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I don't even see a way to rename "student groups" that would help. ... View more

Good grief, another case of "Canvas knows what's best" that is going to create confusion and headaches.  Instructors should have the ability to delete groups (and assignments, or whatever)!   ... View more

I have a theory that the mysterious "blank document" may happen when students attach a document that is stored in the cloud rather than locally on their computer.  Typically you would sync the cloud to a folder on the computer so the document physically exists there, but it's also possible to have things stored only in the cloud and that may be related to this issue,. ... View more

So, it just happened again--much chaos and confusion because students created their own discussion forums in their groups which were not tied to a grade column.  I suppose we just have to tell everyone NOT to click on the "add" button.  Please, Canvas, give instructors the ability to customize as needed to make your system work the way we desire! ... View more

I would be interested in knowing the solution to this if one is identified.  I have had no issues with encoding and uploading at all--until one day, with a particular laptop, which I was trying to use to capture classroom presentations (Studio isn't a full-featured lecture capture tool but in theory it would have be sufficient).  Out of eight presentations, only two uploaded successfully and other six were a total loss.  I either got a frowny-face in the browser and the video was simply gone or there was a generic error message that the video could not be uploaded.  It must have been something with the driver for the webcam, but when I tried in my office with that same laptop the next day, the videos worked fine. Are Studio videos stored locally, and if so, in what format?  I wonder if I could have salvaged them by pulling them into an editor and encoding into mp4 or something more generic. ... View more

One of our students seems to have found a loophole.  We have the ability to create discussions disabled in the class, which should force them to use "reply" to respond in the proper graded forum, yet if a student clicks on PEOPLE, then clicks "visit" in their group and clicks the DISCUSSION item there, they can then create a forum and post there (where no one is likely to see it). That whole "Group" area is very confusing to me, since you get a similar (but not the same!) menu along the left--kind of bizarre to create an alternative reality with no clear indication beyond the breadcrumbs along the top (and the slightly different menu) that you're not in where you used to be...and there's not a "exit" button to be seen!  It took me a while to learn to get back to the real world using the breadcrumbs. ... View more

Forgot to add: given this issue, is it better to put "participation" as a separate item that is always graded individually?  Although it's nice to have everything in one rubric, I believe it may be simpler to separate the "group" and "individual" grades. ... View more

This is very helpful but when assigning individual participation scores, it seems that Canvas could make things easier by allowing individual scores for some items in a rubric (participation would be the obvious one) but continue group grading for others.  In other words, put the "grade individually" option into the row of the rubric, rather than just in the assignment itself.  Having to toggle the setting back and forth (especially if you have to adjust a group's grade later) is a nice workaround, but still a workaround to something we are going to be doing in the majority of our classes. ... View more