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Why is Canvas loading so slow.  It literally takes me an hour to upload items in a module.

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I have a "quiz" set to unlimited attempts and "build on last attempt".  A few students got an error message on a successive attempt and can't access the quiz again.  They can only view previous attempts and their current attempt which triggers the er...

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How do I as an instructor send an email to a student within Canvas and attach a file that comes from WITHIN the Canvas "Files" folder (not a file from my computer)?  I know how to send an email to a student and attach a file, but is it possible to br...

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I'm totally lost. My learning activity asks for answers to be written in my learning management system. I don't know where this is or where my notes or workbook are. I'm not sure where i write anything at all or even how to get back to this page I'm ...

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Good day!I made a quiz in canvas which was randomized. I made several question groups during the construction of the quiz to have a category of the questions and I was wondering whether it is possible to have the answered quiz items be categorized ac...

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If I do a numeric quiz question, I cannot put the answer that has anything other than numbers, e.g 75 km/h? So, if I want to ask a question like this or another like asking for a fraction in its simplest form, what is the content option in quizzes th...

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Hi, when following a link included in an email to an item in Canvas it prompts me to enter Microsoft login details. (login.microsoftonline.com/)It won't recognize my gmail email address as an account.If I go the actual login page XXX.instructure.com/...

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I've been using Canvas so years and never had this issue until this week. There are two assignments that I have to manually grade (discussion board) and a summary. I input the grades manually, but after touching Enter and going to the next student, t...

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How do I make a discussion board unpublished after students have posted and work has been graded? There are posts there for an upcoming exam that I no longer want students to have access to. 

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This is a noob question but I have read 30 posts and different guides and I am not seeing a direct answer.  For context, I am a grad student in an instructional design program (I just started). I am working on a mock up in Canvas and it seems that I ...

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How do I find a Course ID? I am trying to redeem my Macmillan Learning for BIO 204 and it is asking for the Course ID. 

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I have created an assignment with anonymous peer reviews. Student reviews are unable to download attachments to fully perform their reviews. Is this an artifact of the anonymous reviews?The review were assigned manually, if that has a bearing on the ...

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Hello, I need to upload my corrected assignment to the same file. I remember that when I started using canvas, I pressed any button. And now I can't upload my task.  

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Hello, I am a student and want to utilize Turnitin. Currently, only one professor has Turnitin "turned on" in which I recieve a similairy score when I turn in a paper and I have the ability to access Turnitin for pressing the green/yellow/orange on c...

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What is the best way to share content in Canvas? The "Send To" feature is amazing but I find that when I try to edit content shared in this manner, the content is still connected to the original version. This causes editing issues for those the conte...

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Is there a way to create "conditional" sections for a test? For example, if at the beginning of the quiz, someone selects "Group A" for a question it will send them to a specific list of questions, and if someone selects "Group B" for the same questi...

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Hello,We run a canvas integration with CAMS. When a student is added to a course or removed from a course in CAMS, they are either added or removed from the course in CANVAS. A student moved from section 1 of a course to section 2. They were changed ...

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When aligning outcomes, what is the benefit or difference between aligning outcomes to the quiz and aligning outcomes to the questions within the quiz itself? I see data by question when aligning by question and that works great. Will the data be the...

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Buen día comunidad! alguien tiene o tuvo inconvenientes con visualizar las evaluaciones que finalicen el 1 de octubre? utilizamos en Paraguay el horario -04:00/-03:00 y el 1 de octubre se cambia el horario a verano, intenté cambiar la zona horaria pe...

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Hi, when a teacher writes feedback, he can use line breaks to make the text readable, but they don't appear in the student view. Why is this, and are there any solutions? See images (lärare is teacher in Swedish) Best  Jonna

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Can we add a "floating" navigation panel somehow? I keep getting painted into corners and it takes multiple clicks (and waiting for loading) to get to where I meant to go. This seems insignificant but when you're grading 100 assignments, every click ...

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This question has been an issue for Canvas users since 2017 I have used Canvas previously as a TA and now as a professor, and it is absurd that you still can't delete saved comments in an assignment rubric. If I want to reuse a rubric rather than cre...

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how do I start a open a module and post assignments for students?

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Hi,Do I need to have admin rights to remove and reassign students assignment submissions? Cheers, Dago

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Hi Canvas team, I am looking to see if the canvas calendar can be more dynamic and assessable. Currently, we use faculty sub-accounts when assigning Canvas courses. My idea is to generate year level sub-accounts. If this is possible, it will generate...

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I am a student who is unable to view the first video for my course at Oregon State University, Public Speaking 101. It says that the video cannot be displayed because of it's privacy settings. The screen where the video should be is black, and says "...

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Hi Canvas team,I am based in QLD and we use ISMGs in senior and specific assessment rubrics in middle school. I would like to see if Canvas speed grader could be more dynamic. Below is an example of what a student achieved in an assessment piece. The...

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Hi,How do I check my expected graduated date?

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I cannot seem to edit a grading scheme after it has been created. There is an edit icon but it doesn't work. Thoughts?-Stevie

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HI I cant access my timetables and everything i need for the modules on my laptop. But able to on a cellphone canvas app.

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