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How can I see a specific student's attendance record?

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We are looking to connect with other IB schools, especially those offering the MYP. We are new to Canvas and having trouble figuring out best practice with Canvas learning mastery gradebook, outcomes in relation to the MYP grading requirements. rbaue...

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how to use Discussion as student and post work

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Are classes converted for instructors or instructors mus convert them one by one?Dr. Borivoje-Boris Djokic, Ph.D. 

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I am a professor. Just in time for the end of the semester grading rush: every time I click on one of the assignments to be graded in my "to do" list, I get an "An Unexpected Error Occurred" message and the app crashes. I'm on a Samsung Tablet. I hav...

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Not sure if this is the right place for post (online orientation is a little confusing). I'm Betty, starting in English Studies (possibly health comms?), live in Northeast Ohio and doing all-online degree. Have two dogs.

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For an assignment where students can choose between working in small groups or working independently, I need to know how to set-up the assignment in Canvas.  Should I select "Group Assignment" with students self-selecting groups? How would those stud...

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How can I prevent Canvas RCE from inserting needless redundant HTML tags into my assignments?Example:Multiple <span style="color: #000000;">  and matching </span> tags -- sometimes in the dozens,with no content in between!The first symptom of this pr...

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HI there Canvas Community, Correct me if there is already a community guide, a solution or feature request. I didn't see one so let me proceed. I have faculty that are looking for a flat grade deduction such as 20% after the assignment due date. Here...

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Our teaching team is working on creating a final exam. As part of the final, we want to use the Student Annotation assignment as one of the component parts of the exam. While I know how to create a Student Annotation assignment (which uses the DocuVi...

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Baylor University is experiencing issues with 2/3 of our Box integrations. The integration for RCE and External Tool seem to be blank and this is for Chrome and Firefox. This was discovered when Box links for both were forcing students to do the clou...

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Hi all! I've run into a problem that's driving me nuts, and I hope someone out there can help.I was helping one of our nursing instructors (let's call her Mary) add content from Elsevier Evolve through Evolve Link. She logged into the app on my compu...

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I am creating a faculty training course. Upon their successful completion, I want to give them a certificate but I'd like for their name to be on it.  Is there some way to grab the user's name and insert it on the certificate?  Thank you.

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Good Morning!Background first.  We use Canvas extensively, but due to the nature of our courses, we do NOT use the gradebook.  Which is why I'm asking We have user accounts that are generic, but we add real users' names so that they can sign in to a...

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I am trying to add a participant on a canvas shell and this message pops up: "The email address provided conflicts with an existing user's email that is awaiting verification." as shown in the attached image. How do I resolve this to enable me to add...

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I occasionally have students respond to my comments in the grading rubric. Is there any way to be notified when this occurs? Frequently there are questions about their grades or simply comments but I am not aware of these as there is no notification....

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HI community, We have realized that there are some settings and configurations that we do at Blueprint level, that are not being sync with the child course(s). * Grades - grade posting policy * Sections: When I create a section at a BluePrint level, ...

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As we are using Microsoft Teams for the conference, can we disable the BigBlue Botton for everyone. So no one can see it.

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I give a simple three-question "did you do the reading?" quiz at the beginning of class that serves to ensure students do the reading, and to also make sure they get to class on time. This quiz is due five minutes after class starts and locks six min...

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I am unable to grade a quiz on Canvas. When I open the speed grader, I just get a "Loading" message. I have kept the page open for hours, and the student submission will not load. I have tried clearing my browser's cache, using a different browser, a...

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Hi Folks,I do a number of discussions wherein I create several threads and students respond to one or more of them.  In some cases, the content I put in each thread is significant, a kind of jigsaw structure for students to choose 2-3 of 5 options fo...

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Hi, I'm a new student.I have an accessibility concern about autoplay. I have a neurological disorder that is triggered by flashing things. I cannot find a way to turn off autoplay for GIFs or other flashing animations.Please consider adding this capa...

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I am assigned to submit a peer review, and I accidentally submitted my review before it was done. How do I unsubmit this and edit the review? Thanks!

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What tool do I use to record a lesson including my face, voice, and presentation (or other MSFT applications) into Canvas?

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Is there a way for a online learning mentor to view ALL grades for a student at once. Students have the ability to access a list of their grades in each course on one page. However, as their mentor, I have to visit each course separately to gather th...

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I am new to Canvas, having used Blackboard for 20 years. How do I see a log of ALL assignments that need grading? Blackboard literally had a tab called "Needs Grading." Currently, I am scrolling through every assignment and clicking speed grader. Thi...

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I submitted my draft proposal yesterday and today i want to submit the final one,how do i do it because i cant seem to find my way?  

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I'm an instructor trying to use the new quiz option to effectively recreate something called JLab. Long story short, it's a 10-item quiz that goes through each option one at a time and provides explanations for the questions. I wanted to set up a can...

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To pull a deleted course out of the trash, you need the course number (the one you can find in the URL). In the new admin analytics, you can conjure up a list of all the deleted courses. There's a bunch of info; course title, teachers, number of modu...

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Hi Canvas Team,Is there a way to manage the Hybrid classroom sitting arrangement and display the sitting arrangement?Exa. If A, B, and C students attend class physically and E, F, and G students attend class online, So will it be possible to show the...

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