Canvas encourages users to submit feature ideas — ways to improve or enhance the learning management system’s functionality.
Below is a list of Canvas feature ideas proposed by Penn State faculty and staff. If you believe these features would be beneficial, please vote by the closing date.
Thanks to Catherine Murphy for compiling and sharing the list.
CLOSING JUNE 1, 2016
- When Importing from Commons, Keep Dates for Assignments, Quizzes, etc.
- Group Enrollments Should Match Course Enrollments
- ePortfolio Privacy Settings
- Email Multiple Classes at One Time
- Add Print/Copy-Paste Capability to Entire Lesson Modules
- Provide students with option to pin or bookmark a page in a module
- Make Event Default Time 11:59pm rather than 12:00am
- All Assignments Display in To Do List
CLOSING JULY 6, 2016
- Unsubscribe in Discussions should stick when selected (this was posted by someone outside of Penn State, but we have had this similar request)
- Module Column in Wiki Pages Table
- Headings for Quiz Question Bank Groups
- Peer Evaluation for Group Projects
- Allow additional file types to preview in Speedgrader
CLOSING AUGUST 3, 2016
Treat zeros as ungraded for both teacher and student views is in the “gathering info” stage, but voting is still open until August 5, 2016.
Want to submit your own idea? Visit How do I create a new feature idea?
Want to see ideas proposed by others or see what new features are being added or in development? Visit the Share Ideas Community Page.
mek26 says
collapsible I meant…..
mek26 says
How about collapsble folders for material in the Modules instead of just splattering all that material on the page. It aestherically unpleasing and confusing to see every piece of material once in a folder with instructions just splayed out like that. Will email have the ability to link to a student’s internet mail or? How about the syllabus tab be able to actually have a printable version for students.
Jessie Bourland says
Dr. Kohler – Great questions! I may focus on voting in today’s Q&A session if the audience members agree. Your 3 ideas have been submitted to the Canvas Community and successfully received 100 votes, which means the feature has been added or it is queued for development.
1. Modules within Modules received 259 votes – https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/4636
April 2016 Update from Allison Weiss (Instructure): “This will be a terrific project when the time comes. This isn’t something we will be focused on during the next six months (I will archive), but voters on this thread are more than welcome to share your ideas in the meantime.”
2. Email can link to your main PSU account if you set it up that way in Account > Notifications > Conversations. I can demo this today if you will be in the Q&A session.
A print syllabus button was requested in 2015 and received 94 votes. Instructure’s recommendation was to add instructions at the top of the syllabus for students to use CTRL-P/CMD-P to print. (https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/1328)