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Help Us Decide: Visual Options for the Canvas Assignment Page
Header image We’re continuing our work to improve the instructor assignment experience in Canvas, and we’d love your input. We’ve created a short Maze survey where you can: Explore different data visualization options we’re considering Share general feedback on the assignment experience Raise existing issues or pain points…
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Feature Request - More robust peer review support
As it stands, the Canvas peer review system has many shortcomings. I suggest some new developments to them to better support alternative and democratic teaching frameworks. The first issue is that there is no such thing as a "Peer review assignment." That is, you can assign a peer review, but you cannot make it an…
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Delete student submission
How do I delete a submission from a student?
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Introduction
Hello my name is Angela, I am pursing my degree in Nursing. I am very interested in learning about the different bacterials and how they grow. I work in the hospital in the lab, but I have always been very curious about Micro side of it.
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Feature Request - More hierarchy for discussions is needed (= forums, [multiple] topics, and threads)
Presently, Canvas discussion forums primarily support "focused discussions" (instead of facilitating discussions that include multiple topic prompts — known as "threaded discussions"). Further, when faculty use multiple topics on a discussion forum, these topics cannot be saved (and copied over) via a Blueprint course.…
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Where did the guides go?
I recall there being specific guides for Assignment Enhancements similar to the guide for Enhanced Rubrics. I can't find it in the guides area for instructors.
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Free Draw Annotation Tool
I have been using the free draw annotation tool for many years to mark "high quality" points made in student work. Just recently, I have discovered that each single mark is requiring a "confirmed checkmark" or it disappears. This is extremely inefficient as I make multiple markups on the submissions. Is there a fix for…
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3rd Party Assignment Submissions
We recently enabled the feature: Assignment Enhancements - Student. Previously, the student submission options included 3rd party options regardless of what options (url, file upload, online, text) were selected in the assignment settings. Now, with the setting enabled the only way for students to submit 3rd party…
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Self Assessment Rubrics are here!
In an effort to create a more engaging teaching and learning experience, educators have looked for ways to offer students more structured self assessment opportunities directly within Canvas LMS. Once available, educators using both Enhanced Rubrics and Assignment Enhancements can allow Self Assessment rubrics for Canvas…
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Interface of an assignment with enhancements
We are enabling the Assignment Enhancements feature option in the near future and have a couple of questions for clarification: Is there a way for the “View Rubric” section to remain collapsed by default rather than expanded? Is there a particular reason the Submit Assignment button is now positioned in the bottom…