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how do you pick your courses? or do they automatically give them to you? 

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I'd like a way to prompt a student for a response to some question, for example, "Was this page helpful?" and tuck it away somewhere for analysis. Is there a way to do that reasonably easily? Thanks!

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bY MISTAKE MY INFO CAME AUTOMATICALLY AND MY WIFE NAME APPEARED INSTEAD OF MY NAME. MY NAME IS GEORGE MEHANY NOT _________ MY NABP ID IS 0000000 AND MY LICENSE IS PS000000 APPRECIATING IDF YOU CAN FIX MY NAME

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I am trying to use the Learning Mastery Gradebook to do standards-based grading, but I need to calculate a final letter grade using the outcomes that have been mastered.  I see that students can track their progress towards mastery in each outcome, b...

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how can I reset my settings so that when I log into Canvas, I get my dashboard and not a class that has been over for months?

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Why does the quality of audio severely change when uploaded to canvas?I'm trying to build basic audio waveform quizzes. I export 16-bit/44.1khz wav files, or 320kps MP3 files. Both are clean, and sound great when the files are loaded into the "files"...

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I'm not able to view my summer course. Canvas says the course is published but it is not anywhere on my dashboard or anywhere I can gain access.

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I am using the Canvas LMS API to make a request to /api/v1/planner_notes, which retrieves a paginated list of PlannerNote objects. // A planner note { // The ID of the planner note "id": 234, // The title for a planner note "title": "Bring bo...

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How do I connect Outlook calendar to Canvas calender?

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Hi, I've had a look around but can't seam to see the answer to this. Is there a report or a way to see what sections are in the different courses that do not have an end date setup?

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I cant find our class code anywhere?

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I'm supposed to submit a self introduction viedo on here as an assignment from my professor who teaches Human Resource Management (MAG-56). However, I can't find my class and this whole thing is confusing to navigate. I don't understand why we could ...

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Is there a way to clear grades from the gradebook?Each summer, I am using the same modules, but with updated quizzes. Some students are repeat users to the same course.I completely deleted every student from the People section, but when I re-entered ...

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Please move the new "Submit for Student" option in the Grade Book to ABOVE "Speed Grader" option. It was great having "Speed Grader" at the bottom to get their quickly, now I spend my time remembering to click above or getting out of the Submit for S...

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I am a teacher leaving a Canvas school and trying to preserve all my work. I set up a free-for-teacher account but am running into the course quota limit. I have a few questions.- Can I increase the course quota above 500mb for a free-for-teacher acc...

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how do I find my junk mail in cancas

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I am a first time on-line student. I submitted the wrong file for my final and it will not let me delete and resubmit the correct file. I also submitted a file on the wrong module and it will not let me delete that one also. both times I received the...

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Hello I got a message on my screen after i sign in  canvas that i need to change my password and that a code was sent can you tell me how to access my  F i T email. Thank you.

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When marking I can update the grade and make comments but I can't upload any files in the comment section - it just keep saying "submitting"

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Faculty - I create one pinned Discussion where I ask all students to post their problems and solutions, but one student created three new Discussions with one question each. I would like to merge them into the main Discussion I created because then a...

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Some instructors opt to put all of a module's content onto a single page (links to multiple readings, several embedded videos, etc) along with many paragraphs of text. Too much content on a single page can overwhelm learners and lead to cognitive ove...

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How do I see all of the attempted assignments a student has submitted? 

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I'm having an issue where when I assign a group discussion to a specific set of groups, other groups (not assigned that are from a different group set) are also showing up on the discussion.  How can I remove the "other" groups from this discussion w...

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Hi Folks! We're looking to see if we can track down the timestamp of when a grade was entered into the grade book. I see we can see when comments are posted, but not when a grade is entered, or posted. Is there some way to pull this information? 

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When attempting to use the "Print Blank Quiz" function from the Build area in a New Quiz, the print dialog doesn't appear as it does with the "Print Key (With Answers" function. Instead, when I select the option to print a blank quiz, it redirects me...

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Hello,I would think it would benefit students if teachers could add a module under a module, like you have a folder in a folder. Have you concidered to add that in at all? Even also give the option of making the main modules as a grid view instead of...

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Hello,I would find it very valuable if I could edit the fonts on the modules. That is that I could change the size of them, make them bold or underlined so I could point out the most important thing on each of the module to make the overview easier f...

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HiIs it possible to check if a module is shared/used in other courses?Thanks

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I am in a completely online program and our school just switched to canvas. I have found workarounds for  some of the issues with the new platform but one of my main issues is that there doesn't seem to be a way to determine which content has already...

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I have my course set up such that exams count for 60% of the grade. I have one midterm worth 25 points and one final worth 35 points. I want to be able to drop a student's midterm grade if they perform worse on the midterm than on the final. I though...

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