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I have an External Learning Tool that gets all quizzes from a course and for each quiz it gets all submissions for that quiz. It then graphs data based on submission time and scores. This tool is used by multiple classes at our university and some of...

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Canvas Instructor Guide defines late submissions as: "The due date is the date and time when the assignment is due. Student assignments submitted after the due date will be marked as late in the Gradebook. Due Dates are not required in Canvas, but th...

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When there is an accordion containing several Kaltura videos there have been issues where instructors and students cannot view the videos. How can I find a resolution to his issue?

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We have a course that has multiple instructors who all contribute to quizzes.  We have had instances when two people try to edit a quiz at the same time.  They do not get a warning that someone else is editing and one of their edits gets overwritten....

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We have been using the Google Drive External Tool  and today we are getting an error that the API is gone. Has Canvas removed this? I know they are switching to Goole Assignments....which honestly is AWFUL!!!! We loved the Google Drive External Tool ...

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It would be incredibly helpful to be able to post a new assignment, page, or text header at any place within the module vs. having to scroll up every time to the '+' icon at the top of the module.  Some modules get very lengthy, and it's frustrating ...

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Is there a way to restrict teachers in changing course settings? Such as Participation/Large Course/Grading scheme. I've had a look through Course permissions but couldn't find an option that suits.

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When I click on the grade box in speed grader, a dropdown menu appears with score choices of 100, 0, 10, 24, 26. I have no idea where it came up with these numbers - 24 may have been a possible grade on one assignment, but its not common. I would lik...

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I have imported some questions. Those  questions ended up on "Course Question Bank" that are not the regular "Question Bank" shown on side menu. How do I merge then or transfer questions?

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I have some tests that I made directly, not from question bank. Is there any way of transferring those questions to a bank?

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I have assignment groups that do not contribute to the end grade. So they have a weight of 0% and all their assignments are ungraded. There appear columns for each of these assignment groups in the gradebook overview. Is it possible to remove or avoi...

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Hi there, I changed the due date of a homework assignment  for three students who passed the deadline. But, now I can only see those three submissions-the submissions from all other students are gone. I wonder if I could get them back.   Thanks!   Ec...

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Is grade display on course icons on the dashboard not availalbe through the Web interface? If it is available that way, how does one turn it on?  Thanks!

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I just wrote a "New" Quiz in a Canvas course, and I want to link to it from a Canvas page. I know how to do this; I do it a lot. But the Quiz I've just created isn't showing up in the sidebar that opens when you select "link" and then "course links"....

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Hi,Our clients are facing an issue where images are disappearing when duplicating a course. They add images in canvas as background-images to the anchor tag<a>. The course was then duplicated,We inspected the duplicated page and found that background...

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Hi,    Is there any way to move the CANVAS SUPPORT icon/button which is overlapping the SAVE button in the bottom left hand corner. Very inconvenient this overlaps the SAVE the button. Every time I want to save something I end up clicking on the CANV...

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I want students to see a brief disclaimer with a typed acknowledgement when they first enter class, but before they actually see the modules. Is this possible?

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I have already disabled comments on announcements, but it does not seem to work--I have gotten comments any way.   Is there any way to stop this?  Thank you.

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Canvas - I'm noticing recently that links to Canvas Guides here in Community posts have a different font than other links do. The new font is hard to read and does not seem to meet accessibility expectations: the text for lengthy guide titles is in a...

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how do a submit an assignment  

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These were the instructions my instructor gave me: Click the course OFSY541 on your Dashboard. If you don’t see it on your Dashboard, click the Courses and select the OFSY541. Unfortunately I cannot find OFSY541 on my dashboard

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I'd like to add a search widget to an existing faculty help site so faculty could search Instructure Community without leaving familiar surroundings. Wondering if anyone has already done this, whether there's an API, etc. Thanks for any info!

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Can students see the due dates for assignments restricted by Mastery Paths? Students can't see Mastery Path assignments in their syllabus. This needs to be fixed.

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Tengo un curso con 10 módulos y quiero que algunos estudiantes solo tengan acceso del modulo 1 al 5 , es posible ?

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We have recently started running into issues with student submissions of embedded Nearpods. We have found that at the completion of the assignment students have to close out the tab for it to properly submit. However, about 1 out of every 20 shows up...

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I just noticed recently that when I would input a zero into an assignment for a student who had not turned in the work it would automatically change the status from "Missing" to "None".  Now when students look for missing work, they do not see those ...

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A student did not submit a quiz. Both SpeedGrader and Show Student Quiz Results list no attempt. Yet in the student's user profile under Page Views one of the lines is https://asu.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/107021/quizzes/805467/submission. If th...

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If you are using the IC student and parent portals, are you able to provide a link within the portal for Canvas?  We are hoping to avoid parents having to have two separate logins, one for each product.

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Even with comments disabled my students are able to reply to announcements.  This just recently started to occur.  

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We're looking to incorporate a progress bar in our lessons so that students can see how far along they are. Is there a partner who is able to do this, or is the best option to create images of progress bars and manually include them?

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