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I wanted to ask if any institutions here are using Canvas to host staff trainings in a HR context i.e. new staff inductions and such? Or if you know of any institutions that are? We are a small research institute investigating the feasibility of doin...

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I'm curious if anybody has successfully been able to embed the results of a Microsoft or Google Form into the Canvas RCE? When we try to do it with an iFrame, we always get an error message that the website refused to connect.  If not, are there othe...

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Is there a system in Canvas for registering all assets made/placed in units (ie. a module on library skills, an interactive on reflective writing) so that they are searchable and easily found to be used again?

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Hi there,I was wondering what information is available to me as an instructor for normal, unproctored Canvas quizzes. I have used the quiz log function in the past to track if a student has consistently left the testing page, but now I am considering...

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What plagiarism checker tool is your College/University using and what feedback have you received from students and faculty?

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I want to give a quiz where students have a choice of, say, answering three out of six essay questions. How is this implemented?

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how do i do onboarding i have know idea and i start on monday.

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The Edpuzzle button could be a lot more useful. Why is it that I cannot assign videos directly from the Edpuzzle button that has been integrated into Canvas? Also it's impossible to create an Edpuzzle Assignment for two different class groups. The pr...

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Hi all,In my institution, most of the outcomes are account level and they are imported into the courses.  The remaining outcomes are created within the courses themselves.As an admin, I am asked to generate an outcome report which consolidates the st...

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Hoping someone can help. Having problems with any of the pop-out windows eg Insert > Link > Course Link Insert > Document > Course Document The pop-out windows comes out then goes straight back again. When you do it for a second time it stays. it is ...

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I have been trying to use the what-if score feature to see what would happen to my grade depending on a bad score. However, the grade does not change whenever I enter the score. I have tried with multiple classes, all have the same problem. Help me!

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Is anyone else trying to delay posting/schedule announcements for their courses and encountering Canvas's autocomplete/suggested dates feature?  Not only is the design faulty--it just gets in the way of whatever dates you search for--it also is just ...

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Hello there. I once saw a link to Coffee Shop where students can send correspondence to other students on the Home dashboard. Does anybody know how to access the Coffee Shop? 

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I use discussions in my class and require video posts for presentations, and encourage video posts in the discussions. For both, we use a video hosting service (Kaltura), which has students embed videos in the replies. In the discussions, when studen...

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I am a case manager for about 20 students.  I would love to be able to be an observer for each of my students, in all their classes.  Is there a way to do that easily?  I don't want each teacher to have to add me and the other case managers as an obs...

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It would be nice to add a feature where clicking on a person's profile picture pops up with a bigger version of the profile picture.  I would like to use Canvas to help me learn names and faces of students, but the pictures are too small to see.

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Is there a way to let other teachers in a course know that you've made a submission comment for a student in Speedgrader? Would be great o be able to @ a certain teacher as a way of keeping supervisors in the loop. 

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One of the teacher users of our Canvas recently reported that his Dashboard's To Do List didn't show the items from some assignments that have the due dates set in this month and he hasn't submitted to that assignments yet. But the To Do list from an...

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How can we record submission dates and manually grade assignments using external apps in CANVAS?

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I posted a reply on a discussion board but I cannot see anyone else's response in my class so I can comment on their work? It literally reads 1 reply which is mine but it is where I know everyone else posted?

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I tried to change the Access code for the quizzes but it still goes back to deault.

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When I duplicated a weekly module the previous week is also attached without the text header. How do I separate these? Each module is a week, but at the end of some of them is another week attached after Friday

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When trying to upload a video in Canvas, it does not upload. It keeps showing: File storage quota exceeded, what does this mean and why won't it let me upload it?

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Can someone tell me where I might be able to find the book assigned to my next class? There used to be a link on the CalSouthern portal.  I can't find it any longer.  I like to get the book a bit in advance so I can start reading ahead.

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Word count in SpeedGrader is wildly inaccurate. I have two instances that are not a couple of words off but over a thousand words off. They are both files saved as PDF 1.7 files from MS Word but both with wholly inaccurate word counts. Is this just m...

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How can I Change Grades in a Closed Grading Period Marking Period 1 when a student had an Incomplete and I need to change it WITHOUT changing the Marking period to include the current date. Too much can go wrong with it adding marking period 2? ANY O...

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I can't find the dark mode on Canvas for my browers, and none of the links help I've come across. How do I access darkmode on my PC browsers? 

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The first trimester ended on Friday for students.  I am trying to input grades for that period to complete my report cards.  I am not able to view any grades.

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Hi everyone, Is there a way that students can see a list of the open course assignments that they have not yet completed? I'm trying to avoid having to create a list of open work manually.  I know that the To-Do list outlines uncompleted tasks, but i...

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