Feature Options in Canvas

As an instructor, you have a handful of Feature Options available to you that can be toggled on/off per course.

NOTE: Enabling/Disabling a Feature Option in one course will not enable/disable the same Feature Option in another course.

In your Canvas course:

  1. In Course Navigation, click the Settings link.
  2. Click on the Feature Options tab.
  3. Select a Feature Option row that you wish to enable/disable. Under the State column, click on the red ❌ icon or the green ✅ checkmark icon.
  4. Select either Enabled or Disabled to set the state to your desired choice.

Changes are immediate. There is no SAVE button.


The following Feature Options are available for you to enable/disable in your Canvas course(s).

Anonymous Grading

Anonymous Grading allows all course assignments and New Quizzes to be graded anonymously in SpeedGrader.

Reference: December 19, 2015 Canvas Release Notes

Anonymous Instructor Annotations

Anonymous Instructor Annotations allows instructors to create assignments with anonymous instructor annotations in DocViewer-supported submissions.

Reference: October 6, 2018 Canvas Release Notes

Disable Classic Quiz Creation

Disable Classic Quiz Creation uses New Quizzes as the default quizzing engine when creating a quiz. Removes the ability for instructors to create Classic Quizzes.

Reference: September 28, 2022 Canvas Deploy Notes

ePub Exporting

ePub Exporting allows all users to download a course as an ePub file.

Reference: December 19, 2015 Canvas Release Notes

Moderated Grading

Moderated Grading allows anyone with assignment creation permissions to specify an assignment submission to be reviewed by one or multiple graders, review the assignment grades, and select which grade should be set as the final grade for each student.

Reference: July 14, 2018 Canvas Release Notes

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).

Reference: October 26, 2022 Canvas Deploy Notes

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