An assignment is created in canvas and given a title, a description, a due date, and then saved to the course (Before screenshot). Then when editing to use the external tool function inside submission type to link the assignment to a specific labarch...

I submitted an excel file into an assignment, but when I try to download the file again, it is downloading as an annotated PDF. How can I download the file I submitted as an excel/CSV file? I'm on a different computer now so I don't have access to th...

Can someone tell me how to use italics, bolding, underlining or create a live URL in Canvas email?

Did the latest version of canvas remove the ability to sort my grade book? I can no longer sort by module which has been a crucial timesaver in my workflow for years? Was this put somewhere else or is that feature just gone now?

I was trying to register for a class with no prerequisites as a high school student and it says I am ineligible however I have already submitted my dual enrollment approval from my high school and meet all the other requirements.  Is there somewhere ...

I am the admin of Canvas at my institution and I have parents wanting to sign on as an observer. I have gone through all of the tutorials about how to generate pairing codes, but when my students go to do that, the "generate pairing code" option is n...

As an instructor, is there any way to view student' quiz answers when "student results view" is restricted?The students can't see what they got wrong, but I would like to see what questions my students got wrong.Thank you.Allison

Assignment point totals. Is there a way for Canvas to automatically total points for assignments? This feature would be helpful since in some courses there are many graded activities with points. Right now, we use a calculator to add up point totals ...

I am a student and am having difficulty keeping track of emails. I would prefer the emails to be unthreaded, so each email is in sequence instead of grouped by recipient.Is there a way to do this?Thank you.

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When viewing results from a student survey, I can view the overall statistics, but finding individual results is more challenging. When I click "view student quiz results" I see a list of who has and hasn't taken the survey. I can then click a studen...

Hello Canvas community,Setting up Canvas for this year,  I noticed that "grade sync" is missing in my navigation bar.  I can still see it when going to the navigation tab in settings, but for whatever reason, it's not viewable.  If I enable it, it wi...

I know how to access this feature from my grades on my laptop but I can't access the feature to submit on behalf of a student on my iPad. I am giving my students paper assignments and asking them to use the scan tool to upload their work digitally to...

When looking at student names in Attendance, their last name appears formatted as bold. We have individuals whose last name consists of two words. When their name appears in Attendance, only the last of those two words is bolded. For instance: Consid...

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Hello, I'm trying to create an appointment slot reservation system so that students can reserve a space. I see Create appointment slots in the Canvas calendarHowever, I want this "booking" to be available for the entire semester. Using the system abo...

I cant figure out how to turn on auto save for text entry assignments. Is there even a way?

I have a Categorization item on a quiz. There are two categories and ten items to drag into the correct categories.A student who took the quiz correctly categorized nine of the ten items. One item was categorized incorrectly.When Canvas graded the qu...

How can I take attendance more than once for the same date? I have two lessons on the same day and I cannot take the attendance individually.

Hi everyone,We've encountered an issue while attempting to import a course in the .imscc version 1.1 file format, which was originally exported from Canvas, into a different platform. Does anyone have any solutions or experience with similar scenario...

I am a Canvas site administrator.  The Welcome to Canvas 101 course which I believe was from California State University, Channel Islands, and licenced by Creative Commons, was a popular course for instructors ay my college and also included a functi...

Hello!  I did a search first, and although there were similar questions and topics, they didn't address or resolve the questions I had.  I am currently enrolled in a class where where there are weekly homework assignments due, and once submitted peer...