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Release Timing: Generally Available on April 18, 2026 as a Feature Option Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: Canvas users can now request generated captions for videos created in Canvas’ Rich Content Editor (RCE). Searchable and navigable transcripts…
We have enabled the automatic migration of Classic to New Quizzes. When we import QTI files, though, they always fail to load as New Quizzes. If we disabled New Quiz Migration, it works. Why does it only work for Classic Quizzes? Are there any guaranteed tools that will generate QTI files that will import correctly as New…
After using SpeedGrader to grade a discussion with checkpoints, the assignment symbol still shows in the gradebook. The student also does not see the grade. Any suggestions?
Hello! I have an instructor who built an ungraded, anonymous survey in New Quizzes, and one of the questions asked students to upload a PDF. She can download the CSV of the answers to other questions in the survey, but she also wants to bulk download the PDFs each student uploaded. How do I do this?
The Hidden Levers of Student & Teaching Success You’ve uploaded your syllabus and built your modules—but is your course working for you… or are you working for the course? The difference often lies between a high-engagement course and a 'where do I get started?' or ‘where is this link?’ course. The course lies in a few…
I'm an instructional designer. When I create or duplicate a discussion in a course, my name and profile pic show as the author & I can't change it. The only thing that seems to work is to create all the discussions as usual, then ask the instructor to duplicate them & delete my originals. This works, but faculty are…
Morning! One of the more frustrating aspects of Canvas are groups and the issues that show up when copying courses that have them. But now we have yet another issue. Most recently we have had instances where people mark an assignment/discussion as a group assignment but then do not link the discussion or assignment to any…
Hello. In a bluprint i have a page with html code. but when sync the BP the html in the associated courses change, specifically a url original html (blueprint): <div style="padding: 10px 12px 14px 54px; background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(26,188,156,0.03), transparent); border-radius: 0 0 6px 6px; text-align:…
We use Canvas in our courses, and overall it works very well. I am very satisfied with the platform. However, I have noticed a minor issue with navigation within modules. It is easy to move between pages using the “Previous” and “Next” buttons. However, there are many situations where one wants to quickly navigate to…
I have a group of assignments worth 15% in a class using weighted grades. Faculty want the assignments in this particular group to be pass/fail, but I'm concerned that won't give the gradebook any way to calculate the average weighted grade for this group. -Do I have to give all of these assignments point values to ensure…
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