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I use text-to-speech (reading) software and TurnItIt seems to be reluctant to allow me to do this for marking (it also seems to have issue with dictation software for feedback).  Are there any work arounds?

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When grading Assignments in the Google LTI, is there a way to make student submissions anonymous similar to the feature on Speedgrader?  

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A student reported the following concerns when taking a quiz: It often jumps you back to the first question.The flagging option is not great.It's hard to tell what questions you've completed and answered and which ones you still have left.Do you have...

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 I've noticed recently that there are light green checkmarks next to some published items in modules rather than the usual standard green. Any idea what the difference is? 

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Hi all:I am working with a faculty member on an issue I've not seen before: their videos (mp4) are not listed in under the 'media' option from the file picker menu in the RCE for page/announcement creation. Rather, one must navigate through the file ...

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Multiple computers - iMacs, MacBook, Mac Pro - as of this week many functions in Canvas have stopped working. Clicking on item like Quizzes, Files, shows a blank screen. Different versions of Safari in multiple macOS versions from Catalina to Ventura...

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Is a roll back possible to graded essay questions after editing a Quiz? We just edited a Quiz type assignment in Canvas that was currently being offered to students live because we discovered that students were having one question as extra credit (0 ...

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For a firearms training course, I would like the students, during registration, to provide information about their weapon. I.E: make model, serial number, and caliber. What would be the preferred method? 

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How do I make the final grade reflect total points instead of percentages? For example, students need 100 points total to receive an "S" grade.

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Is there a way that I can create a quiz that requires students to answer some of the questions? For example - "choose 5 of the 8 questions to answer"?

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I'm trying to get a sense of the wider Canvas community's approach to student access to a course. When does a student gain access? When do they lose access (if ever)? The LMS provides lots of options around this, and we're looking at our peers to hel...

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  Currently the only way to view the overall class attendance (from beginning of semester to today) is by having an Attendance Report emailed to you in .csv format. Is there a way to view the attendance report from within the Roll Call tool? just lik...

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is it possible to create a new seperate field in user info?I want to create separate fields for department classification (in my customer's case there are departments, junior colleges, first term, and second term) and department names (addition of in...

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We were just about to turn on the feature option allowing faculty to submit assignments on behalf of students when we really started to think about the implications when Turnitin is enabled for an assignment. By allowing faculty to submit assignments...

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Does anyone know if it's possible to set up a notification or alert trigger for a student when his or her grade falls below a certain percentage in a class? I know there are ways to target send messages to specific students in a given assignment, but...

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Has anyone recently received this error message regarding the Twitter API integration:"Due to a recent change in Twitter API policy, this tool is no longer supported."If so - how is it resolved?

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When in faculty view, I am able to view all the DQ's created for the course but for some reason only 6 DQs are showing to the students. There are no due dates assigned to these. Faculty ViewStudent View

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I get this error message below when trying to log into class:"Something broke unexpectedly.If you have a moment, click here to tell us what happened."I have done all things in the troubleshoot guide.Any suggestions on how to proceed?THANK YOU!

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Please advise if it is possible to create an Annotations bank (similar to Comment bank) in the document viewer in the Speedgrader?

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This instructor guide seems to indicate that Google Docs student submissions are bulk downloadable, but when I look for that option for any canvas assignment where I used the Google Docs Cloud Assignments external tool, a "Download Submissions" optio...

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Hello! I see that the one time this question was previously asked (over a year ago), the question was noted and shelved for a future upgrade. But this is important: While some institutions have canvas packages that allow students not only to see thei...

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We have to convert to letter grades at the end of the year at the high school, and we have broken down our SRG as follows -4 - A (100-90%)3 - B (80%)2 - C (70%)1-0 - FIs there a way for me to set up the 'grading marks' to reflect this? Can I set the ...

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I previously created a new canvas account for a faculty that I have to add to a course. Usually, all new accounts will be notified and sent a verification link to their email to activate their account, and if they haven't received it I can't add them...

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A course has a quiz that is untimed but it does have a deadline. One student began the quiz but didn't submit and still hasn't 11 days later. I have tried (on our test server) to add a time limit, change the due date, add an availabile until date, an...

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Hello, I would like assistance on what to do when it comes to the graded quizzes. I was not able to complete a quiz that was being graded, and unfortunately, I can't return the quiz to complete it as it's still waiting to be graded. Kindly assist and...

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Hey everyone,For some reason I have one module which doesn't load, for a split second it says 'page loading' and right after the page is just blank. It seems to be the case for just one module, all others seem to be working/loading. I tried different...

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Greetings,I completed my CIH Community Health Supervisor training course.  There was supposed to be a COVID 19 class and a Health Equity class which I signed up for and "claimed" but they never populated on my dashboard.   Health Equity Training - Mo...

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Sometimes, when I upload an image into a question, in a question bank, Canvas informs me that it has been an unexpected error, with the ID of 36788. The result is that the image doesn't upload normally and the question starts a never ending buffering...

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We have an open enrollment course that continually has students enrolling and completing the course 365 days a year. It never shuts down. The issue is that I would like some sort of simple automated way to remove old discussion posts from students wh...

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