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I’ve used the canvas widget for two years now. This semester the assignments that have been graded lost correctly but my final course grade isn’t visible. Only on class shows and i’m taking two. I checked to see if the courses were favorited and they...

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Hi! This is a very minor issue, but I figured I would ask. My canvas app on my iphone recently changed the class "dashboard" view to be stacked rectangles (picture attached), rather than the squares where I could see every class at once. I'm not sure...

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I am following the updated docs and still getting errors

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The mobile app does not allow me to attach files to messages on my samsung devices.

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Hi, I redownloaded Canvas for the start of the semester, but my dashboard is set to list view for all of my classes. It used to be card view, which I liked because I was able to see all of my classes without scrolling. Some other forums said that you...

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When you use canvas in the browser you can change the dashboard from card view to list view. Which for me makes it easier to nagivate through canvas. REcently I got the canvas app but I can not find the option to change the dashboard from card view t...

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When I want to open the mobile Canvas app I downloaded in the Play Store, I get redirected to the web version. Each time I have to fill in my credentials again. Can somebody help me to get the normal app version of Canvas for students

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Set up on Macbook but doesn't sync to mobile app for Calendar and To Do.  Used QR code for login.  

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Students have submitted PDF annotations using the iPad.  Can they pick up where they left off and revise the same document with their saved work? OR once they submit do they not have a way to continue to edit it using PDF annotation via the Canvas st...

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I am struggling with clutter on my Grades Widget. The Widget does not automatically remove previous classes, so my Home Screen looks like Picture 1. Classes like Bio 101, Chem Lab I, Hebrew Bible, etc. are still there despite the classes being marked...

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I notice that math formulas do not render properly on the Canvas app on iOS.   Formulas that I constructed using MathJax show up as raw LaTeX when viewed on an iPad with the app.  They look fine viewed with the Safari browser.   Bizarrely, I did a te...

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How do I record a video response in a discussion in the mobile app?

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I'm a teacher. I embedded a microsoft form in a canvas assignment so students could complete the form on canvas. However on some students' mobile devices, the form doesn't show up on the assignment page. It does on others so I am at a loss. Have othe...

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Can one submit quizzes using the mobile app?

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Its happened before and i got sent a link and it worked properly again

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I use the canvas teacher app to grade papers on my ipad pro 12.9 (4th generation). As you can see from the screen shot below, there is no way to close the side bar, which makes it impossible to grade in portrait mode and only a bit easier to grade in...

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Can you take attendance in class view on a tablet or cellphone? Your tutorial seems to be geared only on pc use, and there are many features not present on the mobile app, like this one.

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What is the current status of the accuracy of "Page Views" for a student who has accessed Canvas via the mobile app? I'm talking about the "page views csv" you can download from a user's profile. I know that in the past there were problems with accur...

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When I make annotations while grading using my Apple Pencil in the Canvas Teacher app on iPad, the annotations initially appear to be recorded correctly. However, when I complete grading, the ends of most of the annotations disappears (so the last fe...

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Our 1st term has closed in Canvas.  I expected that assignments from first term that were missing would no longer appear as missing items on the student's schedule view. However, those assignments still appear as missing.  For the purpose of keeping ...

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We have added customized JS to create another button in the global navigation. It works correctly in a desktop web browser, but not in a mobile device web browser. The Theme Editor supports mobile JS files, but it is only applied to the Canvas iOS or...

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Hello! I am trying to use the Canvas Student iPad App in the latest version with a Google Slides Presentation that is embedded on the page with hyperlinks. The embedded Slide works perfectly. However, the hyperlinks in the Slide are not clickable in ...

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It begins at a sudden. I need to login to canvas by entering my school name and account again everyday and it does not save my record. I am using android system and why is that? Does any one know about it?

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A student has reported a case - Canvas Student app v 6.14.1When I tap on this symbol "v", next to the name of the month, the display alternates between month and week.The month still shows November, but the date moves to the right.Wednesday the 3rd o...

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Hello, Unfortunately, when I attempt to log into the Canvas Parent app on my Android phone, the keyboard is not showing up on the login screen and I am not able to login. I recently changed phones and had to reinstall the application, so I am using t...

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Hi! I am trying to access video content for my modules and all that shows up is a grey box. This is on an iPad and iPhone. 

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Hello. I cannot annotate on the Ipad within Canvas but can do so on Iphone but the icons look different.  Has anyone encountered this?  I can use the touchscreen outside of the document i need to mark up but not inside.  thank you!

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The images (PNG) cannot be shown when students login Canvas with an ipad using web based login. But when they use Canvas App, they can view the images. Why? Do you encounter the same problem?

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Hi, not really a question... Just to share a resource we developed at our uni outlinining a workflow that our lecturers found for providing feedback and grading assignments using the Canvas Teacher app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYnJfQ1fVL0 htt...

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Any have any idea to disable the push notification received on mobile when the professor makes an annotation to your submission? I just spent the last hour listening to my phone go off as my professor annotated several parts of my paper. It was crazy...

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