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I manage a large class (hundreds of students) and it is divided into sections based on days of the week. Some students change days from the "Monday" section to the "Tuesday" section, for example.I can create sections mechanically using the API but I ...

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Hello and thanks for helping.  I will be using CANVAS for the first time next year at a high school and am learning about setting up my class; I don't know much at this point about CANVAS.  I have many pdfs I have downloaded over the years, printed, ...

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I want to use the new quizzes in CANVAS but I would like to import my old questions. Is there a way to do that because i have tried three times today to import the question banks and they are not showing up :(.

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Hi folks! I am working with an instructor at my college who wants to do some clean-up of their Canvas account. They've been using Canvas for seven years, teaching multiple classes nearly every quarter, a member of lots of groups/committees that use C...

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I am trying to download all submissions, so that I can share the files.  I am not seeing the option to "Download Submissions." I only see "Speedgrader" and how many need to be graded.  My students submitted an annotated pdf on an assignment.  Can som...

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I didn't get what the instructor wants us to do, just gave us the way to do it but the thing itself, like he wants us to use google drives and some other stuff to make sure we know how to use them but he didn't give us the material or the links we sh...

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hi, when i try to filter gradebook by section, it does not filter assignments properly because the test student appears in every section and consequently every assignment that i create. 100% of my assessments appear in my gradebook even when filtered...

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I'm organizing both my modules and my library reserve reading list by weekly sessions. I want to match the reading assignments of each week from the library reserve to the weekly modules. How can I do that?

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Our log in ID for student accounts is FirstName.LastName, not email address. But the log in screen specifically says EMAIL where they need to enter their user name.  This creates a LOT of confusion. How can I change the wording on the log in screen t...

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Can I turn off the option for students to create an announcement or discussion in groups?

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I teach and am a senior admin for DL at my university. Is there any way to run (or automate attendance reports) for larger sets of data?  Specifically, I would like to be able to run attendance reports at the departmental level (i.e all BUS courses),...

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My institution provided outcomes are all set to assess based on highest score and I want to use decaying average. I created outcomes at the course level using decaying average, but when I try to align an individual item with my outcome, it only allow...

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I have my course calendar saved on desktop. How do I get it "linked" or uploaded under "Start Here" of Canvas?

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I have been receiving an error message when trying to add a team member to an unpublished course. They were previously assigned as a student to two other courses with no issue, but no matter what I try to add them as (Student, Observer, Teacher), I k...

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Hello,I have recently tried to add alumni of the course to this year's addition of the course and in both cases the person never received the email inviting them (back) to the course. All the new people I have added are receiving the email invite jus...

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The term is still open, the class has no "available until" or due date but the teacher cannot enter grades. I am an admin and can enter grades. Any ideas as to why they cannot?

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We have graders for some of our classes and we would like to keep their names anonymous. How can this be done when using a rubric?

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All modules for Week 5 are locked for me! And it says underneath week 5 that they will unlock May 29…it is about to be June 1st and they are all still locked meaning I am not able to access them. Anyone know why and could possibly help?

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An internal error occurred when I was adding new people/user. I have deleted many users, but it's still not working. I've also tried to add different new users with different email address, still no luck. I'd apprciate any advice regarding this matte...

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When I am adding a new person into our LMS, if I enter a SIS ID, the ability to 'change password' is removed from their own account settings, how do I get this added back, so they have the own ability to change this?

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Hello I was taking a test and mid test my teacher calls me out for leaving my screen. Later that day she emails me that "You got a zero on the test. You left the Canvas page during the test to google answers. I have screenshots of your computer scree...

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I see file storage per course is 500 MB/course for the Free account and 50 MB/user. Are discussion posts within each course limited as well for the Free for Teachers version? We are planning on trying the free version for a group of 83 students.

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I am the administrator for the course evaluations at TMCC. We use Watermark Insights Course Evaluations & Surveys. Our instructors are able to view their course evals in Canvas. However, I've had several instructors who cannot see the link to view th...

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I can't find a way to export them, only old quizzes or exporting the entire course as an ismcc file. I did a little research and saw some posts from around 2020 that people were saying its impossible, only old quizzes, has anything changed in the las...

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I am trying to input information into my class. I click on the assignment link and it does not allow me to input or import information.  When I am in the module, I can drop a file in it, but then I can't see the file. Please advise!

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Hello,Does anyone know where I can locate a data point (or report) for "last date of attendance" as reflected by last submission (assignment, discussion, assessment, quiz) to Canvas, per student, per course enrollment?For context, I'm looking for the...

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The sync button is not available to me under "Actions" as the step by step guide suggests. 

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Canvas should allow teachers to pick their preferred base font for each class. Teachers are able to change the font, but, at it is right now, it's inconvenient. Every time I make an assignment I have to pick the font I want instead of it being alread...

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I keep getting the message "Please use a valid LTI launch URL." when trying to look at New Analytics on a concluded course. 

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Hello Instructure team,We are moving away from the Canvas LMS at the end of June, but are hoping to export user data from the nearly 200+ courses we've run since 2017.  For example, each course has 20 assignments and anywhere from 30 to 100 students....

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