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I was wondering if anyone knows how to have this audio player only display the bottom part. I do not want the thing with a music note to display. I am including the code that this uses. <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; <iframe style="...

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Hello, i'm trying to create a new course with the API but i'm getting this result: {"result": null} This is what i'm doing: const courseData = {         course: {             name: titleSection?.title ?? 'Unnamed Course',             course_code: ''...

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I'm creating an app to convert Vimeo Showcases into Canvas quizzes. I'm ready to try exporting the list of json files to the qti format. I've seen example qti format files and can get the json file MOSTLY exported to the right format, but I can't fig...

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I create a discussion and then go to add it to a module. When I click on discussions to add it pops up a dropdown menu, but that only shows discussions A-H. Anything with a title that begins with a G or later doesn't show up. How do I access those ot...

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Hello, my company would add an App built on LTI 1.3 Is LTI 1.3 supported by eduappcenter?

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SO it seems that something has changed in Canvas. The multiple-answer no longer gives partial credit OR there's some other setting that needs to be changed. I've spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to get canvas to score a multiple answer q...

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Hello, I want to use Google to login to our self-hosted Canvas, when I look at the documentation about integrating Google and Canvas all points to using SAML but I want to know why and how to use just "Google" as it appears in the Identity Providers ...

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Hi there, is there any way to bulk delete spambots?  They don't have SIS IDs which are required for the SIS upload CSV file. - see screenshot (this is not a real person so I felt OK sharing the email address) We have over 1000 of these in our accoun...

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I know this question has been asked before (by many people), but I truly do not understand why Canvas Inbox can't be disabled. I *fully* understand that messages can be forwarded to my email but that doesn't solve the basic issues. I have SO many mes...

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Hi All, New to the Canvas Community.Have had a request to disable students ability to nickname their courses. Found an old post from 2018 but wondered if anyone has done anything with this? Regards MarcCanvas AdministratorICT Leader

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Hello,  I am an instructor with a question about batch editing possibilities for modules. I would like to be able to batch rename all the pages inside the module without having to drill down one by one and edit each title. Is that possible? Thanks!

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Hello,   There is still an issue when instructors use Respondus lockdown browser. The instructor has these settings checked for the LDB test: "Let students see quiz responses" "Only once after each attempt" "Let students see correct answers"   "Requi...

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Hi!  We currently have the ability for Canvas Support to help with teacher crosslisting turned off.  Anyone have any feedback on allowing it?  I think we were too cautious at first and would love feedback before we make a change.  Thank you!

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Did you know there are hidden games inside of Canvas? Taking a quick break from teaching and learning in Canvas can be a nice stress relief and an opportunity for a little bit of harmless fun in your day. Just make sure your “quick break” doesn’t con...

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Hi, As a grader, I set my language to English, but when a student sets his/her language to another, the language on the speed grader page on my end is also that language but not English. For example, the links in the screenshot below are all Korean b...

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It would be nice if we could import external calendars into  the Canvas calendar so that all the org calendar dates could be in one place. Google, Outlook and other calendars enable inputting a link to an external calendar. Moodle has this option. Se...

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  Hi: I am wondering if it is possible to use base64 encoding for images when creating course pages. I am producing standalone HTML files + base64 encoded images that I would like to post as a course page after using the HTML Editor option in the RTE...

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I am attempting to export a gradesheet for a class to Excel and retain the percentages showing in Canvas. The percentages originally showed as points in Canvas; I selected to view them as percentages. Can I keep the percentages on export? Thanks.

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iSAMS is a popular MIS used in the UK and in many (British) International schools. Has anyone any experience working with iSAMS or even better, set up a working integration. Worryingly, Canvas is not on their list of integration partners... Looking f...

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Hello! I use Discussion Posts as the primary way my students submit their work. This submission is usually either text entered into the text editor box, a video file, or a Word file to download. I would like to download the submissions from the Discu...

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Hi Team, We are using the webhooks / data services feature and we have come across a bit of inconsistency between events that makes it tricky to use. 1) Some include hostname and others don't 2) Some use specific ids (125) and others use global (1234...

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As the year comes to an end, I want to know if there is a way to save or archive activities and lessons.  I expect my district to delete coursework as the close of the year.

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What settings do I need to change, or what do I need to do so Canvas does not send out notifications when I make changes to things?  Obviously, things like Announcements I want all students to see and want them to receive a notification of, but when,...

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I am looking to make my home page look like this, but without the double navigation columns. Help please

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I have a teacher who created about 76 assignment groups. Now when you click on the assignment tab Canvas will freeze and eventually you will need to close the tab, it stops responding. I could fix this if I could somehow stop the page from loading bu...

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I have a quiz that was due yesterday.  I don't want students to be able to take the quiz, so I've set it to be unavailable after yesterday.  However, I want students to be able to view the quiz, the questions, and the correct answers today.  So, I se...

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No matter the size or location I get an error message that says "Error: Unable to transmit file to the storage service. The service may be down or you may need to re-login to Canvas." I checked the site that shows if anything is down and all is good ...

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I created a free Canvas Instructor account for our School of Clinical Laboratory Science program and when it was set up, my other instructors were added to "Ways to Log In".  This was meant to give them a chance to explore the account before having t...

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Does locking announcements keep students from seeing them? All my announcements from last quarter were carried over, which is great, but I don't want to go through 30-odd announcements and delay publication. Does locking keep them from student eyes? ...

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As a parent, I'd like to get an export of all assignments in CSV or Excel format. Is there an easy to do this today?

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