Is there any way currently or planned for the Modules API to distinguish between new quizzes and other assignments? We are getting all new quiz moduleItem objects with a type of "Assignment" while classic quizzes have "Quiz."
It looks to me like there's a boolean quiz_lti key in module items returned by the endpoint to list module items (https://canvas.emory.edu/doc/api/modules.html#method.context_module_items_api.index). It appears to be true for New Quizzes (presumably to help present special options in the triple dot menu for New Quizzes module items). This should help to distinguish between New Quizzes & other assignments.
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…
Has anyone had a chance to try this with a Canvas quiz? Seems it may have a similar effect as ChatGPT Atlas able to provide all the answers to an open Quiz. https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/microsoft_adds_a_sidepane_for/
When you are creating a quiz and/or also reviewing a quiz in Canvas after the class has taken it, the questions aren't numbered so after you get past the first few questions, there is no way to even tell what number you are on. Can someone change that?
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…
