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Right, @JamesSekcienski -- that last bit is the greatest concern:  "Instructure selects Prioritized themes that have the highest value among our users."  It does seem that just the number of votes is ultimately driving the selections by Instructure.. ... View more

Hello! My one concern about voting for these themes is how/whether the votes will be weighted.  There are themes geared more towards end users such as teachers (e.g., a theme that essentially covers "improvements to discussions"), and there are MANY of these folks voting.  However, there are themes geared only towards Canvas or Catalog admins, which will have import for far fewer voters. If the numbers of votes will be a major driver of which themes are addressed, then the issues that are important to Canvas or Catalog admins won't get much attention. I'm sure Instructure would like to address issues that affect a large number of users (to do the most good for the most users), but the admin issues are very important -- just to a necessarily smaller group of people. I worry that the back-end concerns will be overshadowed and neglected, simply because there are fewer folks here voting that are concerned about back-end issues. (If I'm not acurate in reading how the theme voting is supposed to work, please correct me!) ... View more

Greetings, Catherine!  Thank you for your interest in our group, and we welcome anyone who is working with (or plans to work with) Catalog!  Please send a quick note to itsupport@umd.edu and mention "Catalog Users' Group," and I'll get you added to our meeting calendar and listserv. And indeed, for anyone who may be interested, send a message requesting to be added to the Catalog Users' Group to itsupport@umd.edu, and I'll be happy to add you, too. Thanks so much, and we look forward to having you in our group! Best, Jennifer ... View more

@jsowalsk -- These are all grandchildren subcatalogs. The sorting mechanism doesn't seem to know how to handle alphabetizing the grandchildren? ... View more