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Thanks James. I'm having some issues with Canvas purporting to work 'everywhere' when that actually means 'in the browser.' The second option would be better for us to support in the long run--thanks for that suggestion. I've always avoided using Equation Editors because I can type LaTeX 100x faster than I can click the symbols. I didn't know that I could paste LaTeX right into the Editor so I would say that solves the problem. Perhaps I should mention this in another post--maybe a bug post--but inline LaTeX DOES WORK in the app if there is at least one equation loaded as an equation class (i.e. an equation built with the editor). The first image below has a non-working inline equation. The second image shows that, upon adding an equation with the editor, the inline equation is rendered. NOTE: I verified this by deleting the equation built with editor. The original typed LaTeX equation goes back to unrendered text. OTHER NOTE: Please don't get on me too much about not using the right quadratic formula 🙂 ... View more

The first two links in the Additional Resources of this document are not functional. ... View more

What @DavidSchlater and I experienced is very similar to what @Jeff_F is describing with the "Unnamed Filter" ... View more

@audrey_crawford wrote: Hi Glen, In both the old and the New Gradebook, you can hide all the total columns. Here's a procedure for doing it: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12713-415292748  You cannot hide only the Group Totals - hiding the totals hides ALL the total columns. Good luck, Audrey Has this changed? I can no longer hide the group columns. This setting turns off the Total column but the others are still sitting there for students to see. ... View more

@Chris_Hofer wrote: Hi @SeanQuallen ... Out of curiosity...is there a reason why you wouldn't want to store course files directly in the "Files" area of your course and then link to those files for your students to access?  This would eliminate the reliance on a third-party to store files in another location other than Canvas. Faculty love to click buttons--I'm sure you're all aware of that. As an instructional designer I encourage it, especially as our University is transitioning to Canvas in the upcoming semester. We're a Microsoft university and many of our faculty use OneDrive extensively; many are excited about the integration and direct access to their file--including me. The initial hope was to produce static links in Canvas to dynamic documents in OneDrive such that instructors can, for example, change the current semester dates on their syllabus, hit save, and the docs on Canvas will automatically update as well. This is an IMMENSE timesaver and something I was really hoping to promote. I'm also, considering our transition and the fragility of many faculty members, looking to avoid the words "don't use" and "caveat" and "not fully functional yet." I want to present this as a robust integration, ready to handle all of their options and needs. The option to at least allow downloading seems like a gimme considering this application, yet doesn't exist. The individual faculty member I'm working with and I have simply circumvented it by linking directly with OneDrive Online shareable links--edit permissions, copy link, paste to Canvas, repeat. This seems like several more steps than necessary considering an integrated service, but does provide the initial ask--dynamic docs behind static links. ... View more