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 Is anyone considering another avenue for giving feedback and/or grading in the fall? I am pretty concerned that this is going to be an ongoing issue and I really don't have the time to waste dealing with it. Open to any suggestions :)!

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Same here. Sad to witness Canvas support not being able to fix this issue.

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I really can't believe we are back here with the same issue. And since it was fixed just two months ago, I assumed this would be a quick fix. This REALLY slows down the grading. Any word on a fix??? I heard from a colleague that .java files are fine;...

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I am the instructor. I can see it in my records, but my students told me today that they do not see their overall percentage. Is there something I can do to fix this? I checked all the guides and FAQs I could find. Thank you

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Hi there @KewenTANG. Since your peers will be given whatever you submitted for the assignment itself,  you would need to resubmit your assignment. Your instructor may or may not have the assignment set up for you to be allowed to do that. If you can,...

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That is certainly a funky one, @JessicaKlamm! While I don't have a good answer about why that would be happening to a subset of students other than something like email typos, I would echo @stimme's second point, the students should be able to log in...

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I cannot find a way to pause audio/video while recording feedback for student assignments. Given the complexities of some feedback, lag time, etc., this would be a valuable tool to be included; furthermore, the media file record dialogue box covers t...

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Thank you, I have made sure that the course was published and the start date was set and all that was good. the start of the course was April 1st and it has been published. I have added 21 students to the course and 7 have already accepted the invita...

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Hi @etbrooks  If you go to Admin > Settings > Reports tab > Last User Access, you should hopefully be able to download what you need.  I hope that helps!  

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@JessicaKlamm There are a few possibilities. The course is unpublished (or has its start date set in the future). Invitation notification emails are not sent until the course is published and current. Check the home page to be sure the course is publ...

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Hi - I have multiple students who are not receiving repeated email invitations for them to join our class (we've checked the inbox and spam folders). I tried removing them from the course and adding them back in, but they still are not received anyth...

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My colleague and I have just found another issue/solution for this.  We just worked with a kid having the same issue with Google Cloud Assignments & Google LTI 1.3 assignments.  The problem and solution we found was that the kids with this issue had ...

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I am only using Adobe and googledocs offline.  Could it be one of those?

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Hi @Rudy558, I know this question in a bit old, but I just wanted to point out that it looks like you were in the quiz editing area, which is not where you'd access the moderate functionality from.  The  Once I publish a quiz, how do I use the Modera...

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@GenaJeselnik Module position determines which modules can be pre-requisites for other modules. Only earlier / higher-positioned modules can be pre-requisites for a given module. If using pre-requisites is desirable in the courses in question, then t...

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Can I assign peer reviews for one student after an assignment is past a due date?

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How can I delete an uploaded attachment in peer review because I accidentally wrote my name on the attachment I added?  

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Hi there @hrfox! Usually when you are going through as a Test Student and choose to "Reset Student View" that removes their score, submissions, etc. for everything. If you haven't already, give that a try! How do I view a course as a test student usi...

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Hi there @knots! Ungraded surveys are currently only an option for Classic Quizzes. If you do not have the option to create a Classic Quiz, there could be a few reasons for that. One might be that your institution may have disabled it and only allow ...

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Not a problem, we ended up working it out. I believe our issue was I was redirecting to https://{our_institution}.instructure.com/api/lti/authorize_redirect?... instead of https://canvas.instructure.com/api/lti/authorize_redirect?... Hopefully that m...

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Students have expressed that they like having the most current module at the top of the page - however, if you are using pre-requisites, they disappear if I move the module to the top. We want students to progress in a linear format, but this seems t...

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I am an instructor trying to turn on LockDown browser for a test we are to take tomorrow but it has been saying "Please Wait" with the wheel of death for about an hour now. Any suggestions on what could be causing this? Thanks  

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Hi @aqsahussain05, I have good news.  This functionality was recently added to Canvas.  The  How do I archive a grading scheme in a course? - Instructure Community - 601386  guide shows the steps needed to archive a grading scheme in a course and the...

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Hi @SenthilKumar, In addition to what @mzimmerman mentioned as a possibility, I think there is also a Canvas server-side cache, which means there can sometimes be a delay (a few minutes to perhaps a couple hours) in seeing newly created roles.  That ...

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Hi @GreWatkins, With Canvas LMS itself, there is not really. a marketplace option.  Instructure has another product, Canvas Catalog, that provides some marketplace and payment collection options as a public or front-end interface sitting in front of ...

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I cannot find where the ungraded survey is.  I have looked under quizzes but do not see this option and do not see the option for classic quizzes either.

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Hi @HituSood, It doesn't seem like your attachment worked.  As Connect (assuming you're referring to McGraw Hill Connect) is a 3rd party integration, I'd highly suggest contacting them for support.  Usually when paring a 3rd party integration, it's d...

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Hi @ShantanuWaW, I'd suggest submitting this as a feature idea, so that Instructure can officially take a look and perhaps adjust this in the future.  There's no guarantee that they'll make a change, as some people may actually prefer the current beh...

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Hello greydon,This is to let you know that NO warning pops up when leaving the rubric, unless you also leave speedgrader. This means that simply switching from one student to the next does NEITHER save the work NOR produce a warning that the work won...

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@LauraRogers5  Welcome! For a Classic Quiz, have you tried enabling the Quiz option "Let Students See Incorrect Responses", then checking the box "Only Once After Each Attempt" but then leaving the box "Let Students see Correct Answers" unchecked? He...

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For reference: Link to New Quizzes End of Quarter Update Q4 - 2023 New Quizzes News While the last quarter has allowed us to finish up the Item Analysis work including the CSV download, we’ve also be...

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We know you have all been waiting in anticipation for the all new rubric redesign. First and foremost, we want to express our gratitude to each and every one of you who has shared your thoughts, sugg...

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As you’ve seen in previous blog posts, we’re working on being more transparent about what’s happening behind the scenes as we work to deliver value to you. I’m excited to share an update with where w...

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Data Access Platform (DAP) CLI and Client Library v1.1.0 is now available.  Version 1.1.0 is a fast follow to our GA release to address some community identified issues with a new feature enhancement...

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We won’t mince our words here – we tried out a new way to help prioritize things from the community at large, and we made some progress. But if we’re being honest, we were really only tackling the sm...

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We know that the most powerful aspect of Canvas LMS is its flexibility and extensibility. With our 900+ integration partners, Canvas LMS offers educators the power to seamlessly leverage tools that ar...

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Today, we're reaching out with an update on the anticipated release of our new feature, Discussion Checkpoints. We understand the excitement surrounding this addition to the Canvas experience, and we...

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  After customer feedback and collaboration with Google, we have decided NOT to deprecate Google Apps LTI tool as planned in 2024, but we still encourage you to transition to Google Assignments LTI 1...

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We've got some fantastic news to share – we've just finished a brand new video resource that provides an overview of the Discussion Redesign in Canvas!  In this short but informative video, we'll wal...

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I am very pleased to announce the general availability of our Data Access Platform (DAP) CLI and Client Library version 1.0.0.  The GA release (1.0.0) represents a major rewrite of the previous beta ...

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In 2017, Instructure announced that Canvas would be moving away from jQuery. As such, our implementation of jQuery has been stagnant since then. We’ve been moving away a page at a time as we implemen...

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For reference: Link to New Quizzes End of Quarter Update Q3 - 2023 New Quizzes - a look back on 2023 2023 was an incredible year for moving the functionality forward, most notably the following relea...

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In September, we introduced the new Quiz and Item Analysis report, focusing on improving its speed. I am delighted to announce that the 24-hour report generation time has now been reduced to an avera...

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  Tl;dr – Beginning today, Community members will only be able to comment on Product Blogs published in the last six months.   In 2023, the Instructure Product blog received 298,500+ page views and w...

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We’ve heard you loud and clear and have been spending the past year experimenting with ways to solve a persistent problem for instructional designers and instructors who create content in Canvas – ho...

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  As the end of 2023 is approaching, we offer you a brief retrospective of what’s new with Canvas Data, an important reminder about migrating data to Canvas Data 2 as Canvas Data 1 reaches end-of-lif...

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Have you ever taken a step back and looked at your recent accomplishments? It’s an exercise that can be exciting, humbling, and inspiring all at once.  Over the past few years, our Product teams have...

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The ability to duplicate item banks was released to production environments on November 18. With this functionality, it is possible to duplicate an entire item bank so that any future edits would not...

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Our focus on providing our customers the right experience has led us to make some adjustments to the Canvas Deploy Schedule this year in order to ensure the deploys are accompanied with the right lev...

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In the symphony of education, your voices have been the guiding notes. The Rubrics functionality within Canvas LMS has been a conversation close to our hearts, stirred by your valuable insights. Deli...

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Introduction Education Institutions are experiencing an unprecedented shortage of teachers across the globe (source). When teachers take leave, or get sick, giving “substitute” teachers (a United Sta...

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Following the introduction of the updated Quiz and Item Analysis processes, our teams have been dedicated to enhancing reporting capabilities in New Quizzes. Currently, we are focusing on two areas: ...

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Hello Canvas Credentials Community, We're back with another exciting update inspired by your invaluable feedback! Your voices have been heard loud and clear, and we're thrilled to announce the extens...

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We are excited to introduce a new feature in the Discussions Redesign - Edit History. This feature enables instructors to view the different versions of discussion responses when students edit their ...

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On Wednesday, November 8th, Admin Analytics will release a new navigation. I’m excited to let you know that this is a preview of the updated global navigation framework that we will be using across a...

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We've been working tirelessly to enhance the Canvas experience, and we're delighted to announce that the long-anticipated Discussions Redesign will be enforced on July 20, 2024! In our continuous eff...

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Hey there, awesome Community member! We hope this message finds you well and thriving in your journey with our products. Your satisfaction and experience mean the world to us, and we're constantly st...

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15 Themes - 9 for Canvas and 6 for Impact - are officially in “Open for Voting” to the Community from today, October 16th to November 15th, 2023.  Over the past month, our team has reviewed all of th...

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For reference: Link to New Quizzes End of Quarter Update Q2 - 2023 New Quizzes Migration through Course Copy/Import The New Quizzes Migration through Course Copy/Import, previously referred to as the...

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Q3 Milestones Over the past few months, the New Quizzes Integrations team has dedicated their time to the Quiz and Item Analysis for New Quizzes. The new process was launched in September, allowing i...

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Canvas LMS Release Notes

Learn about the latest releases, updates, and bug fixes for Canvas LMS

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2024-06-10 Enforcement of LTI Deep Linking Line Items on Assignment Edit Page Feature Option  2024-06-15 Restricting future use of the submission_type_selection LTI PlacementAGS Score submitedAt is removed. 2024-07-20 Enforc...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2024-06-10 Enforcement of LTI Deep Linking Line Items on Assignment Edit Page Feature Option 2024-06-15 Enforcement of restricting future use of the submission_type_selection LTI Placement For more information, please see Up...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

In this Canvas release (16 March), admins can search and sort Account Developer Keys. Within the Gradebook, instructors have the option to select multiple filter choices for each filter type. SpeedGrader's media recorder includes screen capture and a...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

In this Canvas release (17 February), observers can sign up for appointment groups when enabled by an institution and the instructor. Classic Quizzes' practice quizzes are migrated to New Quizzes with zero-point quiz settings enabled. The CSV format ...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in t...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

In this Canvas release (20 January), additional question types are included in the Answer Frequency Summary in the Item Analysis Report. Screencast | View the New Feature Screencasts page for a compilation of all available videos in this release. A...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

In this Canvas release (16 December), the LTI Deep Linking Line Items on Assignment Edit Page is enforced for all institutions. LTI tool postMessages are now properly supported in an active Canvas Rich Content Editor, including LTI Platform Storage m...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Upcoming Canvas Changes November 2023 Remove remaining utilities from Canvas related to Flash video support. 2023-12-16 The oembed_retrieve endpoint is removedEnforcement of LTI Deep Linking Line Items on Assignment Edit Page Feature Option 2023-12-...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Upcoming Canvas Changes November 2023 End of life for remaining utilities from Canvas related to Flash video support. 2023-12-16 Deprecation of oebmed_retrieve endpointEnforcement of LTI Deep Linking Line Items on Assignment Edit Page Feature Option...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-09-16 Enforcement of ResourceLink.id substitution parameter to supply a resource link’s ‘resource_link_uuid’ instead of the ‘resource_id.' For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes. In this Canvas release...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2023-09-16 Enforcement of ResourceLink.id substitution parameter to supply a resource link’s ‘resource_link_uuid’ instead of the ‘resource_id.' For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes.   In this Canvas rele...

Canvas Releases

Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in th...

Canvas Releases

In this Canvas release (15 July), Admins can automatically subscribe users to an account calendar. In the Inbox, coding has been updated to improve functionality and user experience. The Grading Scheme is redesigned in both Account Settings, Assignme...

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