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Would it be possible to alter the file type the canvas app generates when it scans? Currently, it takes scans and uploads the files as a Jpeg and not a PDF. The jpegs are attached as individual files and are very very difficult to grade. Many of the ...

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Hello!I was wondering, is there a way to change how far into the future the "To Do" bar shows? As of now, it only shows this week, and I was hoping it could show longer periods of time, mostly to help me with planning how long I have to get projects ...

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Hi there Canvas Community!When building assessments is there a way to break out assessment scoring and grades by two custom dimensions such as topic and skill/problem solving method?Thank you! 

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My institution is migrating from Moodle to Canvas in the near future. I am currently working to design a "choose your own adventure" course. All students will complete 5 required modules. Then, there will be 10 optional modules, and students will cho...

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MathJax provides accessibility support for students with disabilities by enabling the rendering of math equations into a more accessible format and is compatible with various assistive technologies. Canvas is currently using MathJax version 2.7.7, wh...

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I am teaching graduate level medicine.  I want to create cases wherein your first response to a patient alters your next interaction with the patient in terms of patient disease status as well as changing the available treatment options. e.g.: Patien...

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In Canvas, It just appers my firt last name, and I cannot put my second last name

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How to do I make a video in Canvas and post it so my students can see it? I am mainly using a chromebook, but am open to other types of devices if this isn't compatible. 

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I have apparently missed a step somewhere along the way but how and where do I submit my sons school work, like his workbook pages?

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Hello, Is there a way to turn off the Originality Reports (Check Plaigarism) option for anyone using Google Assignments LTI 1.3? If so, where can that be done? Canvas Admin side or Google Side?

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On my canvas, I still to this day have a class that i took in 8th grade and I’m in 11th. It just has always been there on my dashboard and it won’t go away and I don’t know how to fix it. Can someone help please:)

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I am wanting to create a Canvas course for a club I am sponsoring at my school, but many of the students in the club are not in my classes. Because of this, I don't have easy access to their ID numbers, making it difficult to add them to my Canvas co...

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When building a NEW Quiz in Canvas, jpeg images in a stimulus won't transfer from a Sandbox to a Course.  I also can't share a Quiz with images from my course to a colleague's course WITH the images.  Every time, the images won't transfer in the quiz...

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I've been using free-for-teacher Canvas and the Collaborations function for years now, and my students and I are experiencing a strange problem. Even though we all have saved our Google Drive credentials to Settings, Canvas keeps asking us to re-auth...

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Hello! I am a TEACHER (subadmin) and would like to Export a CSV file for the Outcomes in a manually-created course. I have created unique Outcomes at the course level and would like to export them so that I can import them into my other courses. I do...

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Just wondering what kind (if any) of monitoring is used for the private messages done through the courses? Like when we message a classmate by finding their name under classroom>students. Or when we creat grouped chats? Didnt find anything about priv...

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Hello, I have 2 students however only receive notifications on one of them. How do I get notified for my second child/student? 

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We import the PIDM field from Banner to Canvas as the SISID field.  We would like to also import the student_id field so a cross-reference can be made for faculty wanting to use anonymous grading and pull additional reports.  Has anyone pulled the st...

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I have three courses that are currently merged into one. They all take the same quizzes and tests. The problem I'm running into is I need data for each individual class.  I can see the data (percent correct) for each question, but that is based on al...

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I keep getting constant canvas notifications to my personal email from my old highschool canvas account. I am unable to go and change my notification settings or remove that email as that canvas account is now locked and I no longer have access. Was ...

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I am running into massive, time-consuming issues with the influx of students who require extended quiz time accommodations. The "Moderate" function in which I have to manually extend quiz times for individual students for each individual quiz is cumb...

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Hi everyone,I hope the new semester is going well for you so far!If you’re looking for practical, evidence-based strategies to maintain student engagement and nurture a growth mindset, I’d like to invite you to our next webinar, “Developing Lifelong ...

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Is there a way to require students to complete the same module multiple times (Within the same day), without having to physically duplicate the module and publish/unpublish manually?

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My canvas seems to have enlarged icons and no solution I've found on community forums has worked. I've tried troubleshooting this with a teacher who's very handy with canvas, and she doesn't know how to troubleshoot this either. Tried clearing cache,...

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When some of our students and teachers are logging in to Canvas they are receiving the message "you have recently logged in multiple times too quickly. Please wait a few seconds and try again."   This is happening on the first time logging in. Any id...

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Hello!I created my profile on Canvas but students are unable to view it. When they click on my name in the announcement they receive access denied.Regards,Masih

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Dear people,In the menu's for editing user rights/permissions and course rights/permissions you can see a padlock.It's not clear to me what that function does. Could anyone explain it to me?Thank you.  

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Hello Canvas, My instructor requested me to her via Canvas but I can't locate the email. Where is the instructor's canvas email found kindly?

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Hello Canvas experts I could use some help understanding what communications are included in the Interaction Report: Last Student Interaction. I have heard that the last student interaction report includes emails to individual students (via Canvas em...

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