Connect, collaborate, and learn alongside your peers in the Instructure Community.
Sign in to enhance your access to articles, forums, and events—and to participate by sharing insights, engaging in discussions, and connecting with your network of edtech peers.
Hello! We are currently trying to design our Canvas courses and are using SCORM specifically. The thing that concerns us is the next button on the bottom of the page. A learner could skip the course entirely and just hit the next button. Our knowledge checks are built into the SCORM file, so it is not like we can have the…
Our students learn incrementally, so they often need to easily access old courses from previous years in order to complete current year's material. The only method of doing this is to navigate to 'All Courses', then they scroll down to 'Past enrolments'. Unlike me (teacher), they cannot 'Favorite' a past enrolment so it is…
Hello everyone, I was wondering if there is a way for the Canvas LMS to track the specific amount of time that a student spends on each assignment in a course. I am not referring to page views, I'm referring to gathering the date, time in minutes, seconds, and hours that a student spent working on each assignment in a…
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…
Hello, I am a member of the Canvas LMS user support staff at my institution. I am looking for advice on long-term data retention for completed courses. In Blackboard, there is an "Archive" feature that creates a single package containing the entire course content along with all student records, including grades and their…
The Call for Proposals for InstructureCon 2026 in Louisville is wide open, but the clock is ticking! Have a great idea for a session but aren't quite sure it's "ready" yet? Don't let a great story go untold. Share your concept here and get real-time feedback from the community to help you polish your pitch and hit that…
Hello Accessibility Community, I am an instructor of Software Application Design and Development at McHenry County College with 26 years of teaching experience. As we approach the April 2026 ADA deadline, I am working on an open-source project to help automate the remediation of complex Canvas content. I am looking for…
Got an idea for an InstructureCon presentation but not sure you want to go it alone? Just want that proposal boost that comes from having multiple perspectives? Post your "ISO" (In Search Of) here to find your presentation partner! Please include: Title and Topic: Whether fully developed or still a work in progress, what…
Canvas iOS app version updates are distributed in a phased rollout, which distributes the update to all users enrolled in automatic updates over time. The features in these notes may not immediately be available, but iOS users can manually update the app at any time in the App Store. The Canvas iOS app requires iOS 17.0 or…
Canvas Android app version updates are distributed in a phased rollout, which distributes the update to all users over time. The features in these notes may not immediately be available as an update in the Play Store. The Canvas Android app requires Android 8.0 or later. Canvas App Updates (Android) The Submission & Rubric…
Summary This is a reminder of an important update regarding the Canvas Login UI. To enhance security, accessibility, and user experience, we are deprecating the legacy Login UI and automatically migrating all institutions to the New Canvas Login UI who don’t opt-in ahead of the deprecation date. This post covers the key…
G'day, I'm wondering if PDB data being surfaced into CD2 has been looked into at all? If so, is it in the roadmap for 2026? Regards, Christopher
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Canvas Catalog is an all-in-one learning solution that integrates with the Canvas LMS as a course registration…
I have created a couple of interactive elements in Notebook LM and want to upload them to my Canvas page… The only options for exporting from Notebook are CSV and JSON… Does anyone know of a way to integrate the JSON files into Canvas pages?
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. [info callout] Unless otherwise stated, all…
Until recently, I would say for about a week or so on Canvas, students submissions are compressed into a different file format when downloaded. I noticed this with media files such as video .movs turn into mp4s . And uncompressed audio .wav files are converted and downloaded as m4as. Not sure what's going on here, but this…
What’s Changing? As part of our commitment to implementing the latest LTI 1.3 standards from 1EdTech, we are introducing the new Document Processor for 3rd party integrations powered by the LTI 1.3 Asset Processor specification. This feature allows third-party tools to asynchronously process documents submitted through…
Would it be possible to get a grading differentiation policy under the grading screen? Instead of having to assign due dates for different groups of kids on every assignment, it would be incredibly nice if we could have a group of students that we could exempt from late points, instead of having to go into every assignment…
Hello, I was thinking of this a while ago and have been trying to message Canvas support about this but they suggested here but not which category. I apologize if this is the wrong spot. When messaging students right now we need to message one by one. I would like to know if there is a way we can change that to streamline…
In our CD2 Assignments table, we're noticing a weird discrepancy: - ran a query in 2/2025 and saw 50 assignments in one class from 2018 - ran the query in 2/2026 and there were fewer (only 40 assignments) We looked at the Assignments table, specifically at the ts field. On 10/1/25, 100% of the records in that table (6.5…
With the new SpeedGrader UI, we are seeing student names appear in the page title even when the “Hide student names” setting is enabled. When using Classic Quizzes, there is no option within the quiz settings to enable anonymous grading, so we rely on instructors using the hide student names setting in SpeedGrader to…
Speedgrader chaning file name when being downloaded. Speedgrader: When downloading a submitted assignment, the file name is being changed to an unrecognizable name — (Student's actual name was part of the file name — changed for privacy.) Ideas???
We are all familiar with the standard Course Calendar, where assignment due dates are automatically added. However, at my institution, we structure our assignments as Challenges that develop over a period of time, rather than just a single deadline. Currently, the calendar only highlights the "end point." It would be a…
I tried using the "Hide rubric score total from students" setting in a test rubric attached to an assignment and went through the process of submitting the assignment as a student, then grading it as the teacher to see what the student would see. When I looked at what the student sees I was surprised to find that I could…
The current placement of the "Submit" button creates a "slip" in user behavior where habit-clicking "Next" leads to an accidental final submission. I think Canvas could easily fix this by: Moving the Submit button away from the navigation buttons (maybe above the question instead of below it) and/or Adding a "Confirm…
I have a screenshot below from an earlier version of Canvas that has the criterion points WITHIN A RATING written from high to low (eg. 10 to >8.49pts). When I create rubrics in the current version of Canvas (see below) it displays the points within a rating from low to high (eg. 8.5 to 10pts), which is less logical. Was…
Join Instructure and Watermark Insights for a Live Webinar: Driving 70%+ Response Rates: Why 400+ Canvas Institutions Trust Watermark March 12, 2026 | 9 AM MT / 11 AM ET Higher course evaluation response rates start here. Join University of Michigan–Dearborn and Watermark to learn how 400+ Canvas institutions streamline…
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…
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…
Live Webinar The Future of Video Search in Canvas: How AI Is Changing the Way Students Learn March 25, 2026 | 9 AM MT / 11 AM ET Video is no longer just something students watch—it’s how they study, review, and prepare. Join experts from Instructure and Panopto to explore how institutions are transforming video in Canvas…
