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Both creating and copy/pasting tables in Canvas (the rich text editor boxes) seems problematic and difficult. The table structure is lost and only text copies into Canvas from MS Word and Excel... |
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07-16-2020
05:17 AM
I just cannot understand why there is such resistance from Instructure to improve this feature. We use it heavily and it's one of the main features we miss from Bb. Using third party products didn't work for us, and I agree that we shouldn't have to go outside Canvas.
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03-10-2020
01:21 PM
Well said Kelley! Thanks!
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08-31-2018
05:15 AM
Yep. Totally agree. I started this thread 2 1/2 years ago and still struggling with this. No resolution at all from Instructure. Thanks for adding to the thread. ~Julia
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08-31-2018
05:14 AM
Yes, I do that. But it doesn't work for a table one has created in MS Word. At least I'm not techy enough to find that code. There shouldn't have to be workarounds IMHO. ~Julia
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10-28-2016
07:39 AM
Great comment Cherine!
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09-28-2016
12:34 PM
Thank you for the clarification @Renee_Carney . The program I work for is 90% online and we depend heavily on the discussion tool. For the time being we are in another LMS, but we will be fully transitioned to Canvas by next fall. I'm disappointed that this is not being worked on. ~Julia
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08-29-2016
03:30 PM
Hi Renee, Allison's timeline stated that it would be worked on in 6 months and that was 8 months ago. Could we please have an update? We are also not happy with the current look. ~Julia
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07-03-2016
08:09 AM
Thank you Sean, That has been my point all along. Julia Instructional Designer @ Rollins School of Public Health @ Emory University
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03-18-2016
02:14 PM
Aha, thank you. So now I know how to do tables in Canvas! Thanks for all the input on this. However, I maintain 2 of my points: that this is more "techy" than many of our faculty and students (at my institution) are used to and I feel it should be more user friendly to them. that the "manual" did not explain this at all. Julia
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03-18-2016
01:19 PM
Hi Chris, Thanks for your tips. Can I ask what your role is at your institution? If you are faculty, what subject do you teach? Just trying to gauge if many faculty will be up for this.... 🙂 Julia
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03-08-2016
01:52 PM
Bill: The table that I tried to copy/paste into Canvas was generated in MS Word as stated in the original post. I also have a problem with the table generator within Canvas. I don't feel that faculty, or even instructional designers (like me) should have to know code to make tables.
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03-08-2016
08:43 AM
Hi Allison, Just for clarification purposes... We should not expect any changes to the discussion feature for at least 6 months? Thanks, Julia
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02-05-2016
09:29 AM
Thanks Stephanie! I bumped into 2 of our students yesterday and they brought this up without prompting. They said they could not figure out how to put a table into their discussion post with visible borders and they were quite frustrated. These are graduate students studying public health informatics (hence some techy background...). :smileyshocked: Since we are in the pilot phase of Canvas I asked them to submit their feedback to our LMS decision makers. ~Julia
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02-03-2016
08:36 AM
EXACTLY what I was replying to Elizabeth (below) about! This is a missing piece indeed!!
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02-03-2016
08:35 AM
Basically, I find that the discussion board is missing a "layer". There are essentially no "forums" only threads, making it difficult to return to a discussion and find a particular sub-topic within a topic. We use the discussion board very heavily in our distance graduate level program and our students have expressed their frustration with this.
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02-03-2016
08:32 AM
I agree that the discussion feature could use help!!
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01-21-2016
11:52 AM
Thanks for your support on this Kelley! Yes, it's not reasonable to expect that people use HTML to create tables.
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01-21-2016
09:22 AM
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Both creating and copy/pasting tables in Canvas (the rich text editor boxes) seems problematic and difficult. The table structure is lost and only text copies into Canvas from MS Word and Excel when using the Firefox browser. When using chrome, one can see that the table copied into the rich text editor, however, when saved, the table properties, such as borders are not visible. When creating tables from scratch, the formatting options are difficult to understand and limited in scope. For instance, I cannot figure out how to insert shading into the top row of cells only. When I tried to shade them, the entire table became shaded. While there are limited examples of formatting in the instructors' manual, they do not fully explain the process. For instance, yes, you can insert "5" for borders, but what will that look like in my table - is that very thick or very thin? (Rhetorical question) To format a table I just created, I went into the HTML code of a Blackboard table and copied it. That is not the way I want to go about this. Lastly, while I have some HTML knowledge, most of our instructors and students do not, so wouldn't have a clue where to begin with this. I hope to see this feature become more intuitive and user friendly. Any suggestions from power users out there for workarounds? I see that this has been a topic in the past, but evidently without changes to the software? I'm curious if it's not a big deal for others? I typically use tables quite a bit in my courses. Regards, Julia Phillips
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