What are Course Feature Options?
Course Feature Options are settings and functionality that an instructor can choose to enable or disable at the course level.
How to Manage Course Feature Options?
Available course feature options can be reviewed by clicking on Settings at the bottom of the course-level navigation menu, then clicking Feature Options tab. The On / Off optional state of a course feature can be changed on the Feature Options page by a person in the Teacher, Designer, or Admin role.
The table below lists available course feature options with a brief description, status, and default state. Some features are flagged as "Feature Preview" which means it is a newer tool that is subject to ongoing updates. The Optional In Course Default State column indicates whether a feature is ON or OFF.
Generally speaking, the default ON or OFF state prioritizes instructors' ability to opt-in to enhanced or preview feature options. Instructors are advised to review available documentation or asking for guidance before enabling feature options to ensure they work as expected.
Canvas Feature Options
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Course Feature and Description
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Optional in Course Default State
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Anonymous Grading
Enable anonymous grading of assignments
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Off |
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Anonymous Instructor Annotations
Anonymize all instructor comments and annotations within DocViewer
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Off
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Disable Classic Quiz Creation
Use New Quizzes as the default quizzing engine when creating a quiz. Removes the ability to create classic quizzes.
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Off
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Discussion Summary (Feature Preview)
Summarize discussions using AI.
Learn more about this feature: Canvas: Discussion Summary
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Off
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Emojis in Submission Comments
Adds an emoji picker that allows students and teachers to add emojis to their submission comments.
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On
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Enhanced Rubrics (Feature Preview)
This feature provides visual and functional enhancements to rubrics across Canvas.
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Off |
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ePub Exporting
This enables users to generate and download course content as an ePub for offline viewing of course materials.
Learn more about this feature: Canvas: Sharing Site Content as an Archive or an ePub
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On
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Learning Mastery Gradebook
Learning Mastery Gradebook provides a way for teachers to quickly view student and course progress on course learning outcomes. Outcomes are presented in a Gradebook-like format and student progress is displayed both as a numerical score and as mastered/near mastery/remedial.
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Off
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Outcome Service Results to Canvas Reporting
Allows result data stored in the Outcomes Service to display in Canvas reporting (LMGB, sLMGB and outcome related admin reporting).
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On
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Performance and Usability Upgrades for Speedgrader
This feature provides a new SpeedGrader platform experience with a focus on improved performance for large courses.
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Off |
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Preserve Group Set During Assignment or Discussion Copy
When copying a group assignment or discussion topic to another course, a group set set with the same name is created in the destination course if no matching group set exists
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Off
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Smart Search (Feature Preview)
AI driven smart search feature.
Learn more about this feature: Canvas: Smart Search
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Off
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Student Learning Mastery Gradebook
Student Learning Mastery Gradebook provides a way for students to quickly view progress on course learning outcomes. Outcomes are presented in a Gradebook-like format and progress is displayed both as a numerical score and as mastered/near mastery/remedial.
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Off
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Submission Stickers
Allows teachers to attach stickers to student submissions. Requires the "Assignment Enhancements - Student" feature flag to be enabled.
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Off
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How to get additional help?
For technical support, contact Instructure Support by 24/7 phone [+1-833-890-4166] or email support@instructure.com. For pedagogical support schedule a consultation with a DLINQ team member.