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Is there a way to easily remove the "missing" label from assignments on Canvas that doesn't involve having to individually click on EVERY student's grade and unclick the "missing" option? It is extremely tedious to do that at the end of a semester an...

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Instructors who have been using Canvas for a long time who haven't necessarily been responsible for optimizing files. Uploaded files such as images and other instructional content that should have been part of a course files storage area seem to stic...

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Recently the Home and End buttons no longer function when navigating Modules.  I teach for three different districts, and the same loss of functionality has occurred at each of them, so the issue is with Canvas, not local to a particular school or di...

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I cannot download the pictures that in the practice quizzes within the modules.  Please fix it.  Thank you.

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I’m having trouble submitting my work every time I write my assignments in the text box has to be 500 words and go to submit it, it tells me your submission failed but if I erase the whole assignment and just type that the assignment is finished and ...

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Estoy intentando subir mis tareas, pero el mensaje "Error al cargar borrador de la entrega" aparece en todas mis clases. ¿Qué debo hacer?

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So previously Speed Grader showed only the relevant student's posts.  It showed their original post and their replies to other students.  That way, I was able to grade the student's posts (with speed). But now, it just shows the whole forum centered ...

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How can I host a conference for multiple classes at the same time?

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Has anyone encountered a situation where quiz data and the evaluation portion of a quiz were deleted by a teacher? How can I retrieve this information?        

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The gradebook used to highlight late submissions blue. Then I implemented the "drop lowest grade" feature, and now many of the late submissions that were blue are now orange to indicate that they're dropped. So I can't easily see which submissions ar...

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Hello,  My CTE coordinator sent a lot of course invites to look at. I thought I was supposed to just do certain ones and so I clicked do not accept instead of accept for the rest. Is there a way to find where that list of courses is so I can go back ...

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When I view the discussion in the past with LMS on Desktop Web browser view I could see everyone's post in the discussion. I guess a recent change has been made and it makes it difficult to view all the discussion because the browser does not acknowl...

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Is it possible to download individual student assignments as they're submitted?

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I was excited with the prospect of the new discussion checkpoints.  It seems like a feature that should have been added years ago: include two different dates for topic replies and replies to classmates.  However, this has changed the way discussions...

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Hi everyone,  I'm trying to figure out how I can put one certain outcome, to one rubric for like 5 times but with a different description. Not like the first printscreen, where I made 2 outcomes. I want to make (outcome) "BC 01 Make a good photo" but...

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I accidentally selected the checkpoints option and it removed my group settings. I hit save my mistake. I need my group discussion back but now it is all greyed out even though I unchecked the Checkpoint settings.

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I am attempting to build a new quiz with dropdown menu answer choices. I want all of the answer choices to be correct because this is just a completion grade survey. I am not able to find a way to efficiently do that. Having a completion grade quiz w...

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What is the purpose of assigning Groups within the People of a course? Is there a way to give the Group access to a Canvas Quiz simultaneously so they can collaborate and work on it together?

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You know how there are options to mark assignments as “missing” or “Excused”? How do I make one called “Incomplete” and “Absent”? I am constantly writing these two things in the comment box and it would be nice to just have a button to click.

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Hi,I have noticed an error in the learner workbook, please can you confirm the accurate definitions for the below themes as they seem to have been repeated:Quality The purpose of the quality theme is to define and implement the means bywhich the proj...

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I just created a question in a canvas quiz using multiple fillin the blank questions.This is a programming quiz.The answer we are looking for is :size(300,200,P3D);so:[size]([x], [y], [P3D]);each variable has the correct answer specified. Unfortunate...

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Hi all!So, I need to preface with saying I work in a Title 1 middle school, with great (but sneaky) kiddos. For my big unit quizzes, I use Google Forms because of their Lockdown Quiz feature that works perfectly with student Chromebooks. On Canvas, t...

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I'm able to create a new course via the API. However, the Let students organize their own groups box is checked (see the new on on the right).  What parameter is used to set it to unchecked that?  

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How do I download all sent messages to use as a communication artifact for PDPS and observations? Ugh, clicking each email is not helpful there isn't a select all option either.

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Connect allows me to limit the number of attempts on each assignment.That 'rule' does not transfer when the assignment is linked to Canvas.EVERY Connect assignment comes in with unlimited attempts and has to be manually adjusted.  The number of attem...

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We have a highly evolved approach to our Capstone Projects and Dissertations which have one convenor/leader and up to 50 supervisors. Whilst the Capstone leader is responsible for maintaining the content, individual students are assigned to individua...

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Hi guys, it is a already graded assignment and I replied my teacher's comments, I wonder if he can see it. 

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I have migrated our courses to the new quizzes but the build on last parameters need to be set. As they all have the same parameters, can I update this build setting in bulk or do I have to do it one by one? Once course has 76 quizzes Thanks    

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I've been on a 30 minute seek and find to try to find a way to give feedback on the discussion redesign. In short - it's TERRIBLE!Grading discussion questions is now a laborious process extending my grading time due to all the extra clicking to find ...

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