WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING??

Why - right before the start of the term - has Instructure FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED HOW CANVAS WORKS!?!?!? I am RIGHT in the middle of building my courses, and all of a sudden I have to re-learn where ...

Don't make me click to "Show more results"

When I want to link to a page or an assignment, or pretty much anything else, when I get to the bottom of the list of things I can link to, I have to click on "Show more results". If I'm at the botto...

Too many clicks!

Why is it that, when I click on "Pages" in the navigation bar, I'm not taken to my list of Pages?? Why, as the instructor, do I have to go through my "Home" page first?  When I click on Pages, ...

What do the different "Display grade as" options do?

I can't find anything "official" about these different options in the grade book. I have a particular situation now, but may have a different one later, and I'd like to know what these do; how do the...

Why are there two columns with student names in my gradebook?

I have a column called "Student Name" a column called "Total" (these are both what you would expect) and then the third column has no title, but contains the same student names...

A problem with the Canvas Calendar

Apparently, yesterday I was putzing with courses and had some of them "turned off" in Calendar. As a result, I missed two meetings that students had booked with me through the system because I didn't...

How do /you/ minimize cheating (especially in math)?

Here what I've been doing, but my "Part 3" is not working...  An "Exam" is in its own module (which I hate, but that seems to be the only way to do this). The previous module is a pre...

Canvas is not pulling a grade from MyOpenMath app correctly

I actually use WAMAP, which is the Washington State precursor (think "beta" or "pilot") to MyOpenMath (MOM), but still its own, fully functioning entity, so the issue would be the same as if I were u...

How do you change the settings on all Discussions (or other assignments) at one time?

I've decided, based on some excellent advice, that I want to make my ungraded discussions graded, but with a value of 0 points to make them show up in my list of things I need to grade. But I have th...

Canvas "Ideas" - "Stage 0: We are reviewing your idea"

Am I right in thinking that, in order for an "idea" that I want to be considered in "Canvas Ideas", while it's in "stage 0" (review stage), nobody else can see it, and they can choose not to publish ...

Modify "View as Student"

I don't feel like I should have to ask for this (or any other suggestion) to be "popular" to get it considered, but since that's how this seems to work... I'm trying to build a course right now. Hav...

How do I UNsubscribe a Google calendar from the Canvas calendar feed?

I set this up, and am now doing things a different way (importing in the "other" direction).  I have found a wealth of information about how to subscribe to a Canvas calendar feed from a Google...