Canvas experience: design sampler

Keep

• The attendee-first homepage and session page's complete materials list combine clear starting guidance with fast access to the intended resource.
• Keep the plain-language task entry points and session page that places the slides action beside a complete materials list.

Fix next

• Preserve the originating session in standalone-reader return and feedback links instead of sending every deck back to the default session.
• Carry the originating session into each standalone reader's return and feedback links so slides, recording and notes remain connected.

Keep

• The five-record explanation, MondAI publishing sequence and expandable missing-material checks make the maintenance consequences of the design unusually clear.
• Keep the calendar's separation of dated and month-only sessions, explicit Canvas escape route and course-to-past-session relationship.

Fix next

• Carry the originating session identifier into each standalone reader and its return and feedback links so opening slides preserves the route to that session's recording and notes.
• Preserve the typed query in a results history entry before opening a live suggestion, so Back restores the search.

Keep

• URL-encoded search and filter state, removable filter chips and a clear reset action make browsing and recovery understandable.
• Keep the visible filter chips, recoverable empty search state and maintainer inventory showing missing materials.

Fix next

• Restore the dated-event calendar with a separate month-only list as another view of the existing library records.
• Make each session row open its session directly and provide a direct slides action, removing the desktop preview as a required intermediate step.

Keep

• The numbered editorial reader, framed figures and quiet original-slide links turn converted slide content into a readable publication.
• The numbered editorial slide panels, quiet original-slide links and restrained warm-paper, navy and gold identity.

Fix next

• Compact the phone reader introduction so the contents control and meaningful slide content appear sooner, while retaining the session title and recording route.
• Give pale extracted icons a contrasting navy backing in both reader implementations while retaining their restrained figure size.

Keep

• Restrained pink selection markers preserve the Centre's identity while pale panels and white reading surfaces keep the interface light.
• The restrained pink active markers, explicit slide number bands and small navy-backed illustrations that remain visible without scripts.

Fix next

• Reduce the reader's typographic intensity by reserving bold condensed type for major headings and using the regular body face for contents and supporting labels.
• Reserve the heaviest condensed type for major headings and use a lighter, more open treatment for slide headings, contents entries and supporting labels.

Keep

• Material pills combine colour, icon and text, making resource types easy to distinguish without relying on colour alone.
• The unavailable-material panel's direct recovery buttons and the clearly labelled, optional feedback slot with a compact five-point rating.

Fix next

• Use a light first-slide panel beneath the navy reader introduction to reduce the visual weight of the repeated title and bring the opening into the white-panel reading system.
• Condense the phone reader's introductory title band so the repeated title treatment leaves more room for slide content and navigation.