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We were so excited to have Checkpoints, and indeed those work really well; points, calendar, grading and more. We turned the feature on immediately on Jan 18. Thank you Instructure! Teachers love it. Canvas Canvas Release Notes (2025-01-18) - Instructure Community - Discussion Checkpoints
But, the change to Speedgrader for all graded discussions, whether or not they use checkpoints, is causing distress.
Are others trying out this new feature?
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This is actually the biggest problem with this rollout. It is only available at the root account level as a feature option. That means you can't make it an option at the course level or even the sub-account level. Instead, having it on at all enforces it across the entire instance. The best short term fix I can recommend to Instructure is, if possible, make it function like a regular feature option that can be controlled at the course level. That way, while the kinks are being worked out, faculty who want the checkpoints feature and are willing to deal with any bugs and an interface in SpeedGrader that they consider sub-optimal can have checkpoints, and since it's otherwise obviously not ready for prime time everyone else can turn it off in their courses.
Hello Everyone - Thank you for your patience today!
I wanted to share that Sam recently posted Addressing Your Feedback on Recent Discussion Checkpoints in the Product Blog. She outlines Instructure's next steps and provides opportunities to provide feedback. I hope you participate in the Maze survey included in the blog and follow or contribute to the developing conversation.
Greetings all
I want to assure you that your feedback has not gone unnoticed. This morning, the product team came together to review this thread and incorporated additional insights from the Instructure New and Next: Product Updates session. They're actively working on a plan and communication, which will be shared with you very soon.
Hello Everyone - Thank you for your patience today!
I wanted to share that Sam recently posted Addressing Your Feedback on Recent Discussion Checkpoints in the Product Blog. She outlines Instructure's next steps and provides opportunities to provide feedback. I hope you participate in the Maze survey included in the blog and follow or contribute to the developing conversation.
I reached out to our CSM as well because this affected our faculty teaching online in our Winter session. I was provided the following information:
We're aware of the issue with the Discussions Checkpoint feature release impacting Canvas' Speed Grader, and I apologize for the inconvenience this may have already caused. I am following that community thread as well. Our product and technical support teams are working on a resolution, and we'll keep you updated as soon as we have more information. In the meantime, as you mentioned, a Support case is helpful in getting things fixed too.
If you can get the faculty who are struggling to share their experiences directly with Instructure through a Case. While we can communicate in the community, the support tickets might have more merit based on volume. Just a thought.
CRYING. The option to turn it off is not available in my course. This feature is significantly increasing my workload and negatively impacting my workflow. Please restore the previous SpeedGrader discussion view, which allows me to see one student at a time. 😰
Hi @ar3183 ...
The Feature Option for Discussion Checkpoints is only available at the Canvas administrative level. At least in the Canvas "beta" environment where I was able to test it out, it is a toggle switch to turn it on/off for everyone. There is no option to turn it on/off per course. I'd encourage you and others in this thread to review the information that Kristin provided in her response (see her response in the green outlined box at the top of this page).
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