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The comment library feature is being used by faculty at my institution; however, as the number of comments continue to increase in the library, managing them becomes more difficult with no way of grouping or categorizing them by assignment (for example). We're suggesting that Canvas update the feature to include a tool that allows the instructor to organize the comments (similar to Studio and Collections). Thank you. ... View more

Currently, faculty must move students individually from group to group in the Canvas Groups area. When moving students from one group to another, each student must be dragged from one group and dropped into the other, which can be time consuming. We are suggesting that there be a way for faculty to batch edit student group users so that multiple students can be moved from one group to another more efficiently. Thank you.   ... View more

Our faculty use the Canvas Calendar Appointment Group tool, which allows students to sign up for appointments with faculty. The tool allows faculty to schedule meetings based on dates and time ranges and divide those meetings into equal time slots using the “Divide into equal slots of x minutes” option. While this works great, the result is back to back appointments with no breaks built in between appointments: Appointment Group with no breaks We are suggesting that an additional option be added to the tool to allow for breaks in between appointments. For example: “Divide into equal slots of x minutes with a(n) x minute break in between each meeting”. Thank you. ... View more

With 100% remote teaching during the COVID pandemic, I and my colleagues are blending synchronous and asynchronous content. We are creating quite a few videos that we house in Studio and embed into Canvas modules in our courses. We find that students want to access a the repository of videos for their courses. They want a repository of videos in one place, without needing to remember which module contained the particular video of interest. I have done a workaround by creating a new module to house just the videos, and then embedding each video in the Module, a time-consuming process. As a teacher in Studio, I can create Collections and view the videos all in one place, but students currently cannot access the videos housed in Studio. Can Studio and Canvas be updated to allow students to access designated Collections (or videos that have been embedded in the student's particular course)? For example, in an ordinary Canvas course, we can enable students to use Files to individually see folders and files outside of a particular module. It would be very helpful to teachers and students to have similar functionality for videos. Thank you for your consideration. ... View more

My institution would like waitlisted students to be able to access Canvas. Could you provide insight into what other schools are doing with students that are on a waitlist? Is there a special designation in Canvas for a waitlisted student? ... View more

Hello, Aside from the Drag the Words option available through H5P (Drag the Words | H5P ), are there other free or low-cost resources for building drag the words/phrases/sentences activities that work with Canvas? Thank you! ... View more