Canvas Teacher

Name: Canvas Teacher
Rating: 4.6 (95953 reviews)
Author: Instructure Inc.

Mobile teaching companion

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

96K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Instructure Inc.
Language

EN
+ 29 More
Size

118.8
MB

Save time. Teach on the go. Canvas Teacher helps educators, instructors, and teachers grade, give feedback, and manage their classes from anywhere. What you can do • Grade or mark work: Use mobile friendly SpeedGrader to annotate assignments, apply rubrics and give written, audio, or video feedback • Communicate: Post class announcements, reply in discussions, and send messages right from your device • Update content: Adjust due dates, publish/unpublish assignments, or fix typos in seconds • Stay connected: Manage your Inbox, reply to student questions, and keep class communication flowing on the move Canvas Teacher is designed for educators—making mobile grading and class management faster and easier.

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

96K Ratings

Crashes with IOS 13
10/29/2019

One Happy Author
UPDATED REVIEW: Canvas has fixed the problem and the Canvas Teacher’s app works wonderfully. As before iPadOS 13, it is easy to use to grade student essays or contact students. With this fix, I now give it a five-star review. It took a while, but... Well done, Canvas!!!UPDATED REVIEW: I have spoken to several Canvas people and have been told Canvas is aware of the app crashing with iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 and they are working on an updated version of the app. I was told by one of their L2 engineers that he could not give me a date for when the new app version will be released. Until it is released, my one-star review must stand. (Why is it taking Canvas so long to fix this problem?)PREVIOUS REVIEW:This was a great app until IOS 13. Since then, I cannot leave a comment within a highlighted section of text for a student paper because the app crashes —every time. My problem was reported to Canvas, and I get responses from their support staff as though they do not know what is going on. So I will tell Canvas what is going on: Your Teacher App is creasing after IOS 13 came out. Not that hard to understand (Canvas support people actually asked me for my “crash logs” from my iPad). Please fix this! If Canvas cannot fix this, the app is worthless and teachers would be better off going back to the desktop version. What a shame.
Crashes with IOS 13
10/29/2019

One Happy Author

UPDATED REVIEW: Canvas has fixed the problem and the Canvas Teacher’s app works wonderfully. As before iPadOS 13, it is easy to use to grade student essays or contact students. With this fix, I now give it a five-star review. It took a while, but... Well done, Canvas!!!UPDATED REVIEW: I have spoken to several Canvas people and have been told Canvas is aware of the app crashing with iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 and they are working on an updated version of the app. I was told by one of their L2 engineers that he could not give me a date for when the new app version will be released. Until it is released, my one-star review must stand. (Why is it taking Canvas so long to fix this problem?)PREVIOUS REVIEW:This was a great app until IOS 13. Since then, I cannot leave a comment within a highlighted section of text for a student paper because the app crashes —every time. My problem was reported to Canvas, and I get responses from their support staff as though they do not know what is going on. So I will tell Canvas what is going on: Your Teacher App is creasing after IOS 13 came out. Not that hard to understand (Canvas support people actually asked me for my “crash logs” from my iPad). Please fix this! If Canvas cannot fix this, the app is worthless and teachers would be better off going back to the desktop version. What a shame.
Mostly good
05/17/2021

annjessa
I wouldn’t use this alone, but it is helpful when paired with the desktop version. I like the ability to write directly on my student’s pdf assignments (it would be great if it took fewer clicks for them to find that feedback, but that is not the fault of the Teacher app). I pretty much only use this to write on students’ work as I find everything else easier on the desktop .I’ve removed my complaint about the February 2021 update since that has been resolved. The remaining issue that I have is that sometimes when I write feedback it doesn’t save the ends of sentences/words. It’s difficult to troubleshoot because I can see everything until I close the assignment and reopen it (which I don’t usually do). Unfortunately the students can get confused by comments with partial words or missing worlds! If I don’t feel too rushed I load the next paper then come back to the previous one and skim through the comments to make sure that everything shows up, but it is frustrating. (For reference I use an iPad Pro purchased in November 2019 and an Apple Pencil)
Mostly good
05/17/2021

annjessa

I wouldn’t use this alone, but it is helpful when paired with the desktop version. I like the ability to write directly on my student’s pdf assignments (it would be great if it took fewer clicks for them to find that feedback, but that is not the fault of the Teacher app). I pretty much only use this to write on students’ work as I find everything else easier on the desktop .I’ve removed my complaint about the February 2021 update since that has been resolved. The remaining issue that I have is that sometimes when I write feedback it doesn’t save the ends of sentences/words. It’s difficult to troubleshoot because I can see everything until I close the assignment and reopen it (which I don’t usually do). Unfortunately the students can get confused by comments with partial words or missing worlds! If I don’t feel too rushed I load the next paper then come back to the previous one and skim through the comments to make sure that everything shows up, but it is frustrating. (For reference I use an iPad Pro purchased in November 2019 and an Apple Pencil)
Missing some of the most important features from SpeedGrader
04/15/2018

Mr Shett
Here’s the issue: when grading assignments with an iPad on this new “Teacher” app, if you hold the iPad in landscape orientation, you know, like literally every keyboard case does, there is this GIGANTIC score tab on the right side of the screen that’s taking-up about half the screen. That wouldn’t be all that bad if there was a way to hide it, but for some reason, and I still cannot fathom what that reason is, there is no way to minimize it, hide it, swipe it off screen to the right, etc. (which, by the way, was something you could do with the previous SpeedGrader app). Nope, it’s just stuck there, literally taking-up half the screen. But, if you hold the iPad in portrait orientation, you can minimize the scoring tab to the bottom of the screen. The result is that the “paper”/assignment is actually displayed larger when the iPad is in portrait orientation than it is in landscape.Another thing, and this one isn’t quite as much of an issue, is that I see no way to select seeing the submissions of just one, specific section, meaning there’s no way for me to see only my 5th period submissions. Again, this was something that could be done with the “old” SpeedGrader app.Generally, I really love Canvas, and, overall, I’m very pleased with my experience with it. But, I’m very frustrated in being forced to use these “new”/“better” apps that actually do less, or, at least in my case, make using them MUCH more difficult/less efficient.
Missing some of the most important features from SpeedGrader
04/15/2018

Mr Shett

Here’s the issue: when grading assignments with an iPad on this new “Teacher” app, if you hold the iPad in landscape orientation, you know, like literally every keyboard case does, there is this GIGANTIC score tab on the right side of the screen that’s taking-up about half the screen. That wouldn’t be all that bad if there was a way to hide it, but for some reason, and I still cannot fathom what that reason is, there is no way to minimize it, hide it, swipe it off screen to the right, etc. (which, by the way, was something you could do with the previous SpeedGrader app). Nope, it’s just stuck there, literally taking-up half the screen. But, if you hold the iPad in portrait orientation, you can minimize the scoring tab to the bottom of the screen. The result is that the “paper”/assignment is actually displayed larger when the iPad is in portrait orientation than it is in landscape.Another thing, and this one isn’t quite as much of an issue, is that I see no way to select seeing the submissions of just one, specific section, meaning there’s no way for me to see only my 5th period submissions. Again, this was something that could be done with the “old” SpeedGrader app.Generally, I really love Canvas, and, overall, I’m very pleased with my experience with it. But, I’m very frustrated in being forced to use these “new”/“better” apps that actually do less, or, at least in my case, make using them MUCH more difficult/less efficient.
Solid, but lacks basic features.
09/19/2018

briznit
Overall, this is a solid app. However, it seems the developers did not take into account that we use this app to check-in on our courses while we’re on the go. We do not use it to facilitate our courses. Accessing your course through a mobile browser may be a better option depending upon what you’re trying to do. - There is no ability to mark a message or discussion post as unread in the app. Once you open or view it, it cannot be marked as unread. If I don’t plan on responding at that very moment, I have to make a separate reminder to check it when I return to the desktop. I’ve basically stopped accessing messages and discussions through the app for this very reason. (In most cases, I’m not going to respond as soon as a student messages me, but I do want to read their message. Marking it as unread allows me to see the notification on the desktop where I prefer to respond.)- The actual text from sent and received messages cannot be copied. Not being able to copy a portion of a previous message I have sent is frustrating. I frequently send the same explanations for assignments, etc. Having the ability to copy a portion of a message for another email - when I’m on the go - seems like an oversight on the developers’ behalf. - To be continued...
Solid, but lacks basic features.
09/19/2018

briznit

Overall, this is a solid app. However, it seems the developers did not take into account that we use this app to check-in on our courses while we’re on the go. We do not use it to facilitate our courses. Accessing your course through a mobile browser may be a better option depending upon what you’re trying to do. - There is no ability to mark a message or discussion post as unread in the app. Once you open or view it, it cannot be marked as unread. If I don’t plan on responding at that very moment, I have to make a separate reminder to check it when I return to the desktop. I’ve basically stopped accessing messages and discussions through the app for this very reason. (In most cases, I’m not going to respond as soon as a student messages me, but I do want to read their message. Marking it as unread allows me to see the notification on the desktop where I prefer to respond.)- The actual text from sent and received messages cannot be copied. Not being able to copy a portion of a previous message I have sent is frustrating. I frequently send the same explanations for assignments, etc. Having the ability to copy a portion of a message for another email - when I’m on the go - seems like an oversight on the developers’ behalf. - To be continued...

- Fixed urls pointing to cross-shard course files in Syllabus not working. - Fixed assignments not loading when opened from a push notification for users logged-in with different account domains.

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Seller: Instructure, Inc.
Size: 118.8 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

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Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 29 more

English, Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Haitian, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Maori, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Welsh
Age Rating: 4+

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