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I'm new to Canvas, and I cannot figure out what the orange dot means next to each student's name in the upper-right dropdown menu in Speed Grader. I though it was used to indicate that the student had submitted work, but that doesn't seem to be the c...

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On assignments that have open-ended questions, the default submission (if multiples are allowed) to load on the Speed Grader is the most recent. I have two questions: Is there a way to set the Speed Grader default to the highest (from the multiple ch...

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How to add weights to grade when the grade book is already set up

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Dear Canvas Community,I am a bit challenged by computer usage.  I need to learn basic fundamentals and where to find things and log in.  My first class starts in January.  I have not had the opportunity to use Canvas or anything similar.Any help to g...

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How do I export a list of assignment and due dates into a spreadsheet? I am working with a group of faculty to redesign a course, and we would like to have a spreadsheet of all assignments and dates to evaluate the flow of the course, the specific as...

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Are there plans for Canvas to ever get a new look? Many apps and websites are getting a new rounded look....but canvas hasn't yet and I haven't seen any plans for it to get a new look... the current look is outdated and looks very 2016... A new look ...

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It would be useful if we could apply multiple filters in the gradebook for modules and assignments as you can for students.  It's sometimes useful to be able to compare two modules side by side, particularly when looking at students at the start of a...

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How do I add other lecturers to my Canvas units?

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I am an administrator and have set our assignments to use Letter grade and have the final total of all completed assignments to be 100 percent We’ve noticed that there are some students submitting partially on their assessments. Unfortunately, Canvas...

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Hi! I was wondering if there was a way to create a course banner which appears on every page? When I paste on each individual page it appears under the page heading which looks a bit strange. From what I've read it sounds like I need access to Design...

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Good afternoon,  I am seeking some help on a predicament that a faculty member posed to us (instructional designers on campus) by which I'm currently befuddled.  This is a summary of their issue: They have 2 separate courses that they are combining i...

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Good Evening  I am able to log onto parent canvas. I am not able to see anything else on Canvas. I have a new computer.    Katherine Guest Katherineguest35@aol.com

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Is there anyway to incorporate a "Dark mode" on the interface for Canvas. It would be much easier on the eyes for those of us who are on the platform for extended periods of time.

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We migrated to Canvas this semester from Blackboard. In Blackboard, column statistics were available for every column in the Grade Center. These statistics displayed in a table with the mean, median, etc. and the number of grades in each group (for l...

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How can we make Passport to Canvas appear on all students' dashboards? Also, we would like to do the same with Growing with Canvas and our teachers/staff. We are new to Canvas and want those guides to be available by roles or just overall.

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I am wondering about the text box within quiz questions that is labeled "additional comments".  Is this box for instructor comments about the question/instructions, or for input to the student about the specific question score/answer? Thank you for y...

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I am grading fill-in-the-blank questions.  I would like to be able to grade ALL student answers for each specific question on one page.  The best I can figure out at the moment is to click on a question number, which will take me to a specific studen...

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Hello, My name is Satish and I am from the University of San Diego. We are new to using Canvas LMS and our user group is in need of some custom reports. We are considering the option of exporting data from Canvas to our Datamart so that we can use C...

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Once I've entered an event in Canvas's "schedule" and it is added to the calendar, I go to the schedule page and then see two arrows and "Today."  I am trying to advance the calendar to see my event, but the two arrows are greyed out.How can I advanc...

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I AM NOW USING MAC AIR AND MY DASHBOARD IS NOT SHOWING SOME FEATUTERS SUCH AS ASSESSMENTS AND MODULES..     WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A NEW COMPUTER   REGARDS RETHABIKLE

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Hello I'm having a bit of a security issue. I just reviewed our different account and sub-account roles and permissions and in our instance, it appears we have teachers who are able to Act as (ie. masquerade as) a top-level admin. In our instance, I'...

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When trying to modify the points of an assignment after the grades have been entered, it changes the grade. How can this be prevented?

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Hi, I've tried to troubleshoot this but nothing has worked so far. I upload an image in course details but it won't show in the dashboard view. See attached pictures. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Is this a glitch? Hope someone can hel...

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Hi, I am looking to chat with a Canvas user who has exported QTI quiz files from iSprings Quizmaker and successfully imported and implemented them in a Canvas LMS.  I am having some problems and the iSprings Tech support person I communicated with do...

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We are new to using Canvas and having a very difficult time getting students into their courses We imported students using the users SIS import - this does not email students with any instructions to sign upWe then open the course, go to People, clic...

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  Hi Canvas Community, For some reason one out of 15 courses has decided to go rogue on me and is not showing grades when I look at the grade book. I seem to need to download the student quiz report to find out if a student has passed. I have no idea...

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I can't save my canvas page.  I went copy text from another page. Edit, copy text, save. Won't save. I did nothing to the page.  My assignment today is doing the same thing.  I reloaded all the videos, and the assignment Google link.  Press save, won...

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I teach 3 different courses, all with different assignments. Is there a way in the gradebook to only show assignments assigned to the specific course I'm grading? When I filter by course, every assignment for all 3 courses within the grading period a...

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Hi all.  Our organization has a strange issue.  Our hierarchy is something like this: Account 1Subaccount for testing/etc.Account 2Subaccount ALots of coursesSubaccount BLots of courses We have users who are set as "Account Admin" (with all permissio...

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When posting an announcement I have had some instructors that would like to post it only for a few days and then have it disappear from the announcements.  I do not believe that is a feature right now.  Is it possible that this feature could be added...

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