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Can the formula question type handle negative numbers for multiplying and dividing questions? I have been trying to put in simple multiplication questions and can't seem to get negative numbers to work.I have done (`x`)(`y`) and then set x to be 1 to...

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I'm an ID trying to assist an instructor who wants to be able to put a quick True/False question in a Canvas Page to check for understanding. She'd like it to provide immediate feedback as well. There are plenty of options that would take the student...

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I have courses in multiple languages. The grades view fine in all languages that read left to right. When I use Arabic, everything gets flipped right to left per how the language users read (that's not the problem). When I go into the grades section ...

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I set up an anonymous discussion board for my students to discuss the Electoral College during this election week. With how polarized the election is, I wanted to make students couldn't see their peer's responses, but I didn't realize I also wouldn't...

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Good morning,In the last week I have had two students submit assignments that they shouldn't have been able to since the assignments were closed.In one case, the assignment isn't set to open till next week, but one student has already posted their wo...

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Hi  I have discovered that the download button has been removed from Canvas, when you are adding PowerPoint slides to a Canvas modules, using iframes from OneDrive. It is no probem when you are attaching other Office365 files (Word, Excel, pub etc). ...

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We have installed Accredible to issue certificates to our learners successful completions. Our learners are now clicking on the module link to take them to Accredible to print out their certificate and it is throwing up an error. I have asked the Acc...

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Hello, All!  We have an instructor at our institution that has made updates to the master course, but when the master course was copied over for her 8-week session, the changes did not copy over.  One example - The instructor updated the unit 1 quiz ...

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If you are an instructional designer at a small private university, and there are four or less instructional designers at the institution, who manages your LTIs (TurnItIn, etc.)? Do you, or does the IT department?

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Good day,I’m looking for the correct format to include feedback on individual answers in my multiple-choice quiz.I’ve tried using the @ symbol as well as + or - indicators, but neither approach seems to work. I’ve successfully imported the quiz along...

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Hey, Canvas Community!   Happy Monday! We're in the process of implementing Simple Syllabus, and I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share the training assets they made for their faculty re: Simple Syllabus and Canvas. Anyone have a deck or a prese...

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I would like to make a table that has multiple rows, however, each row will have a different number of cells/columns. I understand I can do this in HTML editor, however, for teachers who want to quickly create a table, what would be the best way? (I ...

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Any advice about pages assigned to a Mastery Path being deleted without intentional action by an ID, instructor, or student? I'm working with a few courses that use Mastery Paths. In each path, students complete a MC quiz as a pre-assessment. One ite...

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Will the block editor for Canvas Pages feature be in the December 2024 Canvas Release?  It's listed in the Q4 2024 Canvas Product Roadmap but has not been released yet, nor is there a description for it in the Canvas Product Roadmap page.

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Will the block editor for Canvas Pages feature be in the December 2024 Canvas Release?  It's listed in the Q4 2024 Canvas Product Roadmap but has not been released yet, nor is there a description for it in the Canvas Product Roadmap page.

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Is there a way to see old versions of assignments and discussions (similar to how we can see page history with any Canvas page)? This would help with a variety of issues and would be incredibly helpful!

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This was asked in a meeting today and no one really had an answer.  If the students click on notifications about grading (daily), will they receive a notification that the faculty put a comment in the speedgrader box? I have heard about a "push ALL ...

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These old eyes are starting to struggle seeing the small font sizes on Canvas.  Is there any way to enlarge the font that I can see, especially when grading online submissions. The student online submissions and my comments on the side are really sma...

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In the settings for creating a peer review activity in a Canvas Discussion, there is a field labeled “Reviews Due” to set the date for automatic peer assignments. This label implies it is a due date for students to complete their reviews, leading oft...

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We'd like to allow students outside of particular groups to read one another's Group Discussions for an assignment. Can we do this and how? Thank you!

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I have designed an essay quiz for my students for a final novel unit. There are four question banks I am using for this. Each question bank has 10 essay prompts.My question is, if I use the "Build" function for this quiz, if a student needs a second ...

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Images wont show up during exam in Google Chrome or Firefox, intermittently. How can I fix this?Thank you.

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I'm trying to import outcomes and I have found the cvs format, but I don't think I understand each category because I keep getting an error when I upload.  1) Does anyone have a teacher-friendly template of what the different categories are and what ...

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Is there any work being done to allow group assignments for an external tool?  We are using LinkedIn Learning to supplement lessons, and students are self enrolled to groups based on their choice in an video editing platform.  I would like each group...

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I need to import a canvas course export package with the extension .imscc to my course. I received this package by Dropbox, I downloaded it to my computer, and then I want to import it to my canvas course but the import fails and I receive the follow...

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I have gone through my course and all the links are working. However, I have over 1000 messages about links when I check the Link Validation.  Most of them repeat such as: 1. Links to other courses in this resource may not be accessible by the studen...

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Curious if there is a short cut to printing a whole class to put in an accreditation binder for future reference?

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Rubrics are not populating points at the top for the grades, how do I fix this?

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I don't think this is a novel request but I'd like to reiterate the need for an annotations library similar to Quickmarks on TurnItIn. This functionality seems pretty basic and I'm shocked Canvas still doesn't have it. I know they added the comment l...

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Does anyone know how to find the student email address to which Canvas sends invites? We just had a problem with a student not receiving their Canvas invite, and we wanted to double-check the email address, Canvas sent it to, but we can't find it.

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