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Fursty · ‎06-25-2020

We have numerous third party external accreditation audits over the year. Is there a user role for this? Does anyone have a suggestion on the best way to set one up? I would like to know if anyone has set up a Course Role or special Account/SubAccoutn role/permissions level for external auditors to review course content only. Right now, I have created a regular student user for this role, but I do not want the SIS /People/Students (FERPA) in the course or announcements etc... other items that the auditors do not need to or should not see. .

Fursty · ‎04-23-2020

A couple of questions, if I may; When viewing the seating chart I do not see last names... only first and middle... unless I click on each student. How can I see the first name and last name only in the seating chart Secondly, How can I mark a student as excused? All I see is Here- Late and Absent ?? Is there an ability to add notes... for things like why they are excused or late Thank you

Fursty · ‎09-08-2019

Thank you, Brian. I am a little concerned about deleting registered students. Often I have to prove when a student stopped activity in the course. If a student drops three weeks into the semester, I want to hide them in the grade book not delete then ( and all their activity) from the course.

Fursty · ‎09-08-2019

Thank you Eric!

Fursty · ‎09-04-2019

How does one have a module be "opened" on a certain date without the students seeing what they cant get to? Modules can be set to be accessible on a date-- however, students can STILL see what is in the module. How does one set the module to "publish" and open on a certain date?

Fursty · ‎09-04-2019

I must be missing something, Is the only way to get the grade book columns in the order I want them is to constantly to select and scroll EACH column? Surely there has to be a better way. The grade book appears to simlply organize itself by the "Groups" you have created? So if I have quiz, assignments, and discussions for a week that I want to show in the grade book in the weekly order -- is my life is spent scrolling and moving columns?

Fursty · ‎09-04-2019

How does one hide a student name in the gradebook. I understadn how to hide ALL of them for grading biasness, however I have ONE name I do not need to see in my gradebook all the time i.e a test student account. How does one hide this from view ?

Fursty · ‎09-01-2019

I pull up a student in the speed grader to grade their discussion posts and all I see is a stream of everyone's posts. I want to see only that student that I am grading and only their posts? How is this accomplished, please? I can "search" manually using the student's name.... but I am already on or have selected that specific student to grade in the grade book--> speedgrader. It does not appear reasonable that I should have to search thru each and every student...each and every time I want to grade a specific student discussion posts. Surely I am missing something?

Fursty · ‎08-31-2019

Really, Why am I not allowed to clear an assignment? Once again, another faculty feature that is missing from Canvas. Keep the old one fine, but allow us to clear and have the student resubmit,,... WITHOUT making me delete or MOVE.... Once again, more proof amongst a long list of faculty features that are simply absent in this LMS. Their absence effectively shows (once again to me) that faculty is and was never a priority in this LMS.

Fursty · ‎08-29-2019

Thank you all for your help. As a new Canvas user, I am simply shocked at how clunky and faculty feature absent this LMS is. This is just another example.

Fursty · ‎08-27-2019

Is there really no rich editor feature for an email in the Inbox? Am I missing something? I have no ability to bold, underline or any normal word editing features?

Fursty · ‎07-25-2019

It's just plain sad and deplorable that we have to use Blackboard... to make up for the lack of basic features in Canvas. Why Canvas is so popular is beyond me... it is a gigantic step backward and has tripled my work factor due to its lack of basic faculty centric needs i.e.... rubrics, quizzes ( not able to change the total point score -- 2015 and still waiting).

Fursty · ‎07-09-2019

I am continually shocked at the LACK of basic tools for teachers.. in Canvas... like the ability to EDIT, ADD, CHANGE rubrics... really.. and then to have a statement like " This idea was considered when developing our product plan for Q2 2019 and is not expected to influence development within Canvas at this time." What does that mean?? How about helping us..that are IN the LMS ALL the time with the tools we need! Wow... as a recent Blackboard (forced) conversion... I am continually shocked at how Canvas was NEVER designed with faculty in mind... Fix the RUBRICS...

Fursty · ‎05-29-2019

I do not want to click thru 60 individual students to exempt one assignment... I want the assignment to be there ( for my view only) but not seen nor recorded in the students grades How is this accomplished ?

Fursty · ‎05-21-2019

Thank you for the clarification. Understandably one can not make everyone happy, I get it. However, there is a concerning absence of "basic" and remedial" organizational tools - (submodules), course filtering, and content sorting in Canvas; again ... I come from Blackboard and this is my first experience with Canvas. Sad to say.... not too impressed with lack of faculty tools for organization of a course or common sorting a listing of items that is already there! To me-- is just shocking -- that it takes "voting" to obtain essential and remedial organizational tools that instructors need to be successful. That is like.... voting for browser page refreshes..... or voting for a URL bar ... really. These requests are not asking for much... but since 2016? .... Something that is or should be a common feature and functionality in today web UIs... now needs to be voted on .... sigh.... not a very good first impression on my end for Canvas. I am overwhelmed with the the feeling that Instructors were and are an after thought in this "LMS" .....and the tools we need to stay sane... have now been.. politically relegated to "voting".... which only server to give the consumer... and appearance of "listening" but in reality basic functions or instructors are not really that important; (2016) ..... I just do not understand...

Fursty · ‎05-21-2019

I researched (or tried to) a case opened in 2016 by Professor Cimbala for this very issue (its buried in the threads above - hence this post) Only to find that it was sent to Canvas's' "Cold Storage" and obviously ignored ! I am new to Canvas ... This "Cold Storage" behavior and thread does not give me much encouragement about Canvas, its respect for faculty or our universities decision to switch from Blackboard. We were told "how supportive and reactive" Canvas was... sales pitch it appears............. sigh So Canvas.... please unfreeze the idea put for by Professor Cimbala in 2016 and ...actually read it and respond?

Fursty · ‎05-21-2019

I tried to check your original case from 2016 about this issue.... and its in "Cold Storage" .... obviously it was ignored..?

Fursty · ‎05-20-2019

Migrating from Blackboard- I am just shocked at the lack of basic organizational items there are for faculty -- this is another example. Those of us who teach many courses pay the price for the lack of what is really remedial organizational sorting and displaying features. It almost feels that Canvas designed this for students... and then said... oh yea..we have to have faculty use this too...

Post Details	Date Published	Views	Kudos
Is there an (external party) Accreditation User Role We have numerous third party external accreditation audits over the year. Is there a user role for this? Does anyone have a suggestion on the best way to set one up? I would ...	06-25-2020	309	0
Roll Call Attendance A couple of questions, if I may; When viewing the seating chart I do not see last names... only first and middle... unless I click on each student. How can I see the first name a...	04-23-2020	187	0
Modules - Visability How does one have a module be "opened" on a certain date without the students seeing what they cant get to? Modules can be set to be accessible on a date-- however, students can STILL see wh...	09-04-2019	453	0
Grade book organization I must be missing something, Is the only way to get the grade book columns in the order I want them is to constantly to select and scroll EACH column? Surely there has to be a bett...	09-04-2019	820	1
Hide student in grade book How does one hide a student name in the gradebook. I understadn how to hide ALL of them for grading biasness, however I have ONE name I do not need to see in my gradebook all the time i.e...	09-04-2019	1041	0
Discussion Speed Grader I pull up a student in the speed grader to grade their discussion posts and all I see is a stream of everyone's posts. I want to see only that student that I am grading and only their posts?...	09-01-2019	529	0
Inbox -- no rich editor features? Is there really no rich editor feature for an email in the Inbox? Am I missing something? I have no ability to bold, underline or any normal word editing features?	08-27-2019	650	1
How do I exempt the entire class from an assignment I do not want to click thru 60 individual students to exempt one assignment... I want the assignment to be there ( for my view only) but not seen nor recorded in the students grades How is this a...	05-29-2019	1402	1

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