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One of our Music instructors has created a New Quiz with m4a audio clips. Some quiz questions contain a proper iframe URL linking to the course Files tab, while others show up as @@PLUGINFILE@@ links with no closing bracket.The audio is playable for ...

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I am working with several teachers that have created lots of unique video content that they have uploaded to YouTube. They are exploring the variety of ways to embed those videos in their Canvas courses and I was excited to show them how to use the Y...

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Hi all, In New Quizzes, when creating/updating questions and possible answers, one must click a field in order for it to expand into the RCE. In some workflows, this becomes inefficient and requires a lot of clicking. Is it possible to just auto-expa...

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 Does anyone know why we can't duplicate "text headers" in a module on Canvas?  Thanks in advance. 

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Hello,Is there any way to translate text into another language in the LockDown browser? I have a L1 Language speaker in my class who is struggling to complete quizzes within the allotted time due to having to use a Spanish-English dictionary for tran...

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   Good day.I am having a issue with canvas.I am trying to edit the percentage assigned to the Assignment Group but keep getting the message shown below:Assignment group weights can't be edited because there are assignments in one of the groups whose...

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In the following update: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Releases/Canvas-Deploy-Notes-2024-11-06/ta-p/619719 The notes state for the Notification Option for Announcements in Blueprint Courses "When creating a new announcement in a blueprint...

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Is there a way as a Canvas Admin I can create a Message Window for Users to see when they go to Canvas? For example, I would like to create a monthly tech tip for students and discovered that they don't really check emails but they are going into Can...

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How do I get the reports exported to excel in a user-friendly format - with data in separate columns?Specifically looking for reports showing completion status per student. Berit

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In earlier versions of canvas i could upload an mp3 file in pages or in assignments, and the students could just right-click the file and download it. That doesn't work anymore for some reason. Does anybody know how to solve this? 

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In pretty HTML editor mode, when I make any changes that is outside the current frame. The cursor or position is reset in the beginning. This makes it very hard to do any editing. Could you advise on how to solve this? Thank you. 

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  Hi Team I'm currently working on developing Canvas courses for a range of grade levels, from Kindergarten to Grade 9, and I was wondering if anyone could kindly share any sample course module templates or frameworks that they've found effective for...

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I only realized after my students completed their Canvas quiz that the responses I marked as being correct in the Canvas answer key are in fact not correct. I have since corrected the answer key, but I cannot get Canvas to regrade the students' submi...

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I want to just see a list of my students in my course, not all the user details. It formerly just showed the user list. Now all my courses show the user details. How can I change it to just show the list of users when I click People?

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Suggesting again that Global Announcements would be better if the LATEST POSTED appears on top.So much simpler to see what's new immediately. And logical to scroll back to earlier posted news. Never mind the announcement end date.

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I am an instructor. I teach the same course, with the same content, at two separate universities that have their own Canvas systems. Is there a way to keep them in sync with each other that is better than doing so manually? In 99% of cases, if I make...

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How do I make a canvas course go public or how to add people it wouldn't let me?

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Can anyone provide guidance on how to create an anonymous end-of-semester course evaluation in Canvas?  

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Is there a way to disable the "drop this course" option in a self-enroll or manual enroll course? 

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My org is evaluating an LTI tool(GitHub Classroom) in our test Canvas instance hosted by Instructure. We are working with the vendor's support to identify a resolution to this issue. No progress so far, hoping the community here can help. Unlike most...

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Is there a way to create folders to organize tiles? such as favorite, training, etc.

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Need help urgently!Our orientation program needs to track student progress across different modules in Canvas. Has anyone used Canvas to monitor completion and engagement in a detailed way?Would love some tips 

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Has anyone set up an orientation on Canvas that works well for both in-person and remote students?We’re expecting students from various locations this time, and I want to make sure it’s accessible for everyone.

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I'm a student. In my account I have the main address (that I have registered the first), the second and the third. My second email is confirmed. Now I want to make the main address my third email. BUT I can't confirm it, because I don't recieve the e...

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Ok have read the guide https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-and-manage-grading-schemes-in-a-course/ta-p/1188 but am looking at an answer to the following that I can't see answered anywhere. I am an admin, and can add/edit...

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Hello, I am having the following issue with the office365 LTI. If a user is a member of my microsoft tenant the LTI works as normal with no issues however if I invite a user as a guest from another tenant even if I make them a member of my tenant I a...

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I have created a separate canvas course for an optional project. How do I send an invite to students to join this course?Thank you

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Is there some way I can trick Canvas into a very simple lateness penalty of 50% if the item is late at all?  None of this incrementally increasing penalty by hour or day?  I thought I was doing this by setting "lowest possible grade" to 50%.  But, I ...

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This is a screenshot of a student that has the pending flag still attached to their account, but you can see from the Last Activity that they have been in the course. This screenshot is from the People section of the course.  I can also confirm in t...

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In Canvas, we have both 'Groups' and 'Sections'—could someone provide examples or further clarification on how they differ in terms of functionality and usage within the platform?  

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