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Why is there often such a gap between student submissions in Canvas and when it shows in the parent/ observer’s Canvas section?  Sometimes I end up accusing my daughter of not being timely with her work when Canvas is the issue.  You (Canvas) need to...

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Hey Canvas Admin, been using your app for a long time and have wanted this feature for a while. I want to be able to access my average category grade and do what if scores on the mobile version of canvas. This would make things a lot better instead o...

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I have links that work correctly on a computer, but those same links in the Canvas app on my iPhone point to files in a different course of mine.  Any ideas why that might be?

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I wish to suggest the feature of an Alarm section in the Canvas student app. This feature should enable students to set alarms in the Canvas student app with labels like normal digital alarm clocks on phones. These alarms can pop up as notifications ...

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I use the Canvas Student App on both my iPhone and my iPad. My To Do list used to show me assignments that were coming up within the next week. Now it has stopped updating and only shows two assignments due within the next few days. I know that I hav...

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I am trying to figure out where in admin settings I can fix the URL for parent notifications. Parents receive email notifications and when they click the "Click to View" link they get a 403 error, app_not_configured_for_user.  I am guessing it's link...

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The Canvas Teacher iOS app will not load for me.  (See attached screenshot.) Anyone else experience this?

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One of the teachers in my building cannot attach photos or files to her messages in the Canvas Teacher App on her iPad. Every time she tries, it gives her an error and says it can not upload or upload failed and cannot be sent. She is updated to iOS ...

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The last couple of months, the Canvas mobile app (I’m on iPad specifically) has been closing the files I’m viewing if I open another app or switch over to answer a text message. It didn’t used to do this. Previously, I was able to go from reviewing f...

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personally dont know if everyone agrees but when you want to know what events are occuring at your school, you need to go to facebook or a social media page, but not everyone has social media, like me, so there should be a page that shows when tryout...

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When I add tasks to my to-do list in Canvas in a browser, my to-do items do not show up in the mobile app. Is there a setting I need to change to be able to see my whole to-do list in the mobile app for students?

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Is there a way to request access and participation in the current Canvas Teacher Testflights?  I'm using Canvas for 100% of my teaching and have been so for quite some time (and have been gifted not one but two pairs of official Canvas socks from our...

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Hello, A recent update to Canvas Teacher removed the ability to view the rubric criteria by holding down on the score...any chance this can come back ASAP?  It makes it very difficult to grade in Speedgrader with no access to the rubric criteria.

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I am experiencing an issue concerning the Canvas Student Mobile application on iOS. I am unable to log in despite several tries through the option of selecting the school/district first before logging in, QR login, and even the Canvas Network option ...

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On the Android app (but seemingly not the iOS version), following a URL from a course page, assignment, etc, will open in a built-in browser view. The problem happens if you follow more links, as the only way to exit this view is to hit the back arro...

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Canvas calendar used to have all due assignments but now it doesn’t. How can I access that feature again? My classes show on dashboard and on the timeline but not directly on Calendar to look ahead for the to do list.

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When we upgraded to the Discussions Checkpoints, we noticed that the speedgrader in the App no longer was easy to use. Can't enlarge the view and can't view the full replies or rubric. Anyone else encounter this?

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I created an assignment that required my students to submit their answer via text box, however the text book is not showing up for them. They have district issued iPads - could an apple product be the issue? Is there something I missed on my end when...

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Previously I would recommend to students to use Scan Documents within the iphone Notes app to create their multi-page PDFs for submitting homework to Canvas.  However, now the Notes app produces large images that either cannot be read in SpeedGrader ...

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Hey there! Is there a way to provide our mobile students with a text-to-speech option for when studying their course material? We have a decent number of students that spend a large amount of time driving each day, so this would be a major boon for t...

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Hi Canvas Community, Is there a way for student to upload multiple pages of an assignment into a single pdf without a third party app (like Notes, Camscanner, etc) when submitting assignment using the Canvas student mobile app? Thanks! 

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Can homeworks be posted even the signal is not working?

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Does the canvas works on my phone even on a place without signal?

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This question pertains to my attempt to complete an assignment on canvas. I could not determine where to record my  1 minute introduction on canvas features, so I uploaded from my phone & then I uploaded the practice video in haste. So I need help wi...

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We are having issues when students open an annotation and fill it out, the next assigned annotation is the filled-out first one, and so on for the rest of the annotation assignments, the students are only able to see the very first one they filled ou...

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I am having issues with my due dates in the canvas mobile app not reflecting the time zone I set in my account or that of my university. I am in Mountain Time Zone and my university is in Pacific. I went in and changed my account to reflect pacific b...

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The interface for the web Canvas on a mobile phone is really difficult. I’ve had to use it because sometimes the mobile app doesn’t show certain kinds of feedback. The front page should be formatted like the mobile app with the “Grid View” and “List ...

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When trying to annotate student work on an ipad, I am no longer able to use the annotation tools because the page moves instead of annotating. It used to work great. I have tried using the tool with the app and a browser. All that happens is the .pdf...

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Unable to print instructions or handouts on iPhone and iPad. Please make this feature available to me. 

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Having used the dark theme on the iOS version of Canvas on both my iPad and iPhone for two years now, I noticed today when trying to change course colors for my upcoming classes that there are certain color options that are suddenly unavailable with ...

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