Great app but one thing could be improved...
This is a really great app because I can access all of my course information on one platform across a lot of my devices. Why I didn’t give it 5 stars though is because even when you leave the app to open another one, the app restarts, as in if you go back to the canvas student app the page you were in will not be present and it will go back to home screen. This is sometimes very frustrating when you want to check the internet for a piece of information then come back to where you left off to find out the app has restarted. Very annoying. Also I would like the aesthetics of the desktop version to be applied on iPad, as right now, the main screen is split into two with a narrower part on the left and a larger on the right giving a preview. I would prefer the desktop design layout on iPad.
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Almost there
This app works really well as a whole, it is easy to navigate and content is easy to find. However, there are a couple of things that could be improved on.
- add a search functionality to be able to search for modules/topics within a module.
- the mobile app on iOS (iPhone and iPad) both seem to reset every time you exit the app. This can be quite frustrating when you are switching back and forth to do other things.
- add a search functionality to be able to search for modules/topics within a module.
- the mobile app on iOS (iPhone and iPad) both seem to reset every time you exit the app. This can be quite frustrating when you are switching back and forth to do other things.
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Good but needs work
Relatively useful interface for canvas, however the biggest problem I have with it is the fact that the whole app seems to reload if you exit it and re-enter it. This is particularly annoying if you’re trying to do work and need to come out the app, because when you go back to it you must re-navigate to the page you were previously on.
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Disorganized mess.
Canvas is a disorganized mess. My school recently switched over from eLearning and that program was SO much better! The discussion boards are a mess. You have to scroll through tons of posts to be able to get to yours. When you get a notification about a comment on the discussion board there is no way to tell if it was a reply to your post or just another reply unless you scroll through. It’s difficult to find anything. I understand there is a learning curve anytime you switch to a new program but it’s really unfortunate when you switch from a great program to a lesser program when the only difference is one has an app (that is still a lesser program) and the other you have to go into safari or another browser (as if that is that hard). Overall, I am terribly disappointed and the hype around this program must just come from people who have never had a better program.
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Great app to keep up to date!
Just discovered this app after recommendation from a fellow student and has been fantastic for managing my program. I can check when assignments are due, read any messages, and basically just keep up to date. Great especially when you don’t have your laptop or tablet. Would definitely recommend.
This app is straight legitness, not even gonna lie
App is very smooth, very intuitive and very easy to manage u nomsayin. Recently they made it even better by fixing up the discussion pages. Lecture slides can be viewed inside the app which is dank as hell if you ask me, very useful. Overall this app is dank legitness fam, nomsayin. The devs are riding a wave here, they know what they're doing, fam I'd buy them a beer if I saw them irl nomsayin. 10/10 app
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Canvas App
Im at student at Anglia Ruskin Uni and i would like to be able to add ‘things to do’ on the “to do” tab of this app so that i can keep on top of things. I know that i can use calendar but i am unable to add a list in the to do tab which would be useful. Overall, this app is okay but there isn't any where within the tabs to make important notes and as a nursing student I'm always on the go.
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Discussion tab
Good app, thanks. But can you guys please put the newest comments on the discussion board on top rather than bottom, so we don’t have to scroll all the way down to see the latest replies. Thank you :)
Good, but…
From the beginning, the app was fine. I enjoyed using it and it was a good way of keeping up with my grades (assuming my professors uploaded them in the first place), but this recent update, as of April 16, is annoying to say the least. If your class are heavily discussion based, good luck. You now have to scroll though everyone’s posts and comments to finally reach your own. It gets hard to tell which one is a post and which one is a comment because there’s no real indicator except for a very thin gray line. If you want to edit a previous comment or past that you made? Tough luck, you’ll just have to replay again and add to the madness that is already this discussion board. Not only that but the scrolling never loads everything and often gets stuck when it reaches the bottom and has to load more also causing the app to crash. It was so much more efficient when all of the comments were in folders under the original post. Not only that but the notifications are still broken in the sense of, when you get a notification and you click on it, it still doesn’t take you to the right page.
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Great app, could use minor update
I absolutely love this apps usability. I just have a couple suggestions to make it a little more user friendly. Not sure if this matters, but I go to Ashford University. First, it would be nice to have your own posts displayed at the top of each discussion, so they are easier to locate. Instead of having to scroll down through every other post just to find your own. Second, although the notifications are nice, they can also be a bit annoying. Especially since clicking on the notification does not take you directly to the specific reply of that post. It simply takes you into the app and then you have to “guess” who commented and on which post. Those are my only two suggestions/complaints. Other than that, the app is awesome! Fix these two things and I’ll change my rating to 5 stars.
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