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Hi! I'm new adjunct faculty and have managed to use Canvas for all elements, but I'm having a hard time with the attendance.  For the course, attendance is set at 2 points for each date of attendance and is 10% of the grade.  I don't know how to set ...

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I am at a library and trying to login but it seems doesn't allow me to login?

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I am trying to build a formula question to calculate pH. The written formula in textbooks is: pH = -log[H+] I haven't figured out how to use -log and have my variable for [H+]. I've tried the following:      -logx      -log x      -log(x)      -log[x...

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since our content is already in canvas when we see the class, where do I go to set due dates for these assignments?

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Hello, The Canvas Guides are a fantastic resource. I work with faculty to help them work in Canvas, so they are an indispensable resource. Unfortunately, most guide pages have numerous web accessibility issues. Are there any plans for accessibility u...

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My external tool links are taking me to the "my content" page and not the specific gradable exercise I want the students to complete. Also, some students are getting an "access denied" message. This is new as we have been using the gradable resource ...

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Does the DocViewer that students use to complete an annotated assignment include the math editor? For example, if a math teacher uploaded a .pdf of word problems could a student respond using math symbols?

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Hi Team,   We are working on one lti tool where we want to fetch the information of activity status whether it is completed or in progress for the specific enrolled user for a course. I try to find for the same in the canvas forum but I didn't get an...

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unable to find peir review for business plan competetion

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How do I move a quiz from Assignment Quizzes to Practice Quizzes (within the same course).The version in Assignment Quizzes is not published, so the students will not see it move.  

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How do I edit HTML in New Quizzes? I need to include medical records in my quizzes, with multiple tabs for the students to click through. I can do this in Classic Quizzes. However, I need to use some of the New Quiz features to create the type of que...

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If I have someone who is harrasing me in my canvas inbox, is there a way to block them or their messages from reaching me?

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I use item banks for my exams with nested random selection of questions. In the Item Analysis Report, Difficulty Index and Mean values are correct. RPB appears incorrect because it is always 1- for every item. Performance by quintile graph is also of...

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Is there a way to embed (HTML or Canvas feature) a text entry box for students to submit their writing to? I realize the Assignment page has the ability to select 'text entry', but I am trying to keep students on the same page I've built. Is it possi...

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Is there a way to create a New Canvas quiz and create a question bank on there using selected questions from previously saved banks that will not show up in the saved banks page? For example, if I choose 3 questions to add to a new quiz, is there a w...

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Hi All, One thing I am finding myself doing increasingly in CANVAS. We have multiple courses of the same content being taught by different instructors. However, sometimes a student needs to be moved between these classes after the term has started. O...

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Does anyone know of a way to add an LTI 1.1 integration link to the main Canvas navigation menu so that it would be available to all students in the LMS instance?

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Can I import assignments and exams for my courses directly from Cengage like I can currently with Blackboard?

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Students are to vote on the top 3 projects that they liked. I tried to set this up as a quiz so that they could rank all of the projects, but this wasn't working well. So then I thought I would set it up as a discussion board. Unfortunately, there is...

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Hi!We have been integrating succesfully H5P content to Canvas. Integrated content has shown fully and is has been visible on the left side of the page.This week we encountered a problem. When adding new content or editing old one, the H5P screen goes...

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I was working on a discussion, and when I submitted, it was nothing but a blank. Now it's past the due date and half points deducted... Thanks, Canvas.   Is this a bug or any method I can pull back my reply?

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Hi! I have created a page (let's call it page 2) with extra information that I will link to from within a page (let's call this one page 1) in a module. There will be a button at the bottom of page 2 linking back to page 1. This page contains a lot o...

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I am setting up a module for my EOC review and I would like to set up Prerequisites within the Module.  For example, I want them to do the first assignment before going to the next and so on.  When I edited the Module, I clicked Add Prerequisites.  I...

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Hi, I'm a developer who created an LTI 1.3 app.  For one of the colleges that would like to use the app, we noticed that it didn't appear as an option for install in their Sandbox account but it did in the live version.  However, they thought that fo...

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Not sure if this is something being addressed in New Quizzes (my institution does not have them enabled) but I am running into a serious time-wastage issue in reviewing Assignment submissions that contain multiple documents. Namely, when students are...

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We are attempting to track and email students based on whether or not they have ever logged into Canvas.  This process is set to reside on our SIS and would like to be able to query Canvas for this data. Is this possible?  Our SIS is Ellucian Banner ...

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Has anyone come up with best settings/tools for creating C4E banner images to avoid blurryness? I've created a banner in Canva with the recommended 5:1 ratio. Everything looks nice and crisp in Canva and in the thumbnail on the course settings screen...

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