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EWANZ · 2025-07-29

I have looked at a number of LMSs for self-paced compliance courses and a common feature is a view which shows the percentage complete of the course in pages or assignments. Does anyone know if this is possible in Canvas through the native interface....

jessHervil · 2025-07-29

Hi!,.I am having errors during my SIS Import with:enrollments.csv - User not found for enrollment (User ID: xxxxxs, Course ID: xx, Section ID: 30226_2025FATRAD) I am wondering if something in my API call might be wrong and is where I need your help.M...

CURTISNEWBOLD · 2025-07-29

I had a student delete another student's comment in a discussion board. That removed the comment entirely and neither I (the teacher) nor the original student author can now see the original comment. This seems like an ethical issue—having the abilit...

oneilllj · 2025-07-29

With the change in the Files Structure in the latest update, is there any chance a similar set up could be put into the View All Pages format? It would make things a lot easier to run a search for pages and even arranging pages a little more into gr...

jbielecki · 2025-07-29

How are file folders organized? They don't seem to be in alphabetical or chronological order, just random. With the new look of "All My Files," I am surprised this problem wasn't resolved. If there is some method to the madness, could someone tell me...

DavidKelsey · 2025-07-29

DuckDuckGo (DDG) is not compatible with Canvas. Will it ever be compatible with DDG?

ashley_hardesty · 2025-07-29

Is anyone else exporting data to Faculty 180, from Canvas? I need to update our Classes Taught in F180, which can be bulk uploaded, but I need to extract the course name, sis id and all Teachers for courses in a given term. I wanted to check before ...

ShawnHuff · 2025-07-29

With a lot a self-paces course work, is there a way to trigger an email when a student completes the course to the correct teacher?

ggongwer · 2025-07-29

Hello, At InstructureCon, presenter Sean Mikkelsen showed a tool he called "Eligibility Dashboard." How would I go about acquiring this tool for my school? Thank you.

MichelleMeadows · 2025-07-29

When creating a discussion Podcast Feed, I am not able to edit the button next to reply to link the Topic: Podcast Feed button. How do you edit this and link your podcast? Currently when I click on that button it shows: <?xml version="1.0"?> <rss v...

KaraSyrup · 2025-07-28

Hi! Is there a way to set up a grading scheme in Canvas that relies on multiple criteria, not just final point total, to assign a letter grade? I've been poking around in Outcomes to see if that might help, but haven't been able to finalize a solutio...

mangles · 2025-07-28

For years I have maintained a separate web presence to provide syllabi and other class information to my students before classes start. Additionally, students have an issue when a class ends, and it disappears from their Canvas board. In the latter c...

BSprings · 2025-07-28

As admin how do I get my theme connected to all the classes?

jdavis26 · 2025-07-28

I just logged in to try and share last years courses with new teachers and the courses from last year are completely gone...Any clue as to how I can find them?

MichelleMeadows · 2025-07-28

Is there a way in the Canvas Gradebook when setting up a course to view the total points as a column to ensure that the course totals a certain number (i.e. 1,000 points) and no errors were made? Or, is the only way to manually add every assignment/e...

BTRedman · 2025-07-28

I'm looking for the best crossword puzzle that embeds into Ecampus. When I was in college, there was a professor who used one and you could plug and play right on the Ecampus assignment page and get your grade for it right away. Does anyone have a g...

KelsieMcDole · 2025-07-28

I have a use case where I need to add groups of users to a course each semester but they are all external to our Campus. They would not be able to authenticate through SSO. Should I set them up manually? Looking for ideas on how others navigate and m...

JamieOQuinn · 2025-07-27

I have a student who needs to complete a module early because they will be going out of town. The module is set to be locked until a certain date, and I can't figure out how to set it to a different date for just one student. When I go to "Assign to"...

Fernandes2522 · 2025-07-27

Hello all! I am returning to middle school science after a 5+ year hiatus and I have a question about the confetti icons that randomly come down after on-time submissions. I used to pass out BINGO cards with the icons on there to encourage on-time s...

FlorentinaAlexa · 2025-07-27

What are the best courses to take i am currently doing Supply Chain Management to level me up please after graduation to add to my Masters.

FriedaMorris · 2025-07-27

where is the badge to the account with membership numbers:????

pdaves · 2025-07-26

I have about 100 qti question banks to import into Canvas. The LMS will only allow selecting one qti zip file at a time, so it takes a long time to do this! Each qti file has 10 versions of a question, and I have about 100 questions over the 3 exams ...

JayHunt · 2025-07-26

I have created an account on the Instructure website. I log in on my desktop computer via a browser. I have looked everywhere for the Idea Submission Form. I have asked the Chatbot and searched the Community and all I get is a guideline on how to sub...

Steve_McKay · 2025-07-25

I need some clarification on the status of access tokens if an account is suspended and all associated user sessions are terminated. The info here is not clear and seems to say that even if an account is suspended, and all user sessions terminated, t...

SaraSpaniol · 2025-07-25

We are switching our Canvas settings at the account level starting Fall 2025 semester and I want to confirm I am understanding all the various term/course dates and restrictions correctly. Past Settings: courses were synced and automatically publishe...

MoniqueWhite1 · 2025-07-25

Hello! I uploaded grades from one course to another and it appears that the students can't see their grades from the recent upload. Am I missing something? How do i fix it so that they can see them?

LauraByers-Well · 2025-07-25

A student incorrectly uploaded her Practice A remediation to the ATI CMS exam. Is there a way to remove it from the instructor view?

AVPOO · 2025-07-24

I'm a Canvas Admin and allowed the Differentiation Tags to be enabled in our system. BUT I'm not seeing it in any instructor course based on the Guides. Can someone tell me what's up and why it's not showing up? Thanks, Jodi

TinaNicomedes · 2025-07-24

When selecting the "Excused" option for an assignment that was not turned in, but excused. Does the platform just remove those points from the student's final grade? How does it affect the student's grade?

KatieNeedle · 2025-07-23

I have IXL assignments throughout my math class that require me to grade them. I would like for students to do them, but for me not to grade them. When I remove the grading, it removes the external link to IXL. Is there any way around this? So for i...

eschiebel · 2025-07-21

Canvas users may now choose to use a dyslexia friendly font.

KataKeri · 2025-07-21

A cleaner, more accessible, and easier-to-use Files page launched in Canvas on July 19! With improved navigation, bulk file actions, better accessibility, and a modern design, managing course and user files just got simpler. Prefer the classic view? ...

Rachel-Bowman · 2025-07-10

In today’s crowded edtech landscape, integration quality matters. Educators and administrators are under pressure to deliver seamless digital learning experiences without compromising on usability, data privacy, or security. That’s why we’re proud to...

Amy_Haskell · 2025-07-08

Last week, we hosted a K-12 Assessment Product Discovery Session (CDS) in San Antonio, bringing together curriculum and assessment leaders from districts across the country. This in-person event provided a valuable opportunity for participants to eng...

MichaelLysaght · 2025-07-08

Today, I’ll update you on some major progress on one of these projects: the Global Identity Service. And offer details of what you can expect over the next 12-28 months.

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-08

During a recent Customer Discovery Session in Budapest, educators from Europe and Africa shared powerful insights on collaboration, mobile teaching, accessibility, and more. Their voices are already influencing how we evolve Canvas to better sup...

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-03

A long request is now available: Canvas New Quizzes support to localized numeric formatting, allowing institutions to configure decimal and thousand separators based on regional conventions.

sgergely · 2025-07-02

We’re excited to release the data access platform (DAP) command line interface (CLI) referred to as DAP CLI 2.0. For developers and data engineers that access data from Canvas Data, this is a major version update that introduces new functionality, i...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-23

Now that Differentiation Tags is available in Feature Preview in production as of June 21, 2025 , you may be asking yourself: What’s the difference between Sections, Groups, and Differentiation Tags? How do I know when to use each one?

AlexisNast · 2025-06-23

Discover how the new Canvas Apps experience streamlines app discovery, management, and monitoring, saving administrators valuable time. This enhanced experience provides critical data for informed investment in tools educators and learners truly use,...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-18

Discussion Checkpoints are now available in Group Discussions! As we conclude the Discussion Redesign initiative, we invite you to share your feedback in a brief survey.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-11

We’re exploring ways to improve the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) in Canvas—and we’d love your input.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-09

We’re exploring ways to improve the Peer Review experience in Canvas and we need your input!

sgergely · 2025-06-03

We're excited to announce the upcoming release of a new column, non_collaborative, in the Canvas Data 2 (CD2) Query API's groups and group_categories tables at 2025-06-12. This column helps clearly distinguish between standard collaborative groups an...

ZoeLubitz1 · 2025-06-02

The Course Pacing feature is now only in Course Settings, not behind a feature flag. It is still disabled by default.

YasiAfsharnive · 2025-05-21

Learn more about performance and usability updates coming to SpeedGrader, June 21, 2025!

SamGarza1 · 2025-05-21

Differentiation Tags are a powerful new feature coming soon to Canvas! And we’re excited to announce that the Differentiation Tags feature is now available in Feature Preview in beta environments.

shirenv · 2025-05-21

At Instructure, we believe the best way to improve is by listening to the people who use our tools every day—you. That’s why on June 21st US customers will begin seeing a quick question pop up while using Canvas or Mastery asking for your feedback. I...

TamasBalogh · 2025-05-13

To streamline the user experience and create consistency across all Canvas features, the dedicated “attach” button in Discussions and Announcements will be removed on July 19th, 2025. Users can continue to upload images, videos, and files via the RCE...

carlycurran · 2025-04-28

We've heard your feedback! You’ve been asking for clearer course data in Admin Analytics and Intelligent Insights. We're excited to announce a change that will improve your experience.

TamasBalogh · 2025-04-22

Over the past few months, we've implemented several UI and UX improvements to the Discussion Summaries feature preview, driven by the valuable feedback you've shared with us.

KevinMeredith · 2025-04-16

Customer Discovery Session takeaways from March 26th at Instructure headquarters. Members of the Internet2 consortium met with Instructure R&D teams to discuss edtech management and maximizing effectiveness.

SamGarza1 · 2025-04-10

Discussion Checkpoints Now Available at the Sub-Account Level

annalindsay · 2025-03-31

We recently hosted a Customer Discovery Session with R1 institutions at our Salt Lake City HQ, gathering valuable feedback on the Canvas LMS roadmap, assessment tools, and upcoming features like STEM item types and Differentiation Tags. This blog hig...

annalindsay · 2025-03-25

We recently participated in our first Customer Discovery Session of 2025 in Lakeland, Florida, where educators shared invaluable feedback on AI, accessibility, and user experience. Discover how their voices are shaping Canvas LMS.

ShelbySchaefer · 2025-03-25

Discover what’s top of mind for today’s career learning leaders—from skills-based frameworks to AI-powered efficiency—in our latest customer discovery session recap.

shirenv · 2025-03-24

Ideas, Customer Discovery Sessions, and Early Adopter groups are exciting, but our efforts go beyond that. Here’s how we’ve been further strengthening our partnership:

sgergely · 2025-03-19

We’re excited to announce an update to the context_external_tools table in the Canvas namespace of the DAP Query API. On 31st of March in 2025, we will be adding a new column: unified_tool_id: A unique identifier for the external tool, helping Canvas...

sgergely · 2025-03-12

We’re excited to announce the release of DAP CLI 1.4.0, which significantly boosts efficiency and ease of use by introducing multi-table operations. This release addresses a major customer pain point by allowing operations on all or selected tables w...

BalazsSerenyi · 2025-03-04

This quarter, we’ve made exciting enhancements to New Quizzes, from improved accessibility to expanded functionality. But the highlight? Our brand-new Student Analysis Report—a game-changer for data-driven teaching! This powerful tool gives instructo...

Canvas Release Notes (2025-08-16)

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2025-08-13 Deprecation: Removal of the UUID field from the File API For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes. Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to display in beta ...

Published: 07-18-2025