From our institution's perspective, Canvas Commons is a very powerful and useful tool. However, as a large institution with a significant number of teachers to manage, we would like to restrict the ability to upload resources to Canvas Commons to adm...

Is there a way to prevent teachers from uploading content to Canvas Commons but allow administrators to do it?

Hi Canvas Community When sharing resources using the Canvas Commons, after a period of time the links appear to expire and require users to login into Canvas Commons again. This doesn't appear to happen for newer links and if they are already logged ...

I am trying to utilize the Commons API to retrieve a list of all of the resources that our District has in Commons.  I'm using https://lor.instructure.com/api/resources?size=8000&q=DistrictName to get the list of resources and I'm getting conflicting...

What does "file not available" mean when importing Canvas course export package? Seems stuck in Pre-Processing. Guessing the big upload is failing? This is Media heavy course, animation. Worked fine for a different course. Thanks, Ryan

Anytime I upload a module to the Commons, I get a message stating "There was an issue sharing your resource." Has anyone had this problem? If so, what steps do I need to take moving forward?I have already tried deleting the original module from commo...

Good Morning! We are having trouble importing a course into CC. It's just one module, and it only contains a page - an uploaded SCORM file created with Articulate Rise. It's an OER interactive textbook. Because it has been such a bear even with sever...

I am aware that New Quizzes can't be shared through the Commons and this feature is set to be added this Fall 2024. My question is, will New Quizzes currently shared into the Commons need to be reuploaded once the update is made? Or will they be good...

Previously, I have been able to get results when clicking to open Commons.  Today, when I clicked on it, the page was blank.  Are there any solutions to this issue?

New to Canvas:I have gone into Commons and selected the format that uses weekly assignments.  The template gives Discussions:  Week 1, Week 2, etc.Assignments:  Week 1, Week 2, etc.And so on....I want it rearranged so that is is organized with all as...

Hello,I am a former OCPS teacher and have built many things in Canvas. Now, I am working for UCF and unable to import contents through different institution. It seems like the Commons does not work with OCPS and UCF anymore. Thank you!

If we have Outcomes set up in a course for assessment purposes and want to upload that course as a template to Commons for other faculty in our institution to download and use, will the Outcome setup import correctly from a course template from Commo...

Last Summer I created Discussion Boards as a shared resource and put them in Canvas Commons. I listed them under the # MLFWPS LA. I see them in there. I have tried to import them into a current course. When I do I get the standard "You have successfu...

I am starting the Microsoft Office 365 Bundle course and I cannot continue because, I'm in my first Assignment and there's not much explanation about what is requiered (elements) to elaborate it, or I'might not understand how. Can someone give me an ...

Hi,I recently created a Free for Teacher account on Canvas. However, when I try to import resources from Canvas Commons, my course does not show up in the list and hence not letting me import any content. I also have another institutional, paid accou...

Would it be possible to alter this message slightly?  It makes it look like the content will not work at all.  Whereas as long as we still have the contract etc. it will work when imported into a course, especially with new quizzes.     Could somethi...

Hello,I am using Canvas Studio to add my own videos or videos with a YouTube link to build a module I intend to share to the Canvas Commons. If the module is imported from Commons by a user who has Canvas, but does not have Canvas Studio, will it mak...

When I search commons and I put in "art" 131 things show up none of them have art in the title and none of them are about art class? why? also a bunch of them I open and it has a icon saying the content is not there?? why would you have things in com...

In my University we have to agree to the terms of Service of Commons and also have the option to take our agreement back and consequently stop using Commons. What happens with content I may have uploaded to Commons. Will it disapear or will it remain...

I have added courses from a free "Canvas for Teachers" account to Canvas Commons. The courses have quizzes which have associated question banks. When I preview the courses in Canvas Commons, I cannot preview the quiz questions. An example of this is ...

Last year I created an assessment group with many different tasks under the one group. I want to duplicate this assessment group for this year in a different course. How do I copy one Assessment group to commons so I can import this into another cour...

How soon until Canvas Commons becomes the place for K-12 districts go to download and use AI generated content to create and revise course content for students?  What are the implications, benefits and risks? What if the instructor is no longer consi...

Hello,I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me out with this. I reached out to my university's tech support twice, and they told me that there is no way to fix this (?), which I believe cannot be the case.At the start of the semester, I...

In this Commons release (November 16), Commons now includes a List View, which allows users to view their Commons content in a list.     New Feature   List View   Production Environment Availability 2024-11-16 Beta Environment Availability 202...

In this Commons release (TBD), Commons users can report resources that are spam, infringing copyrights, or inappropriate or harmful. Note: The Production release date for this feature has been delayed and is TBD until further notice. Please read pro...

In this Commons release (July 24), the Admin menu option includes drop-down functionality.     Feature Update   Admin Menu Update   Production Environment Availability 2024-07-24 Beta Environment Availability Available   The Admin menu option...

In this Commons release (August 17), Commons provides default placeholder thumbnail images for content.     Feature Update   Thumbnail Images   Production Environment Availability 2024-08-17 Beta Environment Availability 2024-07-15 Commons pro...

In this Commons release (August 19), Canvas Commons provides multi-region hosting and support for the Canvas Commons learning repository.     Feature Update   Commons Regionalization Canvas Commons provides multi-region hosting and support for th...

In this Commons release (January 23), Unsplash is no longer available within the Commons platform.     Feature Update   Unsplash Deprecation   Unsplash, a free service formerly incorporated into Canvas, is no longer available within the Commons p...

In this Commons release (February 5), iTunes U course data can be incorporated into Commons to allow users to search, preview, and import course data.     New Feature   iTunes U Course Import  iTunes U course data can be incorporated into Commo...

Commons releases take place as determined by the product team and deploy new code to the production environment.  Commons Release Notes (2023-08-19) Feature Update Commons Regionalization Commons Release Notes (2023-01-23) Feature Update Unsplash D...