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While it does seem possible to enforce prerequisite requirements on a course that is set with "Public" visibility settings, it seems that users are unable to actually navigate the course sequentially, effectively negating the usefulness of the featur...

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How can I find past courses? I need a copy of the certificate of completion for my license. 

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Hello,I have a course that I need to arrange in canvas but I don't know how to do that, can someone help me with this: I have 1 course, this course will be given 3 times and looks like this: - Year 1 AVV - Measuring moment 16 Sufficient or Good-  Yea...

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I have worked on my milestone #1 but when I click "submit" it doesn't accept, what might be the problem and how soon will I have this resolved?

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My exams are set up as quizzes on Canvas, students have a 48 hour window to take the test. I want to allow students to log out during the test and log back in and continue testing if they need to.Do the Canvas quizzes allow for this? Will it save stu...

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Can I post a link to one of my Canvas pages in the Canvas Inbox app? I tried once before, and while it looked fine on my end, the student I sent the message to said the link wasn't clickable.

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So with the newest update that was just posted...does that mean that Canvas after June of 2024 will no longer work with anything Google.  If this is so, I may need to move back to Google Classroom.  For our district that is heavily used by Google app...

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I co-teach classes. If I click the x on my to-grade list, will it disappear from only my to-do list, or from my co-teachers' as well?

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I am an instructor for a college biology class. We just had midterm grades due last week, and I had graded everything submitted by Oct. 13 to figure my course grades. I went onto Canvas today, and had 2 students with submissions on month + old assign...

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I'm currently working on the curriculum planning section of the course where we fill out an LPG form. I'm a little confused by the activity. Are we supposed to have selected a single TEK to cover and make one coherent lesson as we go through the diff...

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I guess this is mostly a rant/vent, but I'm frustrated at the "dumbness" of Canvas' built-in curving tool. I tried to use it for the first time today. University undergrad course. I was annoyed that I couldn't undo the curve - which seems like a real...

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Hi. I'm wondering if there is a way to add a new field in the registration place in Canvas. For example, adding social security number, or some other uniqe number?

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Does anyone know what the hand icon is for on the Canvas Teacher app? It appears at the top when I am grading a document (it is next to the eraser icon).   I have zero clue what it does.  

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I have either had several new students enter my classes recently or have their schedules changed to a different class I teach. How soon will rosters be updated to reflect those changes so I can begin issuing them grades?

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Our district has recently made the shift towards the Learning Mastery Gradebook and we have a grading period coming up. Our outcomes are set up as a decaying average and we are directed to look at all of the data points that consist of that decaying ...

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Students are unable to change their password through the forgot password link at login. I have reviewed your help and it says that they are unable to do if the registration was set up by an institution. Your help instructs contacting the institution’...

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I uploaded a Canvas Export Package of a course that contains a large number of small audio files for students to listen to. I imported it into an empty Canvas site. Most of the audio files work, but there are several that show LINK.PLACEHOLDER_(a str...

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Dear all,I know that people have already asked how to regrade a Quiz with Multiple Choice Answers. However, I would like to know how this is possible with Numerical Answers. Precisely, I had a small question in my quiz and programmed that the correct...

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I have a problem regarding downloading files in modules:the student is able to download the files locally but I don't want the student to be able to do that.How can I deny access to the download? Thank you

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I am trying to import my class for winter and it’s not taking the jpgs/pngs that I have. Anyone else having this problem?

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Why does it say "Not Authorized" when trying to view my child's test scores?

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Is there a way for a teacher to view all the comments made to students in a class as a whole?  Right now viewing comments made to students requires opening each assignment individually.

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I've been added to a Group in Commons, but I cannot find that group anywhere. How do I access my Commons Groups as a member (not manager)?

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The idea that if you copy a quiz more than once - that the original should then be deleted - is asinine. I'm copying it more than once because it's important and I need several versions. For reference, I create a practice test (version one), then mod...

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Does Canvas have a feature that timestamps or tells a teacher when they entered a grade for a student?  Could they essentially see a timestamp for the entry of grades for each student in a classroom?

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Every time I try to log in I get a message saying: "You have already logged in too many times too quickly." I have not even tried to log in! Some days, like today, I can't get in at all. This is past annoying.  I'm ready to delete CANVAS and just use...

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Is there a way to print each student's quiz results at once through the new quiz format? I would like to send students home with a printed out copy for them to take home.    I understand you can click on each student's attempts on the moderate tab, b...

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We have a faculty member trying to use the Free Draw annotation tool in SpeedGrader in their Chrome browser (normal and Incognito). They are able to use the other annotation tools, but when they draw something with the free draw tool and release pres...

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