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Hello, I have been having an issue for the past few weeks where the "My Grades" side menu in the dashboard list view displays all of my previous courses, including ones from over two years ago. I only have about four courses starred in the Courses menu, but regardless, every past course still shows up in the My Grades…
A recent change my students have been complaining about is that they now have to wait for Canvas to process submissions so that it can be displayed within the browser before they can check that the submission worked. When the servers are heavily loaded I have seen student need to wait 5 minutes for this. When submitting at…
Release Timing: Generally Available (GA) on February 21, 2026 as a Feature Option and enabled-by-default. Can be disabled by account admin. Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: The Course Accessibility Checker is a course-level tool that enables…
Our teachers regularly use comments in assignments to communicate with students. Good interaction! But, although students can see that there's a new comment in the browser Canvas under Recent Feedback, that doesn't exist in the mobile app. Also in the Inbox, they can choose to see Submission Comments in the browser,…
I’m a student exploring a small personal project related to Canvas grade notifications and student experience, and I wanted to ask about what is technically and policy-wise feasible within Canvas. Many students receive email notifications like “A new grade has been posted,” but then need to log into Canvas to actually see…
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)Redesigned Grades screen…
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…
In a previous entry to this series, we introduced you to the Canvas Course Spotlight program, which offers Cornell students the chance to highlight and recognize design elements of Canvas courses that have positively impacted their learning experience. We also discussed the general patterns among the recognitions we…
If a student has a tab open for an assignment or quiz, and I then unpublish that assignment, quiz, or entire module, the student is still able to access their assignment or quiz and even submit it. I do not want students to be able to access anything once I unpublish a module. The whole point is for them to only be able to…
Hello! I created several courses using the same basic template and they've been used by dozens of students in the last few months. Yesterday, I was informed that a student is unable to download documents (PDFs and PowerPoints). The documents are saved and linked to in the File section. When a students selects the link, a…
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