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Hello All,I intend to save my designed poster containing text hyperlinks as a png or jpg file (and not save as PDF), such that through these image files I'm able to access the hyperlinks attached to the text. Kindly guide me on the same.Thank you!

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When we upload our PDF slides for BigBlueButton sessions, the slides will sometimes "glitch" and look different from the PDF version we have. In particular, random photos will rotate 90-degrees, the bullets will change to a different type of bullet, ...

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Is there a course role in Canvas that would allow people to post in discussions but not submit graded assignments? Out of the box, it doesn't seem like such a role exists. People are either Observers (which have view-only access to the course, and th...

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Hi Wondering if there is any account level report that shows all the unmarked assignments inside the subjects? I am thinking of something like 'Students with no submissions' report. For example it could be called 'students with  unmarked assignments'...

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Hi there, All my enrolled units have spamming pop-up requests to complete feedback surveys every time a new page loads. It is distracting and becoming a nuisance and deterring me from visiting canvas. I just want access to my unit modules and not hav...

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Hello.  I have coursework due and unfortunately, I am unable to login. I have submitted multiple time for the forgot password without ever receiving a reset password email. I have been checking spam and retrying for days without a win. I am enrolled ...

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Hi community,   I hope you and your loved ones are well and healthy. Is it possible to configure the "roll attendance" tool to show specific days? Typical sessions meet on either Mon/Wed/Fri or Tues/Thurs. I would like to have the option to configure...

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Hi I have not been added to the buddy group.What can I do?

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So Canvas "updated" the gradebook to this new filter system, and I really hate it. It doesn't work half the time, and when they're not loading it displays the grades for the entire year for all my students. Just want to know if I can "undo" this upda...

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I am using Speedgrader in Canvas (especially with Turnitin for essay submissions), and I would like to be able to exclude the 0 grades for students who did not submit the assignment from the calculation of the assignment average that is posted at the...

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When I logged in this morning, my courses were combined sections in Canvas. Now I have all students under one Canvas class. When I click on sections, they are still listed by sections (how it is in Powerschool). When I sync grades to PowerTeacherPro,...

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Hi!  I am currently reading two courses on two different institutions. Both use Canvas.  Is there a way for me to have all my courses in the samt Canvas? (like now I have to log in differently and it would be much better to be able to see all my cour...

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What is Assignment Override?   When do an user need this feature?    Please help me understand the concept.    Thank you. Raymond  

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Is there a way to convert a quiz into PDF format and then print it so that I can have a hard copy?

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I believe this question was asked  a couple of years ago, but a final solution was never provided. One of our professors uses the comments section of Speed Grader when her students submit online papers. Multiple times and in no particular pattern she...

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We just adopted Canvas this past term, and have been trying to get end-of-term survey data from our Course Evaluation Surveys. However, we have run into a major issue with the Student Analysis Report CSV. See survey settings below: We set these surve...

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When taking quizzes on Canvas the SUBMIT button is directly below the NEXT button with little spacing. As a student this issue is stressful and I have had feedback from instructors that this is an issue, yet I have been using canvas for three years w...

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I ask students a series of open-ended questions about their lab assignments. On Blackboard I post these to the discussion board and have the students reply with quote to my questions. I then go through their reply and comment on each answer as necess...

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How do your instructional designers set up LTI links in Canvas without having enrolling in the course or use ActAs as the actual teacher in cases of testing tools in prepping or supporting courses?  For Blackboard, for example for Original Courses, t...

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How do your instructional designers set up LTI links in Canvas without having enrolling in the course or use ActAs as the actual teacher in cases of testing tools in prepping or supporting courses?  For Blackboard, for example for Original Courses, t...

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I'm looking for a way to interpret the "page view csv" file. I know that on the How do I view the page views for a user in an account? guide: Descriptions of Page Views CSV column headings can be found in the the Canvas Users API documentation. Unfor...

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I have set up a series of modules that require students to work through a series of assignments in sequential order with some assignments requiring a submission and quizzes requiring a minimum score to progress. I have a student who is purposely bypa...

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We've been looking into the Assignments Enhancements and have noticed a difference in the way Rubrics and Assignment Comments behave. The assignment comments are now tethered to a submission, making the process of formative and summative assessment m...

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Rich Content Editor cann't insert image (icon don't show in toolbar). How do I get the image icon to show?  

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It is possible to manage my Canvas notification settings as an instructor at a course-level, but how can I manage notifications at a single assignment-level?

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since today 17/03 trying to get into contact of support but there is no email anywhere to get to them, can you help?

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Hi there,  It looks like we can't add a staff member to a past Canvas course. For various reasons (it may be that a colleague is taking over a new course, and needs access to previous materials, or needs to see how the course has been taught over mul...

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We are new to Canvas. Can someone please help me better understand "copy course" versus "import course content"? Specifically: Are there pros or cons of either approach? For example:  Importing courses and course files count against course file quota...

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My students are using school-issued chromebooks to access Canvas and a test I've created requiring the lockdown browser.  The browser has previously been downloaded and installed on these devices but they students keep getting a message that they nee...

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We have an orientation course that we want all students to be automatically enrolled in upon account creation. Is there a way, either directly in Canvas or with the aid of the SIS, that students can be automatically enrolled rather than manually enro...

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