Apple Pencil!
Ive only just discovered Canvas has really great note taking features for tables (e.g. iPad Pro). I was using Notability up until now but through pure accident I discovered Canvas lets you draw on lecture slides with a stylus and saves your edits. The interface for using the stylus is actually much better than paid for apps created specifically for that! Really impressed, sad I didn’t know about this at the start of uni. Better late than never - but please point it out more for others who don’t know.
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Previous user
I downloaded the app because it allowed me to interact with my instructors & fellow classmates. Somehow there was an update to the app & I can’t get into it anymore. There’s a function that allows a person to reset password & every time I try & request a new password via email, I never get anything from canvas at all. When I go into my school website on the computer, my info works just fine so I’m getting the password right they just don’t have my info in their system or something. I have also had other issues but nowhere to go & try to get help for this app. I’ll be deleting it off my phone since I can’t get in anyway. And it will remain deleted unless they go back to the way the app was 2 weeks ago. Fix your app idk how that needs to be done but it isn’t working for me & there’s no one to call or email for issues unless you’re logged into the app🙄
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Unable to Use
For years, I have had this app downloaded on my phone, because all of my classes now require canvas (a stupid decision in my opinion, every student I know absolutely hates using this interface). However, I have not ONCE been able to log in to my account, because it won’t let me find my school. When you open the app, it has a page that says “find my school,” or something to that effect, but every time I type in the name of my school, it says it can’t find it. Which is ridiculous, because every class in my school uses Canvas, so please explain to me how an entire school just went missing. On top of that, the website is completely confusing for students, it took me about 3 months just to get my bearings. I feel like an old woman trying to use this website because I just can’t get a feel for the technology. 0/10 would not recommend. If you’re a teacher and considering using Canvas as your main interface between you and your students, please do them a favor and look elsewhere. I would recommend Google Classroom. That site is super user friendly and easy to understand. I have no idea why my school system ever switched.
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iPhone scrolling issue
I use Canvas via Swinburne online and there seems to be a glitch with the iPhone display of conversation threads in that the pages appear massively too large for he device and scrolling takes forever. The comments are 40- 50 swipes down the page, even when there are few comments. I guess, I’m a nutshell, it’s not very responsive.
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Student/Canvas/Canvas Student
This is a pretty solid app, the only thing I find frustrating is (as far as I know) this platform and it's website is called canvas. So why on earth is the app titled student.
The rare time I go to use the app instead of the desktop version of the site I always type canvas into my phone only to have nothing show up.
Please fix this, or at least explain why.
The rare time I go to use the app instead of the desktop version of the site I always type canvas into my phone only to have nothing show up.
Please fix this, or at least explain why.
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I miss blackboard
Doesn’t give notifications and it takes a long time to load. Very confusing to navigate
Ok
It’s good except it’s kind of annoying how if you’re looking at a professor’s slides and you switch out of the app for a second that the app restarts and you have to search for them all over again
Multitasking issue needs to be fixed
Every time the app is minimized and brought up again, it kicks you to the dashboard, very annoying.
International hospitality travel and management
Everything that I have been learning makes more sense than last year so far I think I have learnt things that will support and help me in assignments and exams my teachers are supportive kinda and always willing to help when we need help so far so good
One large flaw lets down this otherwise brilliant app
On the whole the app functions exactly as you would expect and want. Intuitive and fast. Everything for your course in one place. The one Large flaw I refer to is that if you switch to another app Canvas resets itself, it also doesn’t allow for split screen on iPads. This means you can’t make notes or cross check anything online without having to go back to square one when using the app again. If this could be remedied it would be a 5 star app in my opinion.
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