We know academic calendars differ globally, but for many in the Instructure Community, it’s the season for reflection. What went well in your courses or programs this year or term? How did Canvas help you and your students succeed—whether through imp...

Collaboration is a key part of the learning experience, especially in higher education. How do you use Canvas to promote peer-to-peer interaction on projects or assignments? What tools or strategies help students work together effectively? S...

Hi, I had a question for any colleges that teach veterinary medicine or pharmacy.  For the veterinary colleges, do you conduct problem based learning (PBL) in your courses?  If so, how do you set those up in Canvas? For colleges that teach pharmacy, ...

A well-designed home page can set the tone for your course and enhance student engagement. If you’ve set your home page to a Front Page, what does it look like? How do you decide what to include to make it engaging and effective? Share your approach—...

How does your school or institution approach accessibility in courses? Do you use specific software tools or AI to assist in the process? When it comes to reviewing and updating content to meet accessibility standards, who takes the lead? How is that...

Hello!At your university, do you use rubrics for deliverables? How do you ensure that professors actually use them?Best regards, Elisa

With the transition of the U.S. Presidential Administration, recent federal policy changes may have a direct or indirect impact on your institution and the learners you serve. While these conversations can be challenging, they are crucial for educati...

With the transition of the U.S. Presidential Administration, recent federal policy changes may have a direct or indirect impact on your institution and the learners you serve. While these conversations can be challenging, they are crucial for educati...

With the transition of the U.S. Presidential Administration, recent federal policy changes may have a direct or indirect impact on your institution and the learners you serve. While these conversations can be challenging, they are crucial for educati...

Hi,When I started using Canvas 8 years ago, it worked very well. Now, I find it sometimes slow due to my Web browsers being bogged down (I generally have many tabs open at once). This leads to not only slow page loading but also within pages such tha...

Hello everyone, and happy summer! I was recently talking with some colleagues about some non-standard uses of Canvas at their universities, from departmental testing to first-year readiness programs. I'm curious: what's the most unconventional way yo...

Hi Canvas Users, I am a Success Advisor at a University using Canvas for the first time. Are there any tips you think are particularly helpful you can share? Any favorite actions or shortcuts that make your life easier you think we should all know an...

Hi! So our college started a new program a few years ago so we're still trying to get a footing on what we're doing, specifically with tracking our students' work in the program. We serve about 80 students in the program. At the end of each quarter, ...

We are preparing to adopt a syllabus management tool and wanted to know if anyone else is willing to share what tools/processes they are using to manage syllabi across their college/university and/or feedback about your experience with the tools/proc...

Hi, Canvas users! At my institution, the writing center director has set up a Canvas page for use by writing tutors.  It serves mostly as a communication hub for the writing center, with active discussions, a calendar, and some resources for sharing ...

Hi everyone,We are currently using the standard Canvas RCE code highlighting for program code.  Our ed designers and academicians want more syntax highlighting than is currently available.So we are considering the use of prism.js as an add-on to our ...

Hi everyone,   We have recently moved to Canvas after using printed workbooks and PowerPoint presentations for many years.  The feedback from students is that they love Canvas but miss the printed workbooks, because they like to add notes to the info...

My institution is reviewing the way in which we manage enrolment into our VLE, Canvas.  We cannot drive this from SITS as this does not track students involved in teaching, but rather assessment.  Instead on a course by course basis we enrol groups o...

Canvas Credentials users who will be attending the UPCEA / AACRAO Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education event in DC this November: Let me know if you'd like to meet up to talk shop over lunch or during a networking break!

Hello! If this is not the appropriate group to ask this question, please direct me otherwise! I am assisting with the implementation of Canvas into my employer's institution, which is a healthcare organization. I am curious how others in similar sett...

At our institution we have a variety of "Peer Mentor" (PM)-type roles: students who are placed in undergraduate classes as advisors/mentors/tutors to the enrolled students. The PM is a fellow matriculated undergrad, but not enrolled in the course (in...

Hey folks, this is tangentially related to Canvas, hope that's ok.  I work at a small medical college with about 50 faculty and 600 students.  I am interested in the ratios at other colleges/universities (of any size) between Instructional Designers ...

My team is working towards a retention policy for Canvas courses. We just switched to Canvas a few years ago, and as such haven't had to think about old courses much before. My questions is: what is the retention policy at your campus? How long do yo...