Connect, collaborate, and learn alongside your peers in the Instructure Community.
Sign in to enhance your access to articles, forums, and events—and to participate by sharing insights, engaging in discussions, and connecting with your network of edtech peers.
I sometimes need to search for a file on Canvas so I can rename it or move it to a specific folder. The 'search' facility' is useless because it doesn't tell me the location of the file -i.e. which folder it is in. Is there any way of getting this basic information - the Panda Bot AI assistant suggested clicking on the…
How do i submit an assignment to Instructor?
When I go to send a message to the students in one of my courses, the drop down list includes multiple instances of the course. Some of these instances are from previous semesters; some are different sections from the same semester. There seems to be no rhyme or reason o the order in which they appear, and neither the…
The line between "skills" and "competencies" gets blurry fast, and "learning how to learn" means different things depending on who you ask. We're putting together an Educast 3000 podcast episode on all of it, and your questions will shape the conversation. Curious how to teach students to learn independently, what the…
I have two related scenarios I'm trying to cater for: All students are graded for Assignment 1. Only if a student fails do they do Assignment 2. The assignments are in the same Assignment Group (AG) because I only want one final grade (the highest) for each student. I set the AG to drop the lowest score. This works for…
I have a single suggestion to improve workflow in Canvas, a seemingly simple change that would hopefully improve user experience: Allow an option for quizzes/exam that says "exclude." Or on the "assign to" link also put in something that says "assign to/exclude from" so that a student can be excluded from an exam. Every…
If you're a Free for Teacher user, you’ve probably heard the news! Canvas Lite will be available soon. You will also have a final access window to your Free for Teacher account, September 30-October 6. For the full details on what's changing and what to do next, read Zach Pendleton's blog. We know a change like this comes…
I found an inherited Developer Key in my Canvas instance titled "Athena - 2026-04-30 22:22:18 UTC." Mine is currently off. I haven't been able to find a release note or Community announcement for it. Are you seeing this key in your instance, and what state is it in? Does anyone know the intended default state, or where…
Can you make a page break in Quizzes so similar question types are together/in a section, or are the only options "All questions on a long scrolling page" vs "Single page per question"?
Anything that was published today is not showing up in Canvas for students. 9/11/26
Exploring the Student View of Mastery Connect Student Assessment Experience Students can easily access their assessments through Mastery Connect or through Canvas, once the teacher has made the assessment available to them. Mastery Connect Users Students can go to masteryconnect.com or use the school/district single-sign…
This playlist is for building courses that work for every learner from the start, not as an afterthought. From an AI-powered accessibility coach to bringing handwriting back into a 1:1 classroom to scaling UDL institution-wide, these sessions treat accessibility as a design habit rather than a compliance checkbox. Featured…
This playlist is for turning Canvas data into something you can actually act on. From predictive assessment data that helps districts intervene earlier, to evidence-based edtech vetting, to Canvas learning to read a whole curriculum instead of just a page, these sessions show data doing real work at every level of the…
This playlist is for the mechanics of assessment itself — the systems, the transitions, and the outcomes they're meant to drive. From full-scale New Quizzes migrations to evidence-based assessment strategies to experiential learning as its own kind of measure, these sessions cover assessment as infrastructure, not just as…
This playlist is for the leaders building the scaffolding around AI, not just turning it on. From certifying strategists and navigating pilots through partnership, to reconsidering what expertise even means in an AI-saturated world, these sessions zoom out to the institutional decisions that make AI adoption durable…
This playlist is for the day-to-day reality of AI in a live course — not the strategy deck version. From reclaiming instructor time to grounding an AI teaching assistant in your own course content to hearing directly from students and administrators about where AI is actually landing, these sessions stay close to the…
We know Free-for-Teacher educators have been waiting for an update. So we’re excited to share that Canvas Lite is coming to canvaslite.instructure.com at the end of September. It's a simple, no-cost way for individual educators to build and deliver course content to their learners, without needing an institution to…
a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } One of the most impactful features lost when moving from the legacy SpeedGrader to the new SpeedGrader is the preservation of file submission order for assignments that contain multiple uploaded…
Hello Canvas Community, Our institution is planning a migration from Banner to Workday Student and is beginning to evaluate the best approach to integrating Workday with Canvas. Our current integration is: Banner → Ethos API → ILP → Canvas We would like to learn from other institutions that have already migrated to Workday…
On the new "traditional" rubrics, the scroll bar is only at the bottom. This means on a very large rubric with a lot of ratings, I have to scroll all the way to the bottom to access the scroll bar in order to see all of my ratings and/or if I need to make a comment. This is cumbersome and time consuming. On the original…
When in Speed Grader, under the "Grade by question" option, the Next Student and Previous Student buttons no longer work.
Hi everyone, I’m working through a Sherpath/Evolve LTI 1.3 setup in Canvas and would appreciate some guidance from others who have configured grade passback. Sherpath’s guidance is that the point values need to be adjusted in the Sherpath link opened through the LTI so that the grades pass back to Canvas with the intended…
The fact that the teacher's gradebook view only displays the letter grade in the "override" column makes it difficult for the teacher to review grades, as the numerical grade entered cannot be determined in that view.
Screen readers seem to read out the LaTex and not the equation.
Whenever possible, I prefer to have my students take in-class quizzes and tests on their laptops. But to make sure that they do it in the classroom, I've always put a password on the assessment and then given them the password. That way they can't take it somewhere else on their own (or somewhere else, not on their own).…
I use Respondus 4.0 for loading questions to my pools in Bb and now that we have moved to Canvas, I want to load them to an Item Bank. However, to do this, I need to have them downloadable as a QTI 2.1 option. My options or limited. #1 I can load to a Classic Quiz which my university does not prefer, download the questions…
Training for public safety personnel doesn't end at the academy. It has to follow them through certifications, professional development, and recertification for an entire career. In this session, Travis Meadows, a Training Sergeant turned Instructure Account Executive, sits down with Trooper Michael Ayala, from the Arizona…
The Canvas Klatch is an online office hour open to all members of the Instructure Community. It started as an office hour for the courses I teach for CVC@ONE: Introduction to Teaching with Canvas Advanced Techniques with Canvas Online Teaching and Design Equity & Culturally Responsive Online Teaching Humanizing Online…
Whether you’re new to Canvas or looking to expand your skills, each Klatch session offers a welcoming space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from one another. As a K12 Canvas Admin and Technology Instructional Specialist, I am passionate about helping teachers simplify their workflow, make the most of their time,…
Open office hours for finding your way around New to the Community, or just want to get more out of it? Drop in for Community Compass, an open office hour where you can ask anything about the Instructure Community. Bring your questions about notifications, profile settings, finding the right group, or connecting with other…
Discover how institutions can create more engaging and effective learning experiences by leveraging the flexibility of the Canvas ecosystem. Join Poll Everywhere, Cidi Labs, Instructure, and the University of Delaware for a practical conversation about active learning, student engagement, and formative assessment.…
Learning While Leading explores the business of learning through conversations with institutional leaders, instructional designers, and training managers. The monthly podcast tackles the operational decisions that leaders in education face every day. We're kicking off with an episode dedicated to how leaders in education…