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Student To Do List Error - Not showing all missing assignments   For some reason, I have a few students whos To Do list is not counting assignments correctly.     The students go to canvas - then to dashboard view.  They mostly use the "List View" in...

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Do you know if there is a setting in the Admin settings to turn off the option where Observers can "combine" student accounts when they are pairing them?  We just had a parent do this and WE were able to split them, but was hoping we could turn it of...

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How to open the limit when I create a new group by invitation only without inviting people? Thanks~

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Head office has populated all courses on canvas with the students in relevant subjects from iSAMS.  However, some classes have not populated.  How can I add student users to courses? Or indeed check the synch with iSAMS.  I am just a school level adm...

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I'm a parent. When I try to log into Canvas LMS using a password manager and Safari, the Canvas password field doesn't get the password entered/pasted into it, meaning I have to open the password manager to copy and paste the password it into the for...

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Have checkpoints been enable in discussion settings? Can you choose two dates for discussion assignments. one for the original posting and one for the response?

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I was working on an assignment close to its deadline on the text box of an assignement. I completed it, but pressed submit right as the deadline hit at 3:00PM. That caused my screen to navigate to an "access denied" and the assignment was locked. Ple...

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What does a u with a circle when it is in front of an announcement?  u with a circle

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When a french teacher with her canvas set to French tries to set dates for assignments in Canvas, dates are not saved. Switching to English solved the problem, but language teachers need to use the target language when using Canvas

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I am an administrator and want to be able to search a student's name and see their grades in all classes. How do I do that?

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After saving my post in the editing box, list items have 15 lines of free space between them. This is annoying and contrary to accepted practice. It should be changed to one space between items.

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I need assistance connecting a teacher's Canvas Account to her VHL account.  They are supposed to talk to each other. She has her class setup on Canvas and on VHL.  I watched a video tutorial on how to connect them but my screen doesn't match the tut...

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I would like to make an assignment with MATLAB Autograder such that it has a time limit start when the students open it. Is this possible with assignments or only quizzes? 

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I am using canvas free for teacher and I have my first problem in 10 years !  When I try to add a due date and save it, the date vanishes. This is a real problem, we (that is the same for my collegues) are unable to assign work to students, please he...

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Is there a way for students to see assignments in Canvas when they are locked?  I have locked assignments to prevent students from submitting before the week they are due, but students are now not able to see the assignment description in Cnavas unti...

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Hello-I have set up my courses (as Admin) so that students enroll in the course via email invite. I have not set a join code for any courses. One of my users (a teacher) has asked that I set a join code for her students because they have a Canvas acc...

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Is there a way to rename a file while I'm submitting it, or set up a system to auto rename a file when I submit it to abide by a certain format? In my file system I format names a certain way, however my teachers want me to format them in a different...

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One of my colleagues is teaching 17 courses this year. Yes, a lot of courses. Somehow one of the courses is not showing up on her Dashboard. But we can see the missing course in the Admin panel. Could anyone tell me why that missing course is behavin...

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Hi Team,Could you help to change my full name which used for grading in profile name setting? It seems  gray out on my canvas setting page.I'd like to set up my full name as my legal nam used for grading. But display name as Michelle Wang which peopl...

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I am an instructor in multiple Canvas courses. When a student sends me an Inbox message on Canvas, I receive it via e-mail.  If I reply via e-mail, the reply will eventually show up in the message chain in Canvas Inbox. However, this can take many ho...

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Hello Community,We just discovered that the group discussions do not appear in the main discussion page for faculty. SO for faculty to view the entire group discussions, they have to navigate to that groups "site" and view the discussion post from th...

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Occasionally, I want to delete a discussion post if a student makes an empty post by accident, or if I want to delete my own experimental post. The Discussions Redesign does not hide these deletions, which is very unfortunate. Can we please, please g...

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I am getting this message when I try and drop pages, assignments, etc in a module I have created.  How do I create a module so I can input my materials for the course? 

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I have successfully completed module 1 , which showed green marks next to the items and allowed me to move onto module 2, however, module 2 had no check marks even though I opened every link and submitted every assignment. There is no Mark as Done op...

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Is there a way for assignment alerts from unpublished courses to get removed from the Coming Up list on the Canvas Dashboard? The instructor only wants to see alerts from published courses in the Coming Up list.   Is this possible?

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I had students authorize google drive to submit an assignment for a course. Most students read carefully and checked the box to allow access and they were able to continue as normal. However, I had some hit continue without clicking the allow box, no...

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CRN 18593 not listed in CanvasI dropped HINF 6215 Project Management today and registered for HINF 6400 Introduction to Health Data Analytics (CRN: 18593) for the Fall 24 Semester. However, the Project Management course (HINF 6215) still appears on C...

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After the new 2024 update to discussions, there is the option to assign randomly students for replies. So I've utilize this and selected that each student has to reply to automatically assign reviews per student. As the students have been working in ...

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I am working on importing groups and outcomes.  I have done this successfully many times, but every now and then I get the message:  Outcome group with canvas id not found.  What does this mean?  I'm doing everything exactly the same.

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I'm a Canvas admin working with an instructor who recently lost all of his draw annotations in SpeedGrader after he inputted a grade or navigated to a new student's submission. It turns out that he was not clicking on the check mark after creating th...

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