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Whenever a student turns in late work I have to manually change the grade from missing to late even after I enter a grade. It automatically changes it if I use speedgrader, but not when I am at the gradebook. When I enter my pile of late work at the end of the week it doesn't make sense to go to each speedgrader option…
Hello! I'm helping faculty set up outcomes and we are wondering how to align multiple program-level outcomes to a senior capstone project. I apologize if I've missed something obvious. We're not very far into implementing outcomes, but I haven't found an answer after searching the community. Thank you!
Cornell University’s Center for Teaching Innovation created the Canvas Course Spotlight program — a program offering Cornell students the chance to highlight and recognize design elements of Canvas courses that have positively impacted their learning experience. The program solicits nominations from students via an online…
Hi there, We have a teacher with imported assignments that have their due dates change after publishing. Other faculty members have reported they watched this behavior occur. -An imported assignment has a due date adjusted to the current school year. -The assignment sits unpublished with the correct due date visible in…
It would be very beneficial for observers (parents) if they could view instructor comments. If they had access to this information, they could better understand the grading of individual assignments and better understand the errors that their student made.
Has Canvas recently changed their qti format? In the past I could export a quiz that used question groups and import it into Respondus 4. When I do that now I get the error when previewing the file: DynaZip UnZIP error: zip file structure invalid (problem extracting file(s)). I was able to import a quiz qti that did not…
In Spring 2025, the Center for Teaching Innovation launched the Canvas Course Spotlight — a program inviting students to spotlight specific aspects of their Canvas courses that positively impacted their learning. A Brief History of the Canvas Course Spotlight In Fall 2024, CTI surveyed Cornell faculty to learn about their…
When courses are easy to navigate, everyone benefits. Teachers save time, learners stay focused, and families feel more connected. In our latest Beyond the Canvas episode, Regional Director Gemma McLean sits down with Jen Walsh, Customer Success Manager APAC at CidiLabs. With years of classroom experience and her current…
Has anyone written or found some code that can be applied so that whenever a teacher creates a new page or assignment or discussion instead of having that new page, assignment, or discussion be completely blank it can already have our district-approved template on it? We offer page, assignment, and discussion templates in…
The Adoption Corner Consultant-backed strategies for long-term success with Instructure tools What’s Included in This Post? • How to run a quarterly pulse check with Canvas Admin Analytics • When to use Analytics Hub for cross-product, big-picture context • Pro-tips to turn insights into action Over the past few months in…
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