Community help

jbuchner · 2025-08-22

1. If I don't want the attendance tool grade to count toward student grades, do I have to mark it to not count both in the tool, and in the assignment? 2. If I mark it not to count in one or both places, what will I see in the gradebook? 3. If I mark...

RivRav · 2025-08-22

I have recently added students to a new course page. When I added the students, they were added by their email addresses without their names. The students have manually changed their names in their profile, but these names have not synced over to the...

NickRiches · 2025-08-22

I work at an institution where, for historical reasons, Canvas exists alongside Moodle. One thing I noticed about Moodle which, in my humble opinion, is better than Canvas is the "Course Overview" menu. This creates a list of all sections and subsect...

cjohnson81 · 2025-08-21

I am writing to share a concern about how rubrics currently function in Canvas. At the moment, rubrics only total points across criteria rather than averaging them into a single proficiency score. This creates challenges for teachers, especially thos...

ShaneThaw · 2025-08-21

Student's generally do not seem to engage or respond to comments/replies given to them on Discussion posts or Assessment/quiz comments, so I am unsure if they are even seeing this feedback. It would be great to know that they are notified when these...

JeanelleDay · 2025-08-21

I copied the Welcome! page from the pages in one course to another course. That seems to be the issue. The other items copied when I posted like assignments with correct dates and such. Now this Welcome! page has a lot on it. I'm wondering how I can ...

rlennartz · 2025-08-21

I have tried using the new feature that allows checkpoints in discussions, and don't plan to use it for the rest of the semester for reasons that others have already cited (such as the fact that the grade in my rubric is ignored and so the grades mus...

CindyBryan · 2025-08-21

I think my authentication settings are wrong. We linked all students and observers with IDs but I have some parents have created new accounts by using the student's pairing code not their ID. I see parents with emails and no ID. Help! Are these se...

SSaxer · 2025-08-21

I would like to have students sign up to present a topic on a particular class day. Is it possible to allow them to access the calendar feature to do so or is there a way to set up a sign-up sheet other than just creating one myself and loading it in...

AliQahoush · 2025-08-21

Hello Canvas Community,I would like to ask if there is a way to create a midterm report for each course in Canvas.What I am looking for is:A way to summarize student progress up to the midterm point.The ability to include categories of performance (a...

JeffreyNeaves · 2025-08-21

Is it possible to have a setting in the gradebook to where the maximum points deducted for late submissions can be set? I know that the lowest possible grade percentage can be set but I'm wanting late points to be deducted up to a max of 30 points. T...

elainew · 2025-08-21

Parents are receiving notifications from courses that their students were in last year. The term dates were set to end at the end of the school year. How can I as an admin turn off these notifications? Do I need to conclude the courses? What happ...

AngelaHubbard · 2025-08-21

When will our courses be published so that we can see the syllabus, assignments etc.?

jmeyers2 · 2025-08-21

When you add an assignee to an assignment in Canvas teacher app, tags are not an option.

TracyFait · 2025-08-21

I'd like to use a daily accountability rubric to have students self-assess their durable skills, participation and engagement. The videos I have seen online suggest that their is a self-assess check box but I cannot seem to find it. Did it dissappe...

KimberlyMcKerna · 2025-08-20

I teach at a high school and my class periods are 48 minutes long. I have students that receive 50% and 100% extra time on everything. I would like to know if there is any way to provide those students with the time they need to finish a test in the ...

JulieMcCallum · 2025-08-20

I am an instructor, and I cannot find a recent post that answers this with the options I have. I want to add a banner to the top of my courses, but I'm having trouble figuring out how. The most recent search I can find is from 2020, and I do not ha...

BartHeagy · 2025-08-20

I have used EdPuzzle integrated through Canvas for several semesters and different classes. I assigned a video lesson that has open-ended questions that requires manually grading, which I have completed. This is my first assignemnet for this course...

BernadetteVilla · 2025-08-20

When I insert any image, doc, or item it only shows as a link. I've tried many ways with no luck. Please help.

mrenk · 2025-08-20

Our institution recently switched to a new proctoring tool from Respondus Lockdown Browser and implementation went smoothly. Since we have ended our Respondus contract, we removed the LTI from our Canvas instance. However, we found that many instruct...

ScottShafer · 2025-08-20

We are having issues with Canvas and need support. We have submitted ticket after ticket and made phone call after phone call with no response. Is there something we are missing? Did we not pay the bill? Are we shadow banned? What's the deal?

LizDavis1 · 2025-08-20

I am loving the dyslexia friendly font as a designer. The hard part is knowing if the text will update. I have noticed that things like headers, link, and lists don't always present with the font once the page is saved. Hopefully learners are seeing ...

SallySouthan · 2025-08-19

Is there a way for students to print their own completed quizzes? When I am in preview mode as the instructor, and choose a print command it only prints what is visible on the screen rather than the entire completed quiz.- I'm using new quizzes- My s...

jbalish · 2025-08-19

Hi All,As an instructor, is there a way to force Canvas to display assignments as sorted by type? Right now, my classes are defaulted to sort by date and student have to manually tap (iPad) "sort by date" every time they go to view assignments.Please...

seduncan · 2025-08-19

I set up all my classes this year after importing my material in as usual. Ed puzzle no longer allows me to grade open-ended questions within the LMS. And I can no longer see my kids completion rates inside the LMS. I keep having to go to the Ed puzz...

charmon3 · 2025-08-19

In the past, when I needed to grade free response questions on EdPuzzles, I would just click the link (red button reading something like "83 new answers"). But this school year, that button doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know how to get around thi...

aturley1 · 2025-08-19

Hi, I have a student who has some intense vision impairment. We are able to zoom in on PDFs and other embedded items, but is there a way to zoom in on Canvas-created quizzes-specifically the drop-down questions so that they can magnify the answers? A...

TanyaHaddad · 2025-08-19

Quick question—would it be possible to separate the settings for students editing and deleting their replies? Ideally, I’d like students to be able to edit their replies but not delete them.If that’s not currently possible, how can we upvote or reque...

KristyNorris · 2025-08-19

I need to conduct a course assessment on approximately 20 sections of one class at my institution. The exam tool has been created and the institutional outcomes have been tagged for each item. The tool has been flawlessly launched in all of our blu...

TameraForrester · 2025-08-19

Ok, if I could offer a suggestion to add submission times to either the grades tab or the assignments tab, that would a super helpful way for students to see their progress very quickly and know where to pick up with the next assignment.

AkosFarago · 2025-08-08

Learn about the new integration between Canvas Studio and YouTube’s Player for Education!

NikkiWhang · 2025-08-05

Last week approximately 2,000 Canvas LMS users traveled to beautiful Spokane, WA for our annual InstructureCon event. During the week, we were granted an opportunity to sit down with several of our K12 and Higher Education users for a Customer Discov...

eschiebel · 2025-07-21

Canvas users may now choose to use a dyslexia friendly font.

KataKeri · 2025-07-21

A cleaner, more accessible, and easier-to-use Files page launched in Canvas on July 19! With improved navigation, bulk file actions, better accessibility, and a modern design, managing course and user files just got simpler. Prefer the classic view? ...

Rachel-Bowman · 2025-07-10

In today’s crowded edtech landscape, integration quality matters. Educators and administrators are under pressure to deliver seamless digital learning experiences without compromising on usability, data privacy, or security. That’s why we’re proud to...

Amy_Haskell · 2025-07-08

Last week, we hosted a K-12 Assessment Product Discovery Session (CDS) in San Antonio, bringing together curriculum and assessment leaders from districts across the country. This in-person event provided a valuable opportunity for participants to eng...

MichaelLysaght · 2025-07-08

Today, I’ll update you on some major progress on one of these projects: the Global Identity Service. And offer details of what you can expect over the next 12-28 months.

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-08

During a recent Customer Discovery Session in Budapest, educators from Europe and Africa shared powerful insights on collaboration, mobile teaching, accessibility, and more. Their voices are already influencing how we evolve Canvas to better sup...

JoaoSilveira · 2025-07-03

A long request is now available: Canvas New Quizzes support to localized numeric formatting, allowing institutions to configure decimal and thousand separators based on regional conventions.

sgergely · 2025-07-02

We’re excited to release the data access platform (DAP) command line interface (CLI) referred to as DAP CLI 2.0. For developers and data engineers that access data from Canvas Data, this is a major version update that introduces new functionality, i...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-23

Now that Differentiation Tags is available in Feature Preview in production as of June 21, 2025 , you may be asking yourself: What’s the difference between Sections, Groups, and Differentiation Tags? How do I know when to use each one?

AlexisNast · 2025-06-23

Discover how the new Canvas Apps experience streamlines app discovery, management, and monitoring, saving administrators valuable time. This enhanced experience provides critical data for informed investment in tools educators and learners truly use,...

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-18

Discussion Checkpoints are now available in Group Discussions! As we conclude the Discussion Redesign initiative, we invite you to share your feedback in a brief survey.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-11

We’re exploring ways to improve the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) in Canvas—and we’d love your input.

SamGarza1 · 2025-06-09

We’re exploring ways to improve the Peer Review experience in Canvas and we need your input!

sgergely · 2025-06-03

We're excited to announce the upcoming release of a new column, non_collaborative, in the Canvas Data 2 (CD2) Query API's groups and group_categories tables at 2025-06-12. This column helps clearly distinguish between standard collaborative groups an...

ZoeLubitz1 · 2025-06-02

The Course Pacing feature is now only in Course Settings, not behind a feature flag. It is still disabled by default.

YasiAfsharnive · 2025-05-21

Learn more about performance and usability updates coming to SpeedGrader, June 21, 2025!

SamGarza1 · 2025-05-21

Differentiation Tags are a powerful new feature coming soon to Canvas! And we’re excited to announce that the Differentiation Tags feature is now available in Feature Preview in beta environments.

shirenv · 2025-05-21

At Instructure, we believe the best way to improve is by listening to the people who use our tools every day—you. That’s why on June 21st US customers will begin seeing a quick question pop up while using Canvas or Mastery asking for your feedback. I...

TamasBalogh · 2025-05-13

To streamline the user experience and create consistency across all Canvas features, the dedicated “attach” button in Discussions and Announcements will be removed on July 19th, 2025. Users can continue to upload images, videos, and files via the RCE...

carlycurran · 2025-04-28

We've heard your feedback! You’ve been asking for clearer course data in Admin Analytics and Intelligent Insights. We're excited to announce a change that will improve your experience.

TamasBalogh · 2025-04-22

Over the past few months, we've implemented several UI and UX improvements to the Discussion Summaries feature preview, driven by the valuable feedback you've shared with us.

KevinMeredith · 2025-04-16

Customer Discovery Session takeaways from March 26th at Instructure headquarters. Members of the Internet2 consortium met with Instructure R&D teams to discuss edtech management and maximizing effectiveness.

SamGarza1 · 2025-04-10

Discussion Checkpoints Now Available at the Sub-Account Level

annalindsay · 2025-03-31

We recently hosted a Customer Discovery Session with R1 institutions at our Salt Lake City HQ, gathering valuable feedback on the Canvas LMS roadmap, assessment tools, and upcoming features like STEM item types and Differentiation Tags. This blog hig...

annalindsay · 2025-03-25

We recently participated in our first Customer Discovery Session of 2025 in Lakeland, Florida, where educators shared invaluable feedback on AI, accessibility, and user experience. Discover how their voices are shaping Canvas LMS.

ShelbySchaefer · 2025-03-25

Discover what’s top of mind for today’s career learning leaders—from skills-based frameworks to AI-powered efficiency—in our latest customer discovery session recap.

shirenv · 2025-03-24

Ideas, Customer Discovery Sessions, and Early Adopter groups are exciting, but our efforts go beyond that. Here’s how we’ve been further strengthening our partnership:

sgergely · 2025-03-19

We’re excited to announce an update to the context_external_tools table in the Canvas namespace of the DAP Query API. On 31st of March in 2025, we will be adding a new column: unified_tool_id: A unique identifier for the external tool, helping Canvas...

Canvas Release Notes (2025-09-20)

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2025-09-10 Deprecation: Removal of the UUID field from the File API 2025-11-05 Breaking Change: Boolean Values Returned as Strings in LTI 1.3 Launches For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas Changes. Release not...

Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-08-27)