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How do you lock the order in the dropdown in quiz questions?  

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In Texas, we are facing a new state-wide assessment with new question types. Our students will take these tests in Spring 2023 and need practice with these question types and our teachers need to be able to create questions of those new types.  One o...

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Hi everybody, the following guide says, that "editing an announcement will create a notification in the User Dashboard...":  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-edit-an-announcement-in-a-course/ta-p/1190I tried this with a te...

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Hi Team,I am creating one app where I am using canvas LMS Rest  Apis but right now I have created the access token manually which  I am using to get the data from APIs .but if I wanted to get data for specific users then how I can generate the token ...

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I allow self-enrollment (registration) in my course. However, I notice two things which annoying:1- Users can register with the wrong email address format. There is no verification of the input data in the email address field. 2- Canvas allow the use...

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I am trying to submit Assignment on Module 3 and there is no link to upload the assignment. Due today 

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I set up a new course in Canvas for my reading group. However, I think I set it up incorrectly and want to make corrections. For Example, I chose to set up the course manually instead of choosing my school. Is there a way to go back and edit this? Th...

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I go in and organize my grade book in Canvas (moving the columns).  If i leave the grade book page and go back to modules and then go back to grade book.  Everything that I organized is all jumbled up again.  Any help, ideas or suggestions would be a...

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I have an assignment posted for the student, which is open for a week. In my grade book, all my students have the full points listed.However, when I click the student's name, the exam has not started yet.How could this happen?

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It's a long story...but I have a student who I manually entered grades for, for 8 out of 10 modules. All modules have prerequisites. Because she didn't actually submit anything to complete the module(s) to move onto the next module, she can't access ...

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HelpUsed a cell phone to record project for assignmentI have downloaded it to my google drive. also saved to canvas. I can see it in my google drive, I can see in canvas, BUT I cannot submit it . please help  

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I tried to click the ME link but it did not work. Please assist. 

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Hello, I received a Canvas report this morning that included an exam created last week. In this email, there was an option to "Click to view" the exam. When I clicked on this link, it took me directly to the exam. However, the view it took me to was ...

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I was able to had comments to the different parts of the rubric grade, and it actually retained the comments so I wouldn't have to write the same comment over and over. Some how when grading this assignment those options have disappeared from the vie...

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Hello-I have copied an assignment to each module but when I try to update the name of the assignment, it changes all the assignments that were copied.    

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I recently withdrew from a college class and I was wondering what happens to all my homework submissions and test submissions. Do all those submissions get permanently deleted in the Canvas system instantly, never to be seen again once I withdraw fro...

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Is a possible to create a classroom but separate students based upon classes and only assign assignments to specific class groups within the same class. (Example - I teach PE and want to do a grade level page for each grade instead of each individual...

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I have students complete short open-book quizzes each week.  They either earn full points (2 points) or no points as part of a homework grade.  To earn full points, they must get a certain number correct (e.g., 75%) and complete the quiz by the deadl...

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I am trying to complete the integration process for Accredible, but it requires Administrator privileges.  I am only assigned a teacher role, and my account was created by invitation.  Also, I am using the free version of Canvas.  Are there limitatio...

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I am an instructor who has assigned multiple written assignments to be uploaded to Canvas.  Several weeks ago, emojis appeared below the spaces where Assignment Comments may be entered.  I really dislike seeing the **bleep** smiley face in my comment...

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How long should it take between submitting an assignment to Turn It In and receiving the feedback.  I submitted something nearly 24 hours ago and it still isn't back yet.On the video guide the feedback was available straight away but it did make of p...

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I have witnessed my students completing assignments using the Student Annotations feature. However, when I open the assignment in SpeedGrader, the annotations have disappeared. Is there something specific we need to do for the highlighting and pencil...

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Could Canvas please add and display in the text box for Discussions a word count feature?  Many faculty require a word count for discussion questions. 

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I'd like to know how to access student submitted files such as videos.  The only way I know to get to them right now is downloading each file one at a time for each student in Speedgrader which is far from speedy; particularly since I can't play the ...

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I recently had a lot of students submit their video edits (compressed to H.264 for streaming) to a Canvas assignment; limiting the uploaded format to mov,.mp4, and .m4v.How do I play these directly in Canvas as a streaming file rather than it being d...

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We recently moved to OneRoster API because of our integration of ClassLink. This is the only change that has occurred from the 2 years prior with our data passback from PowerSchool to Canvas.Overall, the API has allowed for a more simple GPB. However...

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The files (five simple pdf files) are viewable from the professor view, but not by student or through my student view. I first uploaded the files to a folder. Then I added the files to a module. The module is published, the files are published (both ...

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Hello all, I'm currently dealing with a Canvas design issue that involves the tab feature. I want to add a video to the tab, then I want to add video reflection text to the right of the video. I'm having trouble in the HTML code. The page won't allow...

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Hi friends!Canvas Admin here!My Institution recently adopted a new Student Information System (Anthology Student) which unfortunately doesn't play perfectly with Roll Call Attendance within Canvas.  Hoping to get some community insights into other po...

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I have used Canvas for at least 10 years.  Can someone please turn off the teacher tour? It is annoying.

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