Community help

Andreas_Hopf · 2025-08-10

I have to design several software related courses, where short texts and icons alternate. How can I keep the indentation of images but remove the bullet point in front of each image? It makes the layout quite confusing.

tgrochowski · 2025-08-10

Hi, Right now, as far as I can see, if I set a time limit for a quiz in Canvas, then once the time comes up, they are done. I would like students to be allowed to go past the time. Blackboard had a setting where students were notified that they hav...

KatrinaChenowet · 2025-08-08

We have had Year 11 2024 students who are now in Year 12 2025 and have been created in both courses, the same course but a newer version. Is there a way to transfer or merge their information into the 2025 course? If we can have all the enrolment d...

ACHUQUE · 2025-08-08

Quisiera eliminar mi cuenta de canva para poder crear con otro título

MichelleWeeks · 2025-08-08

I just wanted to recommend adding the "publish at" (a later time) option for assignments like there is for pages. It get so cluttered in the canvas modules with the assignments visible but "not unlocked" and even if you lock the module, once the modu...

KaylaKenzig · 2025-08-08

When I am in speedgrader, and I click on another course, It use to just go to thatclasses assignments. Now, it makes it so it is "multiple sections" and I see the class I was previously on AND the new class I clicked. Do you know if there is a way to...

IvyFowlerGCA · 2025-08-08

My GCA students calendar on Canvas always seems to display the incorrect information for what classes she has each day. For instance, today for every block it says the same class when you click on them, when she has 5 different classes today. It neve...

Carter41 · 2025-08-08

I'm looking for a product similar to AspirEDU's Instructor Insights that allows you to evaluate instructor participation. Or does Canvas have a built-in tool for this? Thanks!

CATHYSHEELY · 2025-08-08

Good morning, I am currently in the role of 'sponge' in several of my former colleagues' sandboxes. The sandboxes were created for the purpose of collaborating. Now, I am no longer in those same collaborations and would like to remove myself as a spo...

PrakashHindujaG · 2025-08-08

Hi I am Prakash Hinduja Consultant & Advisor, born in Amritsar (India) and now resides in Geneva, Switzerland (Swiss). Can you please share how you found your login page or what worked for you?Any help would be greatly appreciated! Regards Prakash Hi...

ernestaljon · 2025-08-07

on the link options, the instance domain is automatically prepended when editing a link. This unintentionally breaks jump to links. The workaround is to edit in the html editor to remove the instance name. This workaround is not suitable for al...

SandraNesbitt · 2025-08-07

We are new to canvas, some students when sent the invite to register are getting the log in screen with no way to register. Do we need to do something so they get the appropriate registration screen?

LEASUSAN · 2025-08-07

Context: We have a Writing Center Resource Course that students can self-enroll into. We want students to be able to communicate with people with the Instructor role, but not any other roles, i.e. we don't want students to talk to each other in just ...

JohnnyAppleseed · 2025-08-07

Is it possible for Canvas to have an "Copy to All" button for assignments, modules, files, etc? Or a select dropdown menu to choose classes?

PrakashHindujaG · 2025-08-07

Hi I'm Prakash Hinduja a visionary strategy, born in Amritsar, India, and currently based in Geneva, Switzerland. I’m working on building a quiz in Canvas and would love some advice on two things: how to properly create Fill-in-the-Blank questions, a...

PerwashaMujeeb · 2025-08-06

We are currently experiencing an issue where students are not receiving email notifications when a teacher posts an announcement on Canvas. As a result, students remain unaware of important updates until they manually log in to their portals. This de...

howard_glenn · 2025-08-06

When dragging and dropping assignments onto the calendar, the default time of 11:59pm is replaced with 12:59am. I have checked the time zone and default time at the Admin, Course and User level. Any ideas how to solve?

CindyBryan · 2025-08-06

I am the main admin. We would like to streamline all communication to be in Canvas, but we don't see a way for parents to send a message to our office staff or admin. Is there something we're missing, or is there a workaround? If we created an Offi...

TracyShealy · 2025-08-06

Hi-I have been assigned to a class as a student instead of being a parent observer of the class. How can my student be switched to the class and I be switched to an observer?

SadieDawson · 2025-08-05

I am a student using Canvas, and the last few days have been pretty rough. I am able to log onto my account and my classes pop up, but when I click on a class and go to do an assignment all I see are three of the boxes they are all white and loading....

CHARLENESJONES · 2025-08-05

Hello,Upon logging into Canvas on my laptop since 8/4, I have not been able to see any of the module content, and I don't know why. Has anyone experienced this before, and what is the solution?

mzucal · 2025-08-05

Hello, Has anyone found or has been sent information regarding how or what needs to be done to update the Microsoft Teams LTI's? Thanks, Melissa

AhmadSulaiman · 2025-08-04

Hi everyone, I'm currently managing a course with over 100 students, and for efficiency, I'm considering grading quizzes offline (several questions are graded by autograder). As far as I know, it's possible to download students' responses using Stude...

ian10 · 2025-08-04

Hi I have been wondering about the options in the Help menu on the side bar. As a admin of our instance, I have seen students selecting the option to Report a problem, which raises a ticket with Instructure, rather than using the Ask your instructor ...

rwollner · 2025-08-04

Instructions for New Quizzes says that Matching questions have the ability to use Rich Content Editor and HTML view. However, I do not see this ability. The first link is broken for me, and the second link presumes access to the Rich Content Editor. ...

zoeanne_soon · 2025-08-04

Every year, it continues to be a problem that learning Outcomes do not import properly when a previous course is copied. The Outcomes themselves import under the Outcomes tab, however - the Quizzes and Quiz Questions that are tagged with learning Ou...

CrystalPounds · 2025-08-04

A department prefers to print student quizzes with both the student's answer and the correct answer identified, in an effort to prevent students from passing exams on to the next group. When Moderating a Quiz, clicking the students name, right-click...

DakotaKosinski · 2025-08-04

I'm a student and I'm trying to sign up for a new class on my non-school main email. I got the invitation code to the class a few weeks ago and I was able to log into the Canvas to access it. However, after maybe a day or so and I re-opened Canvas to...

rayvonwill · 2025-08-04

Hello community, Is there are tool available to auto remove students from a course due to attendance? For example, if a student misses 8 classes, this tool will auto remove them from the course.

luftr · 2025-08-04

Is anyone familiar with a way to setup/create default assignment group categories and weights for an entire sub-account at the Canvas District Admin Level? Our goal is to decrease grade pass back issues with teachers creating these on their own.

AkosFarago · 2025-08-08

Learn about the new integration between Canvas Studio and YouTube’s Player for Education!

NikkiWhang · 2025-08-05

Last week approximately 2,000 Canvas LMS users traveled to beautiful Spokane, WA for our annual InstructureCon event. During the week, we were granted an opportunity to sit down with several of our K12 and Higher Education users for a Customer Discov...

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...

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