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Hi Is there any way to move Assignments with their submissions into another Course?? I guess the students who have submitted those assignments need to be transferred into the new course as well.   Cheers, Bobby

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Currently I am designing quizzes which allow maximum of 3 attempts.  For some quizzes, out of 10 questions, students only answer 1 question wrongly. However, when they take a second attempt, the screen shows all the questions in the quiz.  I want the...

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I am confused about which calculation method to use when setting up a rubric in Outcomes for a moderated grading assignment. Since multiple graders will be submitting scores using the rubric for each student, I think the n number of times method will...

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How do I upload a photo?

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When I attempt to submit an assignment too Canvas I do so using a pdf file. However, when I click, "choose file" in the submission box, nothing happens. My files don't drop, and I am not able to choose any file whatsoever.   This is how my submissio...

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I have had issues inviting students to the course via email.  Sometimes its the email not going through to their inbox.  Even if they search for it, they still can't find it. I also had a student lose her access to her account and was not able to reg...

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Hi, I have a Free-For-Teachers teacher account. The contents of some tabs like ASSIGNMENTS, PEOPLE, SETTINGS have disappeared for four days. I found some similar topics, tried the suggestions but in vain. Really look forward to further assistance in ...

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Hi @karl  We are building an app to be listed in EduApp center, I see the extensions or app placement has been changed in Canvas.I was trying to add an app in "Editor of RCE" but the app never appeared. Has anything changed?

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We have a canvas integration where we obtain access tokens using the refresh_token flow. Per Canvas REST API docs we have to have Canvas admin generate a dev key and then on our side (as integration providers), hold on to client_id and client_secret....

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We're having a problem with Canvas Inbox/Canvas Messages, whatever it's called.  Our kids are using it essentially as a replacement for texting, which in itself isn't a major problem--whether it's passing notes, texting, emailing, writing on a Google...

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Hello, When I press on any of the tabs on the left hand side of the page (account, dashboard, courses calendar inbox and history) they don't load up and are blank. I have tried re loading the page and closing and opening the website. I have never had...

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Is there a way to delete student submissions within Canvas?It would be very handy if there was an option.   Abbie

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I'd like to know where and how do I submit my assignments. Thank you, From Debbie  

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I deleted an entire inbox message by mistake, will I still be able to see any responses from it?

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Is there any way for me to allow an un-enrolled student to view my course?

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Quite frankly, I found one recently and I have been a bit paranoid if this certain extension could be affecting the scores of my students.

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Is there a time limit for student submissions as media recordings? Students sometimes tell me their recordings are impossible to upload and just get lost, and they suspect it's because they are too long, but I cannot anywhere see any info or warning ...

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We are using quizzes with  a large number of questions and and as students are unable to only answer questions that they have got wrong we would like to enable them to upload a document with their corrected answers to save them from doing the whole t...

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I'm a student. canvas doesn't load in for me and I can't access any of my courses right now. there is nothing wrong with my university account because I can log into all the other platforms. this has been a problem for a few days now. I thought canva...

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Dear Sir/Mdm,  I am a student of SUSS(Singapore University of Social Science), Singapore. After last Thursday's Seminar 3, I am unable to access my lecturer's slides despite her uploading it on that very evening. I have attached a screenshot of the p...

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Are teachers able to access Canvas Free while in China now?  We have been unsuccessful accessing Canvas Free while in China.

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Hey, I am having problems with accessing to my class. My professor says he sent me the invitation, but as i open canvas (i logged in from my google account with free for teacher), and it doesnt show any course, any invitation, and i dont know what to...

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Hi, this is a student at SJSU and I'm currently experiencing an issue that the cards in Canvas wouldn't connect me to my classes. It keeps saying empty card whenever I click on it. I missed a class last time because of this. What is more, I couldn't ...

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As an instructor, if I have an inactive Module with numerous items, some of which are deliberately inactivated, others not, upon activating the Module, all items become activated. This means I have to [once again] inactivate those items I do not *cur...

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Buenos días, esta semana no he podido acceder a mis asignaturas desde el Canvas cuando lo abro en Safari que es el navegador que normalmente uso.  Sin embargo, cuando lo abro en otro navegador o desde la app en mi móvil, sí que puedo acceder con norm...

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Hello! I am a Student. The pdf previews aren't working for Canvas on PC. I am using Chrome (and even updated it). I also tested it out on Firefox and Microsoft Edge and doesn't work. Every time I press "preview", the blue circle is just infinitely th...

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I am an instructor of many Canvas courses. After many semesters of using Canvas, I have many, many videos in My Media. I would like to arrange them into a folder structure. (Unfortunately, the "tags" in My Media do not solve this problem, because I c...

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We're currently using an antiquated course evaluation software package, and looking for something a bit more modern. Please let me know what you're using and if you like it. Thanks!

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