Canvas Observer/Parent Discussions

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Every time I read an article and look at the video box (or whatever it is), this error appears. Does anyone know what it means?

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Hi, All.  I am a student that uses canvas for all of my classes including my HS and dual enrolled college classes.   When something is graded in canvas, I have recently seen a delay of 4+ hours to notify me.  I am used to the 1 hour delay between som...

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We have a partner school and a teacher from it acts as an observer to any of their students enrolled in our courses. We allow students to access their courses one week prior to the term start date and two weeks after the term ends to complete any lat...

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Hi there.  I have seen that you can export grades into excel from a teacher/instructor account, but I would like to download the grades as a parent (from an observer or student account).  Is there any way to do this?

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I know this is a minor problem, but why are the posting times different? I didn't post these at 11 AM or 9:35 AM. This could be a case of the time zones, or correct me if I'm wrong.

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I want to create my course or anything else in Canvas Commons and publish it for Commons, but I can't. Please help me 

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I keep getting a notification that says launch error when I try to open Mobius from a Canvas assignment posting. How to fix? It says "We apologize for the inconvenience, but an error occurred while launching the tool. Please try launching the tool ag...

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Random question, what if an instructor deletes or stops using their account? What would happen to their courses and accounts? Is it like the Inactive Google Account manager?  

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I completed module 1 assignment for the Understand Abuse and Neglect course. Now, I want to submit my Module 1 assignment. The video said go to course navigation link using Canvass? I'm logged onto Canvas, but I don't see course navigation link, I do...

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I'm not sure if this is possible, but I know students get notifications when they've received OVERALL feedback on an assignment, but I feel there should be a notification for ITEM FEEDBACK even if we forget to provide OVERALL FEEDBACK comments in the...

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I don't know to get a pairing code, so where do you get a pairing code? 

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Every time I do an assignment I try to leave the assignment and save my data, but I can't. Every time I leave, it makes me start all over again. Canvas people, PLEASE MAKE IT TO WHERE I CAN LEAVE AN ASSIGNMENT AND NOT LOSE ALL MY PROGRESS. Thank you ...

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A parent reached out because they are not receiving grade notifications for their 4th grader. The teacher post grades. Has anyone run into this issue? 

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Hi I have created a blueprint course, and made a check mark in "make the course a blue print course" in the settings. Afterwards a have associated two courses to the blueprint course. In my settings I have added two courses. These courses are syncron...

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Estoy intentando subir mis tareas, pero el mensaje "Error al cargar borrador de la entrega" aparece en todas mis clases. ¿Qué debo hacer?

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So previously Speed Grader showed only the relevant student's posts.  It showed their original post and their replies to other students.  That way, I was able to grade the student's posts (with speed). But now, it just shows the whole forum centered ...

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It is showing my old "to do" lists not my current courses that are shown in the card view but I want them in the list view, please guide me into what I need to do..

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Hello everyone, I’m looking for some guidance on how to analyze results from tests conducted through Canvas quizzes, specifically for: Question-wise attempt analysis – I want to review how students performed on each individual question to identify w...

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The parent portal on both a PC and through the app are worthless.  Neither are accurate, most classes on the app showing last grades from November 2024, we are in January 2025! PC view, showing missing assignments, or incomplete items, but when email...

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In 2022 it became possible to message observers matched to students from the Gradebook.  We use this feature to message academic observers (advisors) or students.  However, there is no way to automatically include the names and/or emails of the relev...

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I have a parent who is unable to scroll through the assignments in the Canvas Parent app.  He has tried restarting the phone, uninstalling/reinstalling the app, and clearing the cache for the app.  Is there anything else he can do to troubleshoot the...

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Hello I'm looking for a way where I can assign a rubric to quiz that include same outcome but for different criteria.example in quiz I want to add "criteria1" is out of 4 and "criteria2" is out of 7 and I want their average to be assigned to an "outc...

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When in Gradebook, I click on a student's name, and the side panel opens with their grade, how missing tasks, and how many late tasks.Could Canvas develop a link that shows a hyperlinked list of the missing tasks?This would be useful for teachers to ...

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Hi everyone,I’m looking to conduct a poll on Canvas LMS to gather opinions or feedback from my students. Could someone guide me on the best way to create a poll within Canvas? Is there a built-in feature for this, or would I need to use an external t...

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Within Canvas assignments, I would like the option to create questions where credit is awarded for completion only (and not correctness).  Students should not be able to view that these questions are graded for completion only.   For example, I would...

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i have been in IT for 40 years so not exactly a computer nubbie.there seems to be at least 2 ways thru the portal to make an account.  i tried both.  both either say i have an invalid pairing code, which i dont, its current, the other web form just g...

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If I download student analysis, I can see when the student submitted the quiz. If I click on moderate, I can see the list of students and there's a time column, but it's unhelpful - some students needed "about an hour", while others needed "about two...

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I'm not sure I'm wording this correctly, but I was asked if I was able to determine  the number of observer accounts associated with current students (what's the % of parents who've become observers)Percentage of Observers who are actually active I p...

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