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I LOVE Canvas, I really do! In spite of that, I have one major frustration that creates trouble for me on a very regular basis! The majority of our courses are year long so they have 2 learning periods. We want our teachers to unpublish all modules and assignments from the first learning period after the first semester…
Hello, I work with student onboarding and regularly encounter students whose names have unique spellings and pronunciations. LinkedIn has a feature that allows users to record the pronunciation of their names, and I believe a similar feature in Canvas would be valuable for instructors, advisors, and student support staff.…
When opening collaborative road map when not logged in the window opens up however when logged in and using Microsoft Edge it doesn't show up it's blocked. Have checked all the browser settings and there's nothing blocking this.
I have a student with an extension beyond the end of the semester. How do I re-open Canvas Gradebook to enter his assignments and have Canvas compute his final grade?
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to display in beta and/or production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. New to release notes? Visit Understanding Release Notes for a guide on how to read and use this document.…
For educators, tracking student progress isn't just about final grades—it's about understanding exactly which skills and standards a student has mastered. That is where the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) comes in, offering a dedicated view to monitor outcome-based learning. Today, we are excited to announce the general…
What we're doing and why. In response to the security incident that affected Canvas in May 2026, Instructure has launched a comprehensive hardening program. The goal is to build a platform engineered for greater resilience against compromise and accelerated detection of anomalous activity. One of the first changes you will…
We want to make our non-production environments more secure, sustainable, and better aligned with how your institution actually operates. Earlier this year, this community pushed back when we changed the Beta refresh cadence. That feedback changed our decision. This is your chance to directly influence our design and…
We are about to launch an AI Literacy module that will be required for all first-year students and we want to make it available to any faculty member to incorporate into their course. We are trying to figure out a way that, if a student has this assigned to them by multiple instructors, the student only needs to complete…
In Speedgrader, instructors need to scroll back to the top after selecting points in a rubric to view the rubric score. Is there a way to have the total points selected appear next to the Submit button so it is easy to find without having to scroll up and down in Speedgrader? Thank you!
We recently discovered an intermittent issue in which New Quiz scores are not populating in Grades or SpeedGrader. We reported this to Canvas Support (Case #13495368) and were informed that this is a known intermittent issue, with their engineering team actively working on a fix. As a work-around, you can go to Moderate…
I am trying to create an ordering question and keep getting an error. The error message I get is "An unexpected error occurred while loading this page. Please try returning to the home page." All other question types are working fine.
Hi, My school uses Canvas LMS for students to submit assignments, view course content, etc.; we then use Populi for student records. We also utilize the Canvas-to-Populi grade sync feature. If we set up a Canvas course so that students can self-enroll, is there a way for their enrollment to automatically sync to the Populi…
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in the title of this document. New to deploy notes? Visit Understanding Release…
If you’ve been following our Certified Programs, you know how much we love seeing our community grow. This year, we’re bringing three of our most impactful programs to life in a face-to-face setting during the InstructureCon Pre-conference. If you’re looking to earn a credential or renew an existing one, these live…
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Canvas Catalog is an all-in-one learning solution that integrates with the Canvas LMS as a course registration…
Hi, My institution is considering the viability of Canvas catalog for some asynchronous online courses. Can a Canvas Catalog course be set up to work with the Canvas to Populi grade sync? And, related to this, can it be set up so that when someone enrolls in a Canvas Catalog course it automatically adds them to the roster…
I have asked this question several times and the only response I have received is "refer to Terms and Conditions." What happens to our content that was previously hosted on Free-For-Teacher? Has it been archived? Deleted? Two points. That content is the user's intellectual property. That content has user names, likenesses,…
We would like to test our resource center, but it seems that will activate it for everyone, not just the segment we can assign to the guides in the guide list. Is it possible to do that? We want to test in production but don't want it visible to everyone! Thanks if you know. I had hoped to have separate resource centers…
Hi, Can someone from the Canvas team please support me in exporting my course content? There was no email sent or a clear post on the relevant Free-for-Teacher version page to have known about the open window period. This is causing quite the conundrum for my team and me. I would greatly appreciate some assistance.…
I ran a course accessibility audit, and it kept flagging a color contrast issue that WCAG noted was AA and AAA compliant - #ffffff against #751a1a. Wondering if I was missing something like an <style> or <div> tag, I asked the IgniteAI Agent to verify and it came back with the following response. Sharing with my team, as…
Hola, soy un antiguo usuario de Free-for-Teacher y necesito ayuda para recuperar mi contenido. Mi cuenta alojaba todo el programa de formación profesional de mi organización: muchas horas de material del que dependemos activamente. Lamentablemente, no pude exportar mis cursos durante el periodo de restauración del 28 y 29…
Hoping someone can explain for me. We're using pacing to avoid manually dating regular assignments each quarter, but the dates I see are based on when the course was instantiated, while students see dates based on when they were added to the course by [backend software I don't know anything about, presumably]. If I set…
Can anyone point me to a theme manager for the resource centers in the new Impact platform? We have a theme manager for the Guides, but the Resource Center does not seem to have access to the theme library. I went through the process of setting all the styles in the Resource Center GUI, but am not finding a way to back…
Hi Canvas community, I've built a free, open-source Chrome extension called AssisT that works natively on Canvas without any admin configuration - students install it themselves from the Chrome Web Store and it auto-activates on *.instructure.com pages. What it adds: Text-to-speech with word-by-word synchronized…
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…
The keynotes and sessions in Spokane may be over, but the conversation is just getting started. Join us for the InstructureCon25 Encore Series—a book club for the Instructure Community that brings the voices of featured speakers into your everyday learning. One book at a time, we’ll read, reflect, and keep the…
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,…
A new episode of EduCast3000 drops June 30 — and this one asks a deceptively simple question: does your AI behave the way a great human tutor would? Ryan Lufkin and Melissa Loble sit down with James Genone, Senior Vice Chancellor for Learning Strategy at Northeastern University, to explore what learning science actually…
We want to ensure you don’t miss the next Prompt Party - a live, interactive session designed to help you explore IgniteAI Agent in a way that actually clicks. This isn’t a webinar. This is a working session. What to expect In this event, you’ll see real prompts in action from educators who are already putting IgniteAI…