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When I click on the student dropdown list in Speedgrader, I get a red bar across the top of the screen that says "sorry, something broke." Then, I am unable to view the arrows to navigate to the next student. If I do not click on the dropdown at all, I can use the arrows. But being unable to use the dropdown is very…
I don't know when it changed, but you cannot drag calendar events (assignments) into months other than the currently displayed month. You used to be able to use the small calendar at the top-right by changing it to the target month, then drag assignments from the main calendar into the target date in the small calendar.…
We're working on improving preferred name visibility in Canvas and have been trying to explore all possibilities for showing preferred names in the roster and/ or gradebook. We understand that according to this help documentation, short name maps to Canvas display name. This documentation and this Canvas community…
We are trying to buy your product, though given your service and response, I am no longer sure why. We have been waiting for a contract to sign since the end of June. End of June! No one can explain the delay. Our semester starts in 4 weeks. I need a human who can get us the contract by end of business tomorrow, Wednesday…
I use mastery grading, managed through the Outcomes feature. The following steps should create an assignment with a rubric containing specific outcomes from my course but it does not, as of today: Create the assignment Hit "+ Create Rubric" Fill out the fields, including "Use this rubric for assignment grading" Under…
We use a custom course role (Course Coordinator) based on Teacher with the same permissions to allow department admins to standardize content in different instructors' courses. We do not separate courses into different subaccounts based on department so we cannot use an account role for this. The role has been in place for…
Hi Canvas Community! 👋 I'd like to propose a feature that would benefit both instructors and students: a customizable pop-up warning that appears before a student submits an assignment (essays, homework, quizzes, etc.). ✅📝 💡 The idea: This pop-up could remind students to double-check key details before finalizing their…
Hello, I work in the student accessbility department in higher education, and am responsible for the development and implementation of Access Plans. I understand that differentiation tags exist at a course level once students are enrolled in a course; however, are differentiation tags available at a student level, so that…
Hello! A course we run has progression that requires students to achieve 100% (10/10 points) on module components in order to advance to the next module. After the midterm date of our course, we have students receive half-credit on modules completed up to the halfway point (to make sure that students are incentivized to…
We were having trouble bringing in a Cengage test bank yesterday. We turned off New Quiz functions in the Admin area as Cengage test banks are still set up with Classic Quizzes. They finally imported correctly, but now the the test bank questions are coming in as gibberish but the answers are reading correctly. Have any of…
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’re excited to introduce a new quarterly Implementation Webinar series designed to support Canvas Administrators during setup, rollout, and early adoption. These sessions are built to help you better understand admin functionality, available training resources, and how to get the most value from your On-Demand Training…