Next Release?

Any update on the date of the next release? Looking forward to checkpoints!  

Canvas Discussions Redesign multiple due dates — HOW?

I can't figure out how to assign multiple due dates (1st for post, 2nd for responses) in the 8/18/21 release of Canvas Discussions Redesign. Will there be directions or a breakdown on how to do this?...

Call for resources: Better teaching with Canvas

Canvas is a great tool to host learning resources and activities, but how can we also use Canvas to structure more engaging and inclusive learning ? activities that are purpose-drive...

Face-to-face discussions are different than online forums. How can we adapt?

Problem : I've been struggling with the fact that online discussions are very different than face-to-face discussions, but instructors often use them as a replacement for face-to-face (F2F) disc...

How do you solicit feedback from students?

The problem: a focus on faculty I run a successful twice-weekly faculty engagement program called Active Teaching Labs that gets instructors sharing how they use (want to use, fail to use, figure o...

Interactive Digital Worksheets

Thoughts on embedding digital worksheets like this one? One of the more clever Canvas / Google combinations, imho, is embedding documents. Besides saving paper,  Advantages Expandable!&...

How do *you* do Faculty Development for Teaching?

How do you do Professional Development of Teaching? With >230 sessions reaching 3400+ educators, the Active Teaching Labs at UW-Madison facilitate teaching & learning development f...

Every week: "Oops I couldn't log you in automatically."

I get this so often:  and what's frustrating is that there is no manual login. The only solution that I know of (and hear, every time I ask about it) is to clear my cookies (which is a PI...

Universal Design for Learning Principles in Canvas

For faculty development programs we're developing, we've been working at aligning UDL, Good Learning Principles (based on Gee's 13 principles), and Canvas Tools. I'm coming up with things like t...

People I invite to join Group can't get into Community

Whenever I invite new faculty to join our University of Wisconsin – Madison group, they get an email invitation like this: but when they follow the link to join, they get an error message...

iframe issues (reverts to 300x150)

UPDATE (Sep 21, 2017): Thanks to  @annmarie_johnso  for the solution: "I have found a work around! If you use style="width: 600px; height: 400px;"    it doesn...

AEFIS and Accreditation (in Canvas?)

Has anyone here looked into AEFIS  ( Assessment, Evaluation, Feedback & Intervention System)  and Canvas? Any stories or advice to share with folks who may be delving into i...

Share your Faculty Professional Teaching Development Programs (please!?)

Would folks, pretty please, share/link the most successful parts of their faculty development programs  relating to Canvas? Ideally, as our faculty transition from D2L into Canvas, I'd ...

Teaching Effectively in Canvas (Please share ideas & advice!)

I'd love to get people's ideas and feedback on this Canvas professional development program that we're working on. We're finding that our faculty are moving to Canvas with some ease, but most ar...

A Successful Canvas Faculty Development Program

I just want to send out huge thanks to the entire Canvas Community! You and your contributions to this community have been instrumental in the success of one of UW-Madison's Faculty Development prog...

MDA (Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics) in Canvas

What can Canvas design strategies learn from game design? How can we use what Canvas allows (Mechanics) to structure what students can do (Dynamics) in ways that encourage them to learn effectively a...

Canvas-themed Active Teaching Labs

As UW-Madison transitions from D2L and Moodle to Canvas, I've been hosting weekly Active Teaching Labs that feature: early adopting faculty sharing their stories (successes, challenges, frustr...

How do I find people from same email domain?

As a consultant for our university, I'd like to find out who from my campus is using the Canvas Community, so I can keep better track of the issues and experiences that they're facing. How can I g...

Canvas Google Apps LTI authorization failures

UPDATE Jan 18, 2018    —Still broken. No word on a fix.... UPDATE Aug 8, 2017    —Canvas recognizes this is a bug and is working on a fix ( Cases #01843701, #0186...

When Roll Call cannot be enabled... (a potential solution)

Issue I had an issue where Roll Call appeared to be broken. I had an instructor who wanted to use it but couldn't get it to activate. I noted it was a UW supported LTI app here ( https://kb.wisc....