer students works fine but when I try to use it in a subject...	03-12-2021	307	0
How to set up different options for assessments I'm moving a subject from another LMS to Canvas and I'm having trouble setting up a series of assessments so the grade book (and grades) work. In this subject students are given two option...	12-06-2020	541	0

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