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Just what the subject says. We have a parent who is an observer on her student's account. She says at her prior school they could see Inbox messages. I am guessing the teachers at the prior school included parents on every message.   Thanks, greg

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Student View shows the images that I insert to announcements and assignments as picture.png instead of the image that shows perfectly on Teacher View.  This is a new problem, that I haven't experience although I've been using the same images for year...

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I have found the course setting to change the default due date time, however it only allows for a time on the hour (7:00, 8:00, 9:00, etc.). I would like to be able to set the default time to something other than on the hour. Is this possible? 

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I am using a Calendar event for each day to post what we do in class (the Canvas event mirrors what I write on the board for students to see in class). Events work well for this, however, each event automatically shows up in the student's to-do list ...

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Hi.  I've used the moderation for new quizzes to give students extra time.  When I do so, I get a message in the pop-up window (attached) that says the "settings will be applied to all course assessments for this student."  Doe this apply to old (ori...

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Weeks ago I made groups so I could split my periods for grading purposes in SpeedGrader. I gave a test yesterday to 4th, 5th, and 7th. Normally when I grade stuff, there's a dropdown that lets me choose which period I want. That's not there this time...

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How do you exclude certain students in a course from viewing an announcement? I have announcements that do not pertain to some kids and their observers. 

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I've been reading about Sections but don't quite understand them.  My issue is I am teaching two classes concurrently.  Each Canvas course correlates to a three week in-class session for one class then the second class rotates in for the same materia...

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Hi, we wanted to know if it is possible to create a quiz and indicate that students are not allowed to hand in the quiz until they have answered all the questions? If not, that would be a feedback from some of our teachers.  Thanks.

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Bom dia, Estou iniciando o curso de Gestao de RH e estou totalmente perdida, poderiam me ajudar? desde já agradeço.

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I have a module that contains BookWidgets exercises. (My institution has linked the accounts, this works fine.) My question:What happens to these BookWidgets links when I send a module to a colleague (through the 'send to' function)? Do the BookWidge...

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I'm using Canvas for my class, but most of my students cannot log in with their QQ emails. Is the system currently blocking or not recognizing QQ emails (@qq.com)?

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I have two classes running right now that do not allow students to submit during the "late" period. For example, one deadline was 12 Sep at 23:59, with an ability to submit with a penalty until 15 Sep at 23:59. However, since 12 Sep at 23:59 students...

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At my institution, we allow instructors to edit their class start and end dates. With this however, many of our instructors don't end up putting an end date, resulting in the course still appearing on dashboards forever. I'm wondering if folks have a...

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Hello,We are finding ourselves creating new Sections in the middle of the school year as we get more students signing up.Is there a way to bulk assign all the Assignments we have added so far to a new Section, based on an existing section? I already ...

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Hello, I am in brief calculus. I finished topic 1 yesterday and now it seems that all my work is lost, which is very disappointing. Can my work be saved? I got 100%. is there a submit button that I missed? Also Gradarius does not recognize my email, ...

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is there a way to restrcit students from signing up for an appointment less than 24 hours in advance?

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Hello All, I hastily concluded a course this year and removed my students. Their data is still there but I'm hoping to still be able to see their quiz results in a summarized form/spreadsheet rather than in individualized results. I'm not seeing that...

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Canvas is a great product. Allowing users to hide completed tasks in the dashboard view would allow them to have a more minimal, user-friendly experience & align with UX principles of other todo style apps.

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Hello I have a teacher who wants to reuse Rubrics but would like to make edits without impacting the original rubric. However, there is no copy rubric feature unless you've used the rubric in 2 or more assignments. Is there a way to copy rubrics so t...

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So i've already linked my Canvas calendar to my Google calendar, it just shows other things.I'm added to a couple of courses as a TA, but that also means that the assignments for the students are also visible in my calendar. Luckily I can turn off co...

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When using a rubric with account-level Outcomes, does that rubric need to be set as "Use for grading"? Or will the data be collected as long as the instructor actually uses the rubric even if it is not used to tally the assignment score?

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Im building an application that is making use of the canvas rest api tool with an access token I generated. Im able to get information like course assignments, quizzes, user information but Im not able to update it. Im wondering if there is a way to ...

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I'd like to check Grade Book by student. I'd like to select their name and see all their grades for all their courses on one report. Is this possible?

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Currently, Canvas calendar feeds do not include to-do's. It makes no sense why a student's event added to a calendar would be considered a separate type of entry. The simplest fix is student added calendar events should be the same as any other calen...

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How do you email a parent when you only have their email address and they are not listed in the course or in Canvas?

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My canvas is glitching in the aspect where my courses, calendar, and discussion posts fail to load. I have tried quitting Safari and restarting my computer, but it is not working. How do I go about solving this problem? 

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After cross-list a section, whether the content submitted in the original course will be migrated or deleted

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How do I go about citing "Realize It" content in Canvas? I am a BSN student and we do not have textbooks for this course. All test information comes from the "Realize It" content.

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