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JRMitchell · 2025-05-31

In my understanding, Canvas only allows peer reviews to be assigned from one individual reviewer to another individual student. However, for group assignments this is often not what's needed. For group assignments, there is only one submission per gr...

HuuHo · 2025-05-31

It’s the first time I have online class. I tried but I couldn’t access the module 1 by iPhone. Is that possible to have online class with N iPhone? Could anyone help me?

CurtisLeibrand · 2025-05-31

When writing test questions with "multiple answers" I am only getting two options for grading:1. Partial credit with penalty2. ExactI am not getting the partial credit with no penalty. My institution is adopting Canvas for the coming fall semester, ...

VictoriaCampbel · 2025-05-31

My class does not start until next week. The gradebook is showing all of the students' assignments as "Missing," which gives them all a 0% total before the course begins. How do I change this without having to go through each individual student and t...

anuaneja · 2025-05-31

I'm new to Canvas and I'm finding the point-based rubrics very confusing for 'thinking' with letter grades. I have a few related questions whose solutions I've tried to search for but I haven't been able to get clear answers. i. Are there any rubrics...

Joseph184 · 2025-05-31

I´m trying to do a proctored exam. Although I have my Proctorio installed, active and with with access. I find an error message in Canvas saying "LTI Tool Missing. Reconnect course or contact exam administrator" When I click it, it takes me to Procto...

DavidSpears · 2025-05-30

Announcements - Podcast - what is this? Does it mean the system will send out an email to all enrolled students? If so, why don't you say that? Why call it a "podcast"?

WCCAdmin · 2025-05-30

Our instructors are running end of month attendance reports today and after running the report as shown below, we get a notification that it will be in our inbox as shown in the attached image below. The email never arrives in our inbox. Furthermore ...

ElizabethBorges · 2025-05-30

Is it possible to have a question be auto-graded if it's correct, but then reviewed/graded by me if it's wrong? It would be great for students who pass to just get instant feedback and be finished, but I want to give more specific/constructive feedba...

SeattleRabbit · 2025-05-30

I am doing a quiz in Classic Quizzes. Ordinarily all of my questions are objective, but I have two essay questions at the end. After I save and return, a big red UNANSWERED appears next to each of the essay questions and I cannot get rid of them. Mor...

JoanneHarvey · 2025-05-30

Has anyone had issues using the peer review? I have found it a little difficult to use: the link to access the submission to review is not obviousthe submission doesn’t appear in the preview window, only a linkthe assignment moves into Past Assignmen...

turtlepclark · 2025-05-30

I'm looking for student demographics in my course canvas page. Where do I find them?

KevinAustinEWU · 2025-05-30

When doing a course copy from a course that has blueprint content pushed to it, will the course copy include the blueprint content (as static content)? Obvously the blueprint course will not automatically sync to the new course, nor would we want it ...

OliviaHickey1 · 2025-05-30

I dont know how to turn in my assignment.

LMacaulay · 2025-05-30

A faculty member just asked me: I am wondering if there is a way to clean out the Files sections in some of the courses I support more efficiently. Is there a way to tell from the Files section if something is in a Module? Or some way of telling if ...

LeslieDeBusk · 2025-05-29

When creating a New Quiz there is an option to assign total points, and when you click Build to create the questions there is an option to assign points per question. If the points per question do not match the total points for the quiz. When the stu...

JessimarQuintan · 2025-05-29

Hi everyone,I’m currently in the process of creating a new course and have been using the Canvas tutorial video as a reference. I noticed that the video states it will expire in December 2025, and I wanted to ask if there is a more updated version av...

RyanHayes · 2025-05-29

We are using OpenStax textbooks in many of courses. We are also trying to keep the students in Canvas so we embedded the chapters of the OpenStax textbook in pages. The issue us that since the textbooks chapters are so long, we have a scroll bar insi...

Lynn9 · 2025-05-29

There's a student in my class who dropped on March. After she dropped, she automatically disappeared from the Canvas. However, I want to get all the grading I gave to her right now but I cannot find any record on Canvas. I selected inactive students/...

BobbyWinters · 2025-05-29

I am teaching a course called Mathematics for Programming. As a part of that, I am teaching about logic and truth tables. I would like to give quizzes that included formula questions about boolean functions. The only function I've been able to fin...

TimByars · 2025-05-29

We are new to using Canvas here for the US Coast Guard. We have different officer accession courses, but we use many of the same files and question banks. Is there a way of sharing these same files and question banks or transferring them both from on...

AEagle1 · 2025-05-29

I am entering a large amount of content onto a page in the rich text editor, and there is quite a bit of mathematics taken from LaTeX source. I enter the math surrounded by the standard \(…\) delimiters. If I save the page at that point, all works sm...

dhumphreys · 2025-05-28

Hi This seems like a "no brainer" to me, so not sure why it is as challenging as it is. I have staff who have video submissions in Canvas that they need to access as they are required as evidence for moderation. Accessing these videos seems to be cha...

AVPOO · 2025-05-28

When I do a Course Search, the past term dates are all jumbled in the search function. The term dates should be putting them in year order but they are not and I see it there a couple of times. What can be done so there is a year order to the Past En...

lfuqua · 2025-05-28

I need an algorithm for rounding whole numbers in a quiz. Is that possible to do? For example, the number is 405 and I want the student to round to the nearest hundred.

TammyPerkins · 2025-05-28

I feel certain that Spring 2025, I was able to set a specific time and date (ex: Friday at noon) for the course to automatically publish so students could see it. Now, I can't remember how I did that, nor am I finding the answer in a guide. I do know...

PaulBenham · 2025-05-28

Hi all,I've enabled the Google Gemini LTI in our Canvas test instance according the setup instructions here - https://support.google.com/edu/assignments/answer/15672747?hl=en#turn-on-gemini&zippy=%2Cturn-on-gemini-lti-as-an-authorized-external-toolI ...

tmcnally · 2025-05-28

After uploading SVG files as a part of our standard course design process, the files are no longer viewable. SVG files that had already been uploaded are still viewable, but only files uploaded as of today are corrupted in Canvas. The files are not c...

anthonyk1 · 2025-05-28

Hey everyone, I hope you all are doing well!I'm a rising second year instructor and grad student at my university. I've never had an issue with this last year so I was curious if anyone else has dealt with this before and knew a solution.On a lot of...

ecass · 2025-05-28

I am an instructor and want to use Student Annotation as the submission type. My question is - can students copy and paste into a comment? In other words, can they get AI to write the comment and then copy and paste it into Student Annotation assig...

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...

AkosFarago · 2025-02-27

We’re launching another round of invitations to the closed beta group to gather feedback around automated captioning, rolling transcript, private student notes and a lot more—complete the form by March 5th!

SamGarza1 · 2025-02-24

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our recent survey about Discussion Checkpoints! Your feedback is invaluable, and we're excited to share how it's shaping this feature. Based on your input, we're making some key improvements that will ...

teryn_odom · 2025-02-11

Tl;dr: Impact Admins now have granular adoption data on NQ and the ability to strategically place messaging inside of New Quizzes to support migration and deepen adoption!

TamasBalogh · 2025-01-30

We would like to gather your feedback on the Discussion Summary feature, which has been available as a feature preview since July 2024. This initial period has allowed some of you to experience and utilize the feature, and we've received valuable inp...

sgergely · 2025-01-28

We’re excited to announce updates to a new table in the Canvas namespace that will be available in your CD2/DAP Query API dataset starting February 10th. These changes enrich the dataset with additional context and expand the range of supported use c...

SamGarza1 · 2025-01-22

This morning, we gathered our product team to discuss your feedback on the recent Speedgrader changes that apply to all Discussions in the Discussion Checkpoints feature. We heard you loud and clear – the update disrupted your grading workflow, espec...

ArohiDesai · 2025-01-16

We’re working hard to release the modernized SpeedGrader as soon as possible, with a target of Q1 2025. While we are striving to meet this timeline, we are committed to delivering the release no later than early Q2 2025.

SamGarza1 · 2025-01-16

We're diving deep into the world of Peer Review within Canvas and we need your help!

sgergely · 2025-01-10

We’re releasing DAP CLI version 1.3.1 today to address an issue that affected PostgreSQL users following our recent DAP Query API update. Yesterday, we introduced multiple new enum values across several tables in the DAP Query API, which unfortunatel...

TamasBalogh · 2024-12-18

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, we want to share an update on the highly anticipated AI-powered Discussions and Inbox Translations. As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable features, we will continue ...

ArohiDesai · 2024-12-17

We’re excited to announce new features in the Canvas LMS January Release. With the updates to the 2024 release schedule, we remain focused on ensuring that you are fully informed and equipped with the tools you need to succeed and support learners at...

BalazsSerenyi · 2024-12-17

New Quizzes can now be shared to Commons. Save time, collaborate effortlessly, and discover or share assessments internally and externally.

sgergely · 2024-12-16

We’re excited to announce updates to multiple tables and columns in the Canvas namespace with new enumerated values (enums) that will be available in your CD2/DAP Query API dataset starting January 9th. These changes enrich the dataset with additiona...

NinaOng · 2024-12-12

As we near the end of 2024 and look back upon the year… I’d like to share a deeper dive about our discovery process, how the R&D team creates new feature solutions.

ZoeLubitz1 · 2024-12-11

Block Editor will be available in Open Beta on December 16, 2024.

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