This guide applies to institutions who have opted-in to the Differentiation Tags feature preview. If your user interface displays differently, the feature has not been enabled at your institution. To learn more about the feature preview, ask questions, or comment on functionality, navigate to the Differentiation Tags user group.

A Canvas administrator will need to enable Differentiation Tags setting at the account level or sub-account level. This setting can also be locked for sub-accounts.

You can use differentiation tags to assign specific content to customized sets of students. These sets are not visible to students. Additionally, admins can access differentiation tags through Canvas Data for reporting and analysis.

As an instructor, you can create and manage Differentiation Tags from the People page.

Notes:

• If the Differentiation Tags feature option is enabled and locked at the root account, the sub-account setting will display. However, if the feature option is enabled and unlocked at the root account but disabled in the sub-account, the sub-account setting will not be displayed.
• Both the Differentiation Tags Feature Option and Account setting must be enabled.
• Differentiation tags are not retained during course exports or imports.
• Each course is limited to 40 tags total and 10 variants per tag set.
• There is no limit to the total number of tags a student can have; however, a student can only be assigned one tag per tag set.