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My classes all had such a nice Bouba aesthetic, but now they've gone all KiKi… not to mention messing up a bunch of subtle visual formatting and layout. Is this a documented change? The border-radius property hasn't been removed from the allow-list… Why such an arbitrary change to such a trivial/cosmetic feature? Not to…
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 the title of this document. Visit the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to…
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to display in beta and/or production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. [info callout] Unless otherwise stated, all features in this release are available in the Beta environment…
Hi! It was reported to me by a teacher using our common cartridge files that have an embedded libsyn player that Canvas is automatically stripping the embed code, making the player invisible and unusable for both teachers and students. Similar to the post entitled "YouTube Videos are gone" when I tested copy/pasting the…
In the Canvas release Notes, it indicates that an "Add a Link" button has been added in the bottom of the Navigation Menu. It's not there.
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Today I got emails from students asking me where my videos have gone. As it turns out, Canvas stripped the IFRAMEs which used to embed a Youtube video, of the SRC-element. Now all I get is empty IFRAMEs. ('<iframe width="560" height="314" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>') I only checked about 10…
Does anyone know how I can transfer one of my canvas course modules to a personal account? I am moving school districts and don't have my new login credentials yet for the new district but will be shut off from the old as soon as I resign. It's only one or two courses and I only need the modules I created over the years. I…
As of the last week or so, the Rich Content Editor is stripping border-radius from inline styles whenever a page is saved. Pages built earlier still have it (so it's not the stored content), but the moment a page is saved through the editor, every border-radius is removed from the HTML. This looks like a regression,…
Hoping there will be another opportunity for us to access our courses to download or move?
Every great InstructureCon has a soundtrack. Whether it's the song that gets you pumped before a keynote, the anthem of a successful implementation, or the tune that perfectly captures the energy of connecting with fellow educators, music has a way of bringing people together. We've kicked things off with an InstructureCon…
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to display in beta and/or production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Visit the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to explore upcoming work and share feedback. Your input helps guide…
Hello, I would like for Canvas to use alt text already embedded in images so that I do not have to enter this each time I use the image in Canvas, or so that it is easy to edit what alt text already exists. Canvas uses the image filename as alt text by default and there is no way change it. In addition, naming a file using…
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My faculty want to use Canvas to evaluate clinical skills for our veterinary technology program. Key Points Each skill is a separate assignment Each assignment provides students with 3 attempts to pass Each assignment has a unique rubric and an outcome of pass/fail for the skill We want to preserve the grading history for…
Hi all, With the forthcoming deprecation of Canvas ePortfolios, I'm wondering if anyone's invented an automated way to download and archive ZIP files of all the ePortfolios in Canvas. There doesn't seem to be an exposed API endpoint to trigger the ZIP process, nor to download the resulting file. Has anyone made headway on…
Hi Canvas community, I've built a free, open-source Chrome extension called AssisT that works natively on Canvas without any admin configuration - students install it themselves from the Chrome Web Store and it auto-activates on *.instructure.com pages. What it adds: Text-to-speech with word-by-word synchronized…
Will there be more dyslexia fonts added to the dyslexia friendly option tool
Hi! I've seen this question asked over the years and have never seen an answer to it beyond "have students follow the video guide." Every quarter I have a couple of students who can't access the peer papers they've been assigned to review. I can see that they've been assigned papers to review, and so can Canvas support. A…
Hi, Has anyone pursued establishing an on-site/on-campus backup of their Canvas instance (updated and ultimately similarly functional to the Beta or Test instances provided when Instructure hosts your LMS in AWS)?
The Non Credit side of our institution has users self enroll in their course, they want us to run a script daily that ends any new enrollments access after 30 days. I found this end point for user enrollment end time, but in my testing, the user still had access despite their enrollment being past the end date. Do the…
My team is currently going through the different LTIs/APIs we have installed in our Canvas instance and making sure we have a full list of what permissions each one has, what information it gives/receives, etc. However, the list of LTIs/APIs is contradictory - the new Apps page has a Monitor tab which lists launches of…
Has anyone else had issues with an influx of duplicate users in Canvas? Ours is currently in the form of an email that already exists, becoming a new user - and not automatically merging with the user ID with the same email that also is linked to our SIS ID correctly as well. For example, user 1 is xyz@gmail.com without a…
The LTI external tool we develop displays user avatars. These are taken from the LTI NRPS membership container, specifically the picture property for each class member (see the spec). Recently, the avatars for users who haven't uploaded a profile picture are broken. The issue is that the default avatar URL in the picture…
Whether you’re new to Canvas or looking to expand your skills, each Klatch session offers a welcoming space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from one another. As a K12 Canvas Admin and Technology Instructional Specialist, I am passionate about helping teachers simplify their workflow, make the most of their time,…
The Canvas Klatch is an online office hour open to all members of the Instructure Community. It started as an office hour for the courses I teach for CVC@ONE: Introduction to Teaching with Canvas Advanced Techniques with Canvas Online Teaching and Design Equity & Culturally Responsive Online Teaching Humanizing Online…
We want to ensure you don’t miss the very first Prompt Party - a live, interactive session designed to help you explore IgniteAI Agent in a way that actually clicks. This isn’t a webinar. This is a working session. What to expect In this kickoff event, you’ll see real prompts in action from educators who are already…
Great Canvas courses don’t happen by accident—they are intentionally designed. Research shows that thoughtful design is the key to stronger engagement and student success. Join the Cidi Labs team on June 11th at 11am MT as we distill the most impactful lessons from our popular Design Matters series into practical, no-code…
Join Instructure and SCICU for a practical, forward-looking conversation on how colleges and universities can embrace AI to become truly future-ready. In this one-hour webinar, Zach Pendleton, Chief Architect at Instructure, and Dr. Toni Muhammad, Provost at Allen University, will explore how AI is transforming the higher…
The Instructure Community Developers Group is gathering to meet some fellow developers of Canvas customizations and external tool integrations. Discuss projects you're working on, success stories of past projects, and things you may be struggling with. Request to join the Instructure Community Developers Google Group to…