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Can my professor tell when I’ve uploaded an assignment? I uploaded an assignment but forgot to press submit. 

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Hello, How can I delete old version assignment that submitted by mistake. I submitted two times but same file name. The current one has -1 after the file name and it won't meet the request from the professor.    Thank you.

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Canvas is difficult to use as too many images from previous classes getting notices that I have exceeded the limit,  and now my current classes, 0there is no more room to post images discussion on Canvas. The homework is due. 

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I AND THE INSTRUCTOR TALK ABOUT THIS MANY TIME MY PAPERS ISUMIT IN WAS DRADED AND WHEN I WENT BACK IT WAS TELLING ME IT 0 AND IT WAS GRADEED AT FIRST AND THEN SOME TIMES IT LIKE I DID NOT SUMIT IT WHEN ITS SHOWING I SUMIT IT IT AND ASKING ME TO SUMIT...

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Can someone please explain what it is I have to do in the discussion and what is the due date please?

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Ideally, I would also like the course number as well.  That might mean I have to combine two sets of data.  I have tinkered with several of the admin reports and even downloaded a couple of the raw data tables and I seem to get contradicting data fro...

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I am using the "classic" quiz tool to conduct a survey. BUT, the "fill-in-multiple-blanks" isn't providing an answer field. Instead, it just presents the [answergoeshere] as text.Is this one of the "it isn't broken but we will change it so that it is...

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Hello,We have been requested to remove LTI's from courses offered over four years ago. To do this manually would be impractical. Is there any api call offered by Instructure to deactivate/remove LTIs from old courses, while leaving them active for ne...

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How do I make comments alongside student submissions? 

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Hello, I am contacting you in regards to an issue with a course i am enrolled in. I have completed the the required L100 Ski Recertficiation course and while it was being graded it then disappeared before i could access my Membership Code. I have tri...

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I created a survey-type, ungraded quiz.. My question is about the "Additional Comments" box that I see when I open students' answers. If I put a comment in there, do students receive it? And if so, are they notified that the comment is there, or do t...

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I am creating a new discussion, which I have done earlier in the semester. But now the option to select "Graded" is grayed out and I cannot select it. Suggestions?

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I would like to hide the total grade for the course for ONE student in a class.  I know about the grade override option, but that makes me put in a grade from the grading scheme which would affect all students.  Basically, I am looking for a way for ...

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I need help deleting courses out of Canvas to clean up the site. How do I bulk delete over 2000 courses that are no longer being used? They do not have SIS codes.

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Is it possible to backdate learners into a 'new' section?My current setup: The learner has enrolled and accepted the course, I have then created a new section and would like to move them across to this new section. Is this possible? or once they have...

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When i open my canvas app on my laptop, it doesn't show any "me" toolbar and i can't see any "view profile" link.

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Is there a way for a Canvas Observer to view a list of missing assignments in currently enrolled courses?

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I recently heard a professor who starts each student at the beginning of the semester with a C, assuming that all students are average. As assignments are submitted, the grade goes up or down. This professor claimed that it motivated students as they...

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The recent update (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Releases/Canvas-Deploy-Notes-2022-11-09/ta-p/543801#toc-hId-852516701) has made the To Do list basically unusable for me. I understand the issue it was supposed to address - separating a us...

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Can my canvas be set up so that every type of assignment defaults to "percentage?" (rather than "points")

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I have followed all the steps listed to set a missing grade policy but not every assignment is auto graded to add zeros. Why is that? How can I ensure that ALL assignments have a zero/missing in the gradebook if a student has not turned them in?

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Can someone tell me what the colored (non-active) colored cards are in "Grades?".  What do the colors represent? 

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I have a module which has as its requirement for students to get a minimum grade on a quiz.  This quiz is locked by a Mastery Path until the student gets a minimum grade on at least one of 2 previous quizzes in the module.  However, while that requir...

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I have been trying to add a link to my syllabus within the first module.  Thus, I want to click a link and have it navigate to the syllabus page.  When I use a iframe, I still get the side bar twice.  Is there a way to remove the side bar within an e...

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Hello.  I was looking at a guide for using rubrics (it's been a while since I used one and I don't think I have ever linked one directly to the assignment).  There is an article here on building rubrics that shows a bunch of options at the bottom (us...

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Hi I am trying to set up a quiz for my students. But when I want to add the answers and possible answers in then I can't as there are no spaces. When I add in answers then in preview it shows 3 blank spaces and then only the options I gave the learne...

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Hello,I accidentally dropped a course, and I want to reregister for it. How can I do that? Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

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Thanks everyone, hoping someone can help.I copied a page into another module and proceeded  to delete the information that i didn’t require for that module.  I deleted a lot of important (time invested) resources (I know!)  I then proceeded  to renam...

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I have setup all the assignments of a course to be posted manually, so that students can only see their grades after the assignment of all students have been graded for everyone. That means that after I grade, I have to go to the gradebook in Canvas ...

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