About

ward_michael
Michael Ward
Rank:
Community Participant
Title:
Applications Specialist III / Canvas System Administrator
Joined:
Oct 29, 2015 2:56:36 PM
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42
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2
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17
Bio:
California Community College using Instructure Canvas. Previously used Blackboard. Technical System Admin for both.

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If you tested with a user that only has a student role in a course and they can access the Unpublished content then that would definitely not be desirable as most faculty instructors would not want th...
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@canvas_admin  Hi Mark, I think the confusion is when setting the tool to Enabled under the Admin Settings Feature Options then all that is doing is "Allowing" and making the Course Pacing...
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With deprecation the development for the older LTI specifications will no longer get updates but still allows them to continue functioning.  If Instructure decides to go the next step of End of Life w...
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When using LDAP authentication with Canvas, why does the logout redirect URL use the local /login/canvas redirect instead of the /login/ldap or better not use any hard coded path and just use the root...
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Finally!  Now there is an integration with Microsoft Teams in Canvas!  Yay!!! References:Previous blog:  https://www.instructure.com/canvas/blog/canvas-partners-and-distance-learning Updated blog:  ht...
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Most Recent Posts

From my other post:https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Granting-Admin-Permissions-to-Third-Party-Integrations/m-p/638140 I want to check to see if there is any other way for a thi...
Apr 03, 2025 19:04 PM
Thank you, Jeff_F, for your stance on this subject and reinforcing my security concerns! I also submitted this Canvas Idea for Instructure to consider separating the View from Manage for Permissions. ...
Apr 02, 2025 10:59 AM
Problem statement: Please see this post describing the issue: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Granting-Admin-Permissions-to-Third-Party-Integrations/m-p/638140 The current Acc...
Mar 25, 2025 19:52 PM
Are you comfortable granting admin level permissions to third party integrations?  As a Canvas Admin, we go with the vendor instructions to install Developer Keys, API Keys, LTI apps, Admin level Acce...
Mar 25, 2025 18:23 PM
Problem statement: While students who are set to Inactive enrollment status (dropped students) cannot send "new" Inbox course messages, if the Inactive student was in a previously sent Inbox c...
Oct 03, 2024 17:57 PM

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