Is there a way, or could there be a way, to identify students by number of missing assignments or number of failed assignments?
Hello @LYDIASINGLETON - is the question from an instructor perspective or more broadly as an institution?
As an instructor, I sort the Grades total from lowest to highest so the students with the lowest grades are listed first. This typically includes those students with the most missing assignments. That way I see them first and that enables me to relentlessly attempt to invigorate their course engagement. Another approach is to make use of 'Course Analytics' (previously named New Analytics). Select the Reports tab and then Missing Assignments. See here: How do I view and download reports in Course Analy... - Instructure Community - 409936
As an institution you are able to use add on tools such as Canvas Data or Instructor Insights, which are premium features.
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…
