Known Issues Canvas
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Assignments
Differentiated Assignments
Assign To Field Not Populating Students Alphabetically
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Differentiated Assignments are displaying the first five students differently depending on the browser used. Within Chrome and Safari they are NOT listed in alphabetical order, within FF they are listing the first five in order.
- Workaround: None.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 11:43, 09 June 2015 (EDT) 1569569
Speedgrader
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Students may encounter an informational text when submitting a document that reads similar to "Box and Crocodoc are working together...sorry for any inconvenience." Your submission will be viewable in the Box viewer instead of Crocodoc, however, this appears to be transparent for users.
- Workaround: The Box viewer is a fail-over reader for when documents are not able to be viewed within Crocodoc behind the scenes within Canvas. Canvas support has suggested that the documents may eventually display in Crocodoc.
- Status: Informational Only.
--Jen 9:08, 25 November 2014 (EDT) None
Turnitin
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When a Turnitin report shows an exact match to another student paper in the Turnitin database, the instructor is instructed to click a link to request permission to view the original paper. This link does nothing at this point, and there is no way to see the original paper.
- Workaround: None
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jolaine 09:32, 5 May 2015 (EDT) 1534643
Course
Dashboard
To-Do List Displays Items To Be Graded That Are Fully Graded
- System: Canvas
- Problem: On the Course Dashboard within Canvas, under the "To Do" list, items that have been fully graded continue to show.
- Workaround: Click on the "X" to hide those items from the To-Do list.
- Status: Issue reopened; Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 12:20, 3 February 2015 (EDT) 1383030, 1444549, 1509378
Rich Content Editor
YouTube
- System: Canvas
- Problem: The YouTube embed feature (Canvas WYSIWYG editor) is not working. If you do a search, it comes up with a placeholder video, titled “device support”, which when played, shows the message:"YouTube is upgrading to a newer version, which is not supported by this device or app."(Links to an external site.)
- Workaround: Manually paste URL to YouTube video within text.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Dalyns 13:29, May 8, 2015 (EDT) 1539419
Files
Preview Of Large PDF and PPSX Not Displaying
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Large PDF and PPSX files are not displaying in the preview tool. Users may encounter the error message "document could not be converted, please download it instead."
- Workaround: Download the files to view them.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 07:06, 18 August 2014 (EDT) 655143
Imported File Structure Lost After Initial Deletion
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When attempting to copy exported course files into a new course, the file/folder structure did not remain intact. All file content imports correctly the first time it is imported; however, if the files are subsequently deleted from the course, and then re-imported, that is when they are loaded into an "Unfiled" folder. This is because Canvas is essentially un-deleting the files that were previously imported, and that had been disassociated with their assigned folder when they were deleted. Whenever files are un-deleted within the system, they are automatically added to an Unfiled folder to be manually moved to another folder if needed. While this is currently the expected behavior of the system, to move un-deleted files to an Unfiled folder, this can cause problems with Articulate files, HTML files, and related content that must be in the correct folder in order to work.
- Workaround: Manually move the files back into the correct file/folders structure.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--JoLaine 13:57, 27 May 2014 (EDT) 598049
Settings
Notifications
Notifications Not Being Sent to E-mail
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Users Not Receiving Timely Notifications After Notifications Settings Modification
- Workaround: We have recently received information that it may take as much as one week (even days) for a change in Notifications Frequency to take place. Thus, if today you were to change your Notifications Frequency from Weekly to ASAP, the change would not take effect until sometime early next week. We are investigating this issue and will provide additional detail as we get more information.
- Status: Informational Only
--Jen 09:38, 3 September 2014 (EDT)
Notifications Not Being Received via E-mail
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Users are not receiving e-mail notifications
- Workaround: Ensure that your e-mail address is verified. To do this, click on 'Settings' in upper-right. Within the "Email Addresses" section, ensure that your @ufl email address is blue. If your @ufl email address is grey and italicized, this means it is not verified. To verify, click the address and follow the prompts to verify it. Until this is done, you will not receive any e-mailed notifications.
- Status: Informational Only
--Jen 09:33, 27 February 2015 (EDT) 1471612; Informational Only
View This Message In Conversations Link Not Working
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Within an e-mailed notification, when a user clicks on the "View this message in Conversations" link, the user is taken into Conversations but no conversation is selected. The links for going to the specific message in the inbox currently do not function as intended.
- Workaround: View conversations from within the Inbox.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 09:38, 1 October 2014 (EDT) 745224
Grades
Error When Using "Message Students Who..." In Large Enrollment Courses But Message Is Sent To Everyone
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When using "Message Students Who..." through Grades in a large enrollment course, an error occurs and it appears that the message was not sent; however, the message is sent to everyone in the course not just those who "have not submitted." etc.
- Workaround: None
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--JoLaine 12:25, 02 October 2014 (EDT) 804616, 747292
Modules
Module Progress By Student Not Displaying Progress
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Within the Module Progress by Student, the status seems to always show "none in progress" even when students have been making progress.
- Workaround: None currently. It should be noted that the progress window will show any modules that aren't locked as "in progress" in the right-hand side of the window, but a student can complete all of a module's required items without moving into the next module, so the left-hand column will show "none in progress".
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Dalyns 14:10, 14 January 2014 (EDT) 343454
Modified Module Requirements Prompt Student Completion Of New Requirements Even If Previously Completed
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When you add a new Quiz with score requirement in a previous module and select the option to allow students to "Continue" (Not Re-Lock), students who have previously completed the module before the newly added quiz will not be able to progress through the next module until the new quiz requirement in the previous module is completed. It does not lock the module again, but it tells the student that they need to complete the previous module item even if they have already completed it.
- Workaround: Complete the added quiz requirement in previously completed module.
- Status: A fix has been deployed by the Canvas Engineers.
--Daniel 14:10, 28 April 2015 (EDT) 1527545
Outcomes
Import Outcomes
'Edit Outcomes' Button Present On Imported Outcomes
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When importing an outcome into a course from the account level, the edit button appears and admins can make changes to an account level outcome inside the course.
- Workaround: None (other than navigating away from the page and back again)
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 14:35, 2 June 2015 (EDT) 1557942
Rubrics
Building Multiple Rubrics Outcomes Are Only Applied To First Rubric
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When creating more than one rubric at a time using the Rubric section, adding Outcomes will only add them to the previous rubric
- Workaround: Create the Rubrics one at a time.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 11:31, 20 August 2014 (EDT) 663413
Page Error Upon Attempting To View Account-Level Outcome's Aligned Item
- System: Canvas
- Problem: If you have an account-level rubric that has an account-level outcome as a criterion, attempting to view the outcome's aligned item (which should be the rubric) will give you a page error.
- Workaround: None.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 11:31, 23 December 2014 (EDT) 1388698, 1506948
People
Enrollments
Dropped Students Are Still Showing As Being In The Course
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Students who DROP a course are still showing as being in the course (within Canvas) if they were added to a manually-created section prior to DROP. Currently, the DROP/ADD process runs against the registrar sections and updates those, however, it does not run against the manually-created sections that were created through myUFL.
- Workaround: Manually remove the students from the myUFL created sections. If you have large numbers of students or are unsure, please contact Learning Support Services at 352-392-4357 option 3 or e-mail us at learning-support@ufl.edu
- Status: UFIT is working on a fix.
--Jen 15:34, 29 August 2014 (EDT) NOT A CANVAS ISSUE
Groups
Ungrouped Student Due To Section Drop
- System: Canvas
- Problem: If a student is enrolled in two different sections within a course and also a member of a group; if they are removed from one of the two sections, the student is also removed from the group.
- Workaround: Until this issue can be resolved, checked the Group memberships frequently to regroup ungrouped Students if you're moving students between sections and/or during periods of ADD/DROP.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 11:14, 9 October 2014 (EDT) 764153
Quizzes
Reports That Quiz Answers Modified
- System: Canvas
- Problem: We've received some reports that quiz answers differ from those answers that were purportedly submitted. Please report any suspected cases to learning-support@ufl.edu with the course number, quiz/assignment, date/time, student, detailed description of the problem, and any available screenshots for further investigation with Instructure.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 13:25, 21 July 2014 (EDT)
Auto-Submitted Quiz When Student Is Not Viewing Page Not Populating Score In Grades
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When quizzes that are automatically submitted while the student is not viewing the page, the submission isn't fully created/generated in the SpeedGrader or Gradebook. Grades will reflect a score of "0". The actual grade will not appear until either the student goes back to view their submission, or until it's viewed by the Teacher in the "Moderate Quiz" page.
- Workaround: Students should ensure to click "Submit" for their quizzes, or go back to view their quiz soon after it is auto-submitted. If the Teacher has any indication that a student may have taken the Quiz but it is not showing in the Gradebook, they should go to the Quiz, click on "Moderate This Quiz" on the right, then click the student's name to view the submission.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Dalyns 09:38, 7 October 2014 (EDT) 753134
Quiz Points Showing as 9.99999999999999 instead of 10
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When viewing a quiz, the point value is displayed as 9.99999999999999 instead of 10. Upon editing of the quiz, the point value is displayed as 10. This is a known issue in Canvas that is due to the system not rounding correctly when it totals it up on the quizzes page.
- Workaround: None available. Students will still receive the correct percentage points when they take the quiz. This is a display bug.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 12:33, 22 July 2014 (EDT) 635202
MP3 Media Files In Quiz Not Converting
- System: Canvas
- Problem: MP3 files which are imported in batch to a course(such as an imported export file) do not correctly trigger a new conversion of the files in the course right away.
- Workaround: None currently available.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 14:28, 12 September 2014 (EDT) 717775
Numeric Question Answer Contains .0000
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When entering an answer into a numeric question, whole numbers generate a decimal point and four zeros when typed into a numerical answers answer field.
- Workaround: None currently available.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Daniel 14:28, 12 September 2014 (EDT) 1544463
Additional time on Quiz
- System: Canvas
- Problem: Professor gives students additional time and it will show for a short period of time below the person's name the following text "gets ** extra minutes on each attempt" but after a certain amount of time the message "gets ** extra minutes on each attempt" gets removed..
- Workaround: The work around is to manually give the student their time one by one. You'll want to give student 1 their extension, save and then refresh the page. Then after refreshing add time for student
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Dalyns 14:28, 23 May 2015 (EDT) 1554216
Mobile App
Android
Unable To Download Canvas App For Nook HD (Android 4.0.4) From PlayStore
- System: Canvas
- Problem: When using a Nook HD (Android 4.0.4) users are unable to download the Canvas app from the Play Store. Users receive an incompatibility error when attempting to download and are unable to install the app. According to the system specifics guide, the OS is compatible. The Nook HD does not have a camera, and the Canvas app requires permission to access a camera within the Android device. This is causing a point of contention.
- Workaround: Use mobile browser or desktop/laptop computer until this issue is resolved.
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas engineers.
--Jen 06:33, 18 August 2014 (EDT) 655092
Account
Settings
Reports
Provisioning
Last Name Missing From Provisioning Users Report
- System: Canvas
- Problem: If a user's first_name includes a name suffix (e.g. 'Jr.', 'Sr.', 'II', and—apparently—'Junior'), it isn't included in the provisioning report.
- Workaround: None
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 13:25, 26 August 2014 (EDT) 378173
Change In Provisioning File Name
- System: Canvas
- Problem: A sudden unexpected change in the provisioning file name output contains \u0026verifier= rather than &verifier= causes local issues.
- Workaround: None
- Status: Under investigation by Canvas Engineers.
--Jen 13:30, 14 August 2014 (EDT) 652093
