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From: Our Instructional Design Team To: Our Amazing Teachers We feel that a well-designed course home page can inspire students to engage more deeply and quickly with learning materials. In appreciation for all that you do, we have created two customizable home page templates that you are free to use in your courses as-is,…
Imagine yourself walking into a library where books are piled randomly on the floor. You’d eventually find the book that you’re looking for, however you’d lose your momentum in the process. For students, most Canvas courses without organized Modules is that library. Just like in a library where organized books are crucial,…
I am currently experiencing an issue where a student’s assignment grade appears in Moderate, but it is not populating in the Canvas gradebook. I have verified the submission is there, but the grade is still missing from the gradebook view. Is there a known fix or additional step needed to get the grade to display properly?
In the wake of the recent Canvas security incident, many instructors are rethinking how they protect their course materials and ensure continuity for students if the LMS becomes unavailable. A common question we’re hearing is how to effectively back up courses “just in case,” especially with an eye toward re‑distributing…
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…
If you missed it, you missed it. But here’s your chance to catch up (and crash the next one). We threw our very first Prompt Party, and the energy was exactly what we hoped for. No slideware. No polished demos rehearsed five times. Just Canvas users in their actual courses, opening up the IgniteAI agent, and showing the…
I attended Indiana’s Canvas user group and several Instructure webinars recently, and one thing stood out: the collective wisdom in our community. There are so many talented, creative, and helpful users. The #CanvasFam consistently shares knowledge to support others — a perfect example of “a rising tide lifts all boats.”…
Unlike submitted “paper” files for assignments, media recordings with the new media player in Canvas doesn’t have a very noticeable link to download student submissions, whether they be audio or video recordings. I happened to spot a way that teachers could get access to the actual file of the student submission…but it…
Feature Request: Add Assignment-Level Prerequisites in Canvas I would like to request the ability to set prerequisites at the assignment level, rather than only at the module level. Currently, prerequisites and requirements are managed primarily through modules, which works well for controlling larger learning sequences.…
Hello! I work with a program that uses a "professionalism modifier" on its students' grades, where faculty can deduct points for poor, non-academic behavior by multiplying the grade by a percentage—i.e., if the faculty wants to reduce a student's grade by 10% for unprofessional behavior, they can multiple the student's…
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