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Hello, We are trying to get student's calculated grades from Canvas course sections. It looks like the Canvas Data 2 datasets do not provide this calculated data, which makes us have to manually calculate the grades and we're concerned our calculations won't always match what faculty and students see in Canvas. Is there a…
Using Canvas Free For Teacher Account to deliver content to high school teachers. On the site, the People tab currently lists 1,593 students (including 345 pending), but the Activity tab only shows data for 1,360 students. Activity has data on everyone who was enrolled (pending or not) as of about December 2025, but…
We are currently using the user in a course level participation data report we created with our data warehouse to highlight students who haven't participated in a certain amount of time. The Registrar then checks each of those marked students to check if they at least viewed a course page or assignment more recently, since…
Hello everyone, I was wondering if there is a way for the Canvas LMS to track the specific amount of time that a student spends on each assignment in a course. I am not referring to page views, I'm referring to gathering the date, time in minutes, seconds, and hours that a student spent working on each assignment in a…
We're excited to announce an update to the Intelligent Insights permissions structure that makes it easier than ever to extend the value of Intelligent Insights to more users across the institution without compromising privacy and security. Now you can give the right people the right access to data, without overwhelming…
Admin Analytics and Course Readiness give Canvas admins greater visibility into Canvas course usage and the ability to take action on key insights related to course readiness. This update will give you even more focused data to work with. Filtering Out Courses With No Enrollments Starting with the April 23 Canvas…
Admin Analytics has been migrated to DAP We’re excited to announce that Admin Analytics for all customers in all regions has been migrated to our Data Access Platform (DAP), the same source as Canvas Data 2. It's important to note that this exclusively a backend change. The data source for Admin Analytics has been…
We are conducting the Instructure Data Questionnaire to inform our 2025 roadmap and understand the cloud adoption trends among our users. Your input will help us tailor features, optimize data services, and plan future enhancements. The questionnaire is anonymous, but there is an option to share your email for follow-up.…
We just wrapped our 14th InstructureCon last week in Las Vegas! Our team gathered with nearly 3,000 customers and partners from across the globe for over 260 inspiring sessions. The temperature outside soared to over 115 degrees, but inside, the atmosphere was even hotter with enthusiasm. We’ll publish more of the content…
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