Instructure – Bionic Teaching

Canvas and bulk unpublishing files in a module

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Tom Woodward

Problem Bulk publish/unpublish in Canvas modules does not work on files. The UI does not make that apparent at all. Semi-solution Support should have told me that I can go to files and do bulk publish/unpublish there. Those actions impact the files displayed in modules. It’s not a perfect response but it’s better than nothing. […]

Brute Forcing Canvas Catalog

Posted on March 6, 2023 (February 9, 2024) by Tom Woodward

Canvas Catalog is a front-end Instructure sells so that institutions can create a storefront for courses held in Canvas. In our case, we’re starting to do some paid non-credit courses. While I had a variety of interactions with Catalog back at VCU, I wasn’t deeply involved and most of our goals were fairly linear. It’s […]