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I am a teacher developing a course. When I test the discussion questions in the student app there is not reply button... no way to reply to the discussion questions. On the browser, it is working fine. Is there a setting that I need to change?

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I have been trying to use the coding feature on canvas to create tabs, drop down buttons, etc. But I have been having an issue with these not showing up in the app, though they still show up for students in a browser. Is there a way to ensure that co...

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Is there anyway that you guys can improve the mobile app, for it to open up properly? I did almost all of my school work on my phone with the Moodle app.

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I'm using free version of canvas for me as a teacher and my students for months nowToday we all when open the apps the courses not showing and it says" No courses . It looks like you aren't enrolled in any course" I checked the App store and find tha...

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Hi,I need the up-to-date URL schemes for the Canvas Student app on iOS and Android. I saw this forum: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Canvas-Student-iOS-URL-Scheme-or-Universal-Link/td-p/182838 but the URL schemes didn't work...

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Buenos días :Soy estudiante aún sigo necesitandosu ayuda para resolver un problema respecto a la conexión al curso ecografía en críticos con mi tlf.. móvil .que previamente tenía. No me reconoce la contraseña ,luego  no puedo entrar. .Ustedes me la h...

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I have graded student PDF submissions using Speedgrader on the Teacher App on my 3rd generation iPad Pro for 2+ years. I've always attached a rubric to these assignments, and until now the rubric has shown up. But now I cannot get it to appear in Spe...

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if image is blue and dot is to the right, will I get notifications?  I am thinking 1 and 2 are backwards in instructions?

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I have a class starting this week and the professor is using Groups within Canvass.  I can access the group on my phone through the app but it is not showing up in the desktop application.  Any ideas on how I can get the Groups tab on my desktop?

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We were able to add a custom icon to the global navigation menu, but when its viewed on mobile (without logging into the app) the icon does not display. Is there a custom javascript for the mobile view that can be used for the icon to display?

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I am marking my classes using Canvas on my laptop and hotspotting from my phone. The data usage is out of control 10GB in two hours. Any tips on how to reduce data draw when using Canvas out and about? Thanks for your help. Suzanne

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I'm an instructor with the "Teacher" and "Parent" Canvas mobile apps. My question is about "background app refresh" on the iPhone. When I go to my Settings, neither of my Canvas apps are listed. I'm assuming this is because it's not available on the ...

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Hi There, I just try to find a way to make annotations within pdfs available for students without extra costs. Within the Canvas iOS app I provide a pdf within a page to the students. When I open the PDF within the App it is possible to annotate and ...

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Llevo 4 días sin poder visualizar ningún video de clase que tenga la plataforma , pensé que tenia que ver con las actualizaciones de mi pc y lo actualice hasta mas no poder lo reinicie pero sigo con el mismo problema con lo cual he tenido que utiliza...

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Greetings. My apologies if this is a duplicate question, but I've searched without success. My student has inquired if they can increase the font size on their Student App. They don't want to change the iPad setting to change the font globally. Is th...

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I am running the Canvas Teacher App on an iPad Air (3rd Gen) with iOS 15.4.1. I am a professor and I have been using the Canvas Teacher App on this iPad/pencil (earlier versions of iOS) for at least four years. For the past several years, I have been...

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Hi, when viewing a Canvas course we have designed, it appears differently on phone. It is not as intuitive or visually appealing on phone.

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Hello, I am a student that is using Canvas App in the US. I have to go out of the country for family leave and when I tried doing homework and I get an error code where I am not allowed to access my student account using my MACbook.  can anyone help?...

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When I select a lesson in Canvas on my iPad , the lesson content shows in outline form and looks to be selectable fields. The fields are not selectable. When I access through Safari browser lesson content opens in a webpage just fine. It appears the ...

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I have an "optional" assignment from the last term showing up in my Canvas mobile app that will not go away. The app has it listed on the "To Do" list and I am unable to remove it. I have contacted the ASU help desk, they said they have no authority ...

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Is anyone else unable to log in to the Canvas app for Teachers?  I can find the name of my college, press next and then nothing happens (blank screen).  The app never redirects to the login for my college. 

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To whom this may concern, I am inquiring regards a pesky, minor issue I have regarding my use with Canvas Online! For the past two semesters, I have had a class that was previously taken still present itself on my current classrooms and semester. I u...

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Students using the Student canvas  on  IOS are not able to access the self-correction exercises    

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Hi all!  I have installed Canvas LMS on a cloudserver. I would like to access it from the Canvas App on my mobile phone, but the app won't find "my school".  For some reason, there in no "QR for Mobile login" on my installation. Did I miss something ...

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Good day! I've been using my Canvas account for a long period of time and it seems like I am having a problem logging into my account for several times. Every time I enter my password into the website it always states that I have a wrong password eve...

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Whenever I open canvas it is completely fine until i press the calendar icon. Nothing is responding, it is basically frozen. I tried reinstalling and restarting my iPad. I am using an iPad and using Canvas Student.

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Students using an Android device are experiencing an error when trying to link out to a Microsoft Teams live event. This link is working fine for Student App users on iOS devices. It should link out to the Teams app. Instead it is trying to open with...

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One of my students was asking me today why one of her classes has a lock symbol in the Canvas app dashboard even though the class is published and open.  This is not one of my classes, so I have told the student to check with her instructor.  But I a...

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How many courses am I able to view at one time in the Parent app for Android?

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Hello, Before Apple switched over to iOS 15, Speak Selection would work within the Canvas App on an iPad. Speak Selection still works everywhere else on the iPad, Voice Over is not having issues. I have tried toggling speak selection on and off and t...

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