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Hello!I need to run a report of current students that are failing any classes during the current term. Is this possible to do for all students on our campus and not just by individual classes?  Thanks! 

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Simple request. Provide access to quiz moderation so I don't have click through "build".Add Moderate to 3 dot assignment menu for quizzes.

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My organization is required by a couple of states to track how long a student is in the course and how long they are on the page. Based on other posts I have read so far, this functionality may not be available yet. How do organizations track the stu...

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What setting do I go to when building a quiz to randomly pull questions from the test bank I created? 

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The students have taken the test, which was graded and then the rubirc was created. I have set the learning mastery objectives as well for the students and the test and aligned them with the test.However, when I check the Learning mastery in gradeboo...

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Good afternoon,  I am assisting a faculty member with a particularly flummoxing problem. They copied content from a '23 shell to their '24 shell The issue that she has encountered and has been a source of frustration is that the PDF files that came o...

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How can I duplicate a Self-Grading Survey for daily use across multiple courses? When I made "template" quizzes in a module and then copied them to other classes/courses including the starting course it is now overwriting itself. What's the fastest w...

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Is there a way with Admin access in Canvas to see the IP address used for a student's assignment submission? Any tips or advice you have is appreciated!

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I added a student to a class on the second day.  On the first day, the teacher recorded a lecture on Big Blue Button.  Because the student was added late, he's not able to see the session or recording. Can I give him access somehow?

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Hi Canvas,  I submitted the following question to the Canvas Question Forum almost a year ago and never recieved a response. My faculty members would really like to know if any of the questions below can be answered. So, I am trying again.  Collabora...

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I have two canvas accounts at different domains: districtname.instructure.comcanvas.instructure.com Can I merge them? Thanks!    

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In the Assign To dialog (e.g., for a Quiz), I would prefer the Due Date, Available From and Until fields be in chronological order:Available FromDue DateUntilIs there a way to change this default order? 

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Is there a report in Canvas that would allow me, as an administrator at my school, to see when each teacher did a grade sync for their class?  I'd like to see the full history of the grade sync for each course, or at least the last time the class gra...

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Hi all,I have a teacher who is trying to share Canvas rubrics with colleagues. I was searching through the guides and saw that the update was coming in Q2 this year, but cannot find the instructions no how to make this work. Please help.

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If I create a group assignment and click the button to "Assign Grades to Each Student Individually," does that mean each student can submit the assignment separately? Or will that be messed up when each group member submits? Yes, it's an assignment t...

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If I reconfigure a Mastery Path after students have taken a quiz, are their scores for that quiz erased? If so, how can I get those scores restored?

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I have a faculty member who has created self-assessments via New Quizzes in Canvas.  She would like to award points based on whether students completed the self-assessment and on time.20 points if the student completed the quiz and before the deadlin...

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When I publish a new assignment with a due date in the future, Canvas automatically assigns zeroes to some of the students in my course. All of these students are in the same sections. I had the function on for automatic zeroes for no submission at t...

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Precisar a opção de importar notas ocultar na opção "notas" dos cursos. Ela não pode estar disponível para os professores. Como fazer isso?    

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In July 2024, a YouTube video was added as a project attachment, and the cover image was taken from YouTube; now, in September 2024, on a separate new project, the cover image is a placeholder of three Polaroid pictures.This happens on new projects. ...

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When adding a file from Office365 LTI through the RCE onto a page.  It does not give me the option to download the file after I have added it to the page. Is this working as designed

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In a recent update, some auto-formatting changes were made to the Comments for assignments. When someone clicks <enter>, the system automatically adds an extra line space as though it is starting a new paragraph. This now matches the formatting of "A...

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Hello, I have a question regarding the strikethroughs with my own calendars. I know there are calendars for each of the classes/courses we take but I also add my own schedule for doing assignments in a timely manner in my calendar. When I finish doin...

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We assign multiple graded surveys throughout our course as exit tickets. We need to assign them as graded surveys, so students earn points just for completion and the points they earn are not based upon accuracy. However, this does not allow us to ea...

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Good morning, I am posting here because I have nowhere else to go. I have reached out to Canvas support via the ticket system 3 times and have never received a reply, even to my tickets I submitted over 1 year ago, no reply. I cannot contact live sup...

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We are encouraging instructors to use the Missing Submission policy and setting zeros as the automatic grade. Why do some assignments that are not due yet have zeros filled in as a default? Is it due to mismanagement of due dates or is this a bug? 

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I'd like to implement a robust content protection system to prevent unauthorized screen recording and screenshots, similar to what Netflix and Prime Video offer.

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I'm asking about how tutors can add OneDrive files to Canvas as learning resources in a course, and whether students can view/access those files if they are OneDrive files saved in secure staff folders.

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I have a worksheet that I've loaded in Canvas as a pdf but I want the students to be able to fill out the worksheet and submit it. What do I need to do so the students can type in the pdf?

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At my institution, we use a single SIS ID for individuals, regardless of whether they hold more than one status (e.g., faculty, staff, or student). This practice causes complications within Canvas. For example, an instructor may have an SIS ID of 123...

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