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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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Is there a way to not allow students to email other students in Canvas. I rather them only have access to emailing the teacher, but if that is not available I would prefer they cannot email anyone. 

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Hello --I am grading a project through speedgrader -- I made a lot of comments for the students to review and when I hit submit, those comments disappear and they are not posted where they are usually posted when I have made comments before in the gr...

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I'm trying to access MyLab Math with Pearson eText and the instructions make no sense whatsoever.  I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. 

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I think it would be really useful to be able to choose to pin a module to the top of the module screen. I create weekly modules in all of my courses, so certain important resources can quickly become buried. I would like to be able to create a "resou...

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Ik wil een nieuwe docent toevoegen. Deze blijkt al een account te hebben maar kan geen toegang krijgen tot dit account. Hoe lossen we dit op?We krijgen telkens deze melding:   

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Hello!My "To Do" Grading items are appearing out of order. Is there a way I can have them listed in chronological class order?

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HelloWhen Trainers login to Canvas is there somewhere they can view all of their submitted assessments that require marking?Additionally is there a report that Admins can run to see this information?Thanks!

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What would cause an assignment to populate in the calendar page but not on the dashboard? In one of my classes, the quizzes appear on the calendar when opened, but are not listed on the dashboard list. Other classes do list in the dashboard field, as...

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I'm a faculty member, and today, without warning, discussion posts have a terrible blue background in Speed Grader, making them hard to read. Please undo this very silly thing. As users, you should really know better.

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Please help me!  I have created 3 new assignment pages and each time, when I am done and click on the blank assignment page to make a copy to start a new assignment, the previous assignment I just made disappears and is NOWHERE to be found.  Not in h...

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I am trying to unenroll myself from the courses I no longer need to be in. However, I cannot unenroll myself! Neither the teacher nor the ID/Designer role allows me to remove myself from a course. I have to contact the administrator for each course I...

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We turned on the feature to allow checkpoints yesterday. We have faculty who you use group discussions to keep their clinical groups together for grading. When you go in to click "Assign graded checkpoints" the group set goes away. When I save and go...

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Hello!  I would like to receive notifications for when I am mentioned in a Canvas discussion or there's a reply to my post.  I have already turned on notifications under the Discussions section to "Immediately" (green bell icon). However, I don't wis...

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Our institution only allows administrators to generate user access tokens to prevent any misuse and enhance security to our Canvas users. Due to increasing demands, we may require enabling user access tokens creation for these users. Is there a way t...

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The last quiz (test) I gave had student's quiz page suddenly not able to move to the next question. I was hoping that it was just a temporary thing, however, it is doing it again today. It is very random and does not happen to every student. For some...

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I am trying to take a course I took multiple semesters ago OFF of my dashboard. I have contacted the old professor, and they do not know how to fix the problem. All old courses disappear from my dashboard once they are completed, but multiple semeste...

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How do I leave a class that I am no longer in?

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Hello! Is there a way I can customize my "To Do" order grading items based on the class? I have multiple classes and would like them to be in order. 

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Hello community!  I am running into a very bizarre bug with just a single student. All other students in the course are just fine! I see the issue, myself, when I masquerade as the student. Context: The student is navigating to a chapter workbook in ...

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I can't upload images to discussion posts for the ARCH 22 class I'm taking.  I get the message that my file is too large.  I'm told I need to add the images first to "user files" but I can't find any guidance on how to do that step.  Anyone know the ...

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When I logged on today to grade discussions, the design had changed tremendously. It used to be all posts for the individual student were readily accessible on the left navigation pane. Now, I have to toggle through to get to the student posts and re...

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Looking for ways to complete course deletion in bulk for SIS and non-SIS courses as an admin. I have tried an SIS Import from an SIS Export by changing the status to deleted and the same for the non-SIS courses through gathering the data via provisio...

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How can I add section headings to my New Quiz? For example, I have 3 different groups of questions. How can I let my students know that they are going to to new group of questions. But I still want it all of be on one single quiz. 

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I want to archive my old class syllabi from previous semesters and start a new home page for this spring 2025. How do I do that? Thanks!!

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When I'm copying a module to multiple courses, I have to copy the module individually to each course. Then, after an undisclosed amount of time, the module appears in the new course at the bottom. It would be awesome if a) I could select multiple cou...

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I would like my students to receive a sample solution to their essay assignments immediately after they have completed a test. I have tried the feedback function, but the results only appear after I have graded the exam individually.Now we also have ...

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I have just noticed that in Discussions, the "previous" and "next" buttons are shifted to the right. In "View as Student", they are completely covered up with the notification banner. Is this just for me or a general bug? Screenshots attached.

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How do I change my profile picture?

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