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If an instructor manually grades an assignment, does that change the student's Participation Date in the course?We have Assignments in our courses that are set to have a file upload, but which most students will fulfill through attending a live Zoom ...

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Hello! I'm using Canvas Free For Teachers, When I add a new student using his/her email, why do I receive numbers in the section name and numbers at the Login ID ? I can't write the correct name, the number is generated automatically. Can someone hel...

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I clicked on the link to Discussion Board and this is what pops up. " This course hasn’t started yet. You will not be able to participate in this course until Jan 26 at 12am.    

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I have tried to change a student password for a student who has yet to activate their course. The student has tried to change their own password but does not receive the email with the link to do so. I have checked to see that we have the correct ema...

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To provide a little more context . . . I have a weekly lab with 4 competencies. Each student receives a weekly lab grade but each student works on different competencies each week.  Is there a way to create a rubric and associate it with the weekly l...

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I finished my diploma two months ago, and I have not received my printed copy of the certificate till now. I am wondering if you have the right PO.BOX. If not, I can provide it again.   Hussam Khattab h_khattab66@yahoo.com

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How do I leave a group in canvas that is locked. 

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I am trying to embed the Freshdesk support tool widget into my home page so that students can select the help widget and select the appropriate support options followed by ticket submission. Canvas supports embed code however the code I have from Fre...

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I'm a student at the University of British Columbia. Some content doesn't seem to be loading on the latest version of Firefox (96.0.1). See attached image - I have Firefox on the left and Google Chrome on the right, both visiting the same Canvas webp...

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I want to reset one of my Canvas courses. I followed the instruction in the Canvas Help guides to reset my course content, but I do not have the Reset Course button in my Canvas Settings. Does anyone know how to reset a Canvas course if the Reset Cou...

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We sync Powerschool and Canvas. Powerschool has a 50-character limit with synced items. When used, Respondus Lockdown Browser (LDB) appends the title of quizzes. For example, "History Unit 1" becomes "History Unit 1 - Requires Respondus Lockdown Brow...

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I am subbing long-term and am starting at the beginning of the semester.  I was just added to the teacher's Canvas this morning.  Nothing is set up, and no modules are defined for the courses, so don't see an option to create new modules.

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A little background: I teach ceramics. My courses are mixed level so I may have a class with kids who are taking their first semester along with kids who have taken several semesters. Because if this, I have different assignments for different levels...

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Hola! Mi calendario no muestra las tareas por hacer. Me aparecen del ado derecho pero no en el calendario. Nunca me habia pasado. Que tengo que hacer. 

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone had any experiences crosslisting a section more than once? Is it possible at all? My understanding is that once you've crosslisted a section and it's gone where it should then basically all you can do is go to that pl...

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I'm an admin - a teacher reported that Canvas Teacher for iOS is filling up his iPad storage largely because of student video file submissions. I tested uploading a video and the file seems to automatically download to the Canvas app although I canno...

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Since our enrolment structure in my institution is different I was wondering if I assign a section to an assessment can I change the assessment due date at a later time. and if all students in that section will be given the new due date. 

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I've seen the help on re-grading, and my understanding is that I'm stuck manually regrading everyone, but I wanted to confirm I'm not missing something. I had a 20-question quiz, 3 attempts, highest score kept. I initially had 3 question banks, all q...

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I have to evaluate/describe the functional aspects of Canvas course building function. Where do I find the or what is this information Course Quality Control: Details of course quality control which are monitored by the required process of course ap...

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Is there a central place files can be stored and we can link to this location.  At the moment we are storing files in courses, but this causes a problem when we copy courses and we find that the links to files are broken as the link doesn't transfer ...

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I know I'm supposed to upload a syllabus there, but I can't locate it.  

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I would like to create a page on which my students sign up for their research paper topics.  But, I'd like the form to have a place/column/whatever for my instructor approval of the topic.  Of course this can't be something the students can edit. So,...

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As admin how do I enable "New Analytics" so teachers can view it on their class accounts?  They want to be able to export missing work reports.  I saw in some canvas guides they need to click the new analytics button but they don't have that option. ...

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I was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of the best Get Started instructions for faculty (including Instructional Designers) who would like to Integrate Portfolium into their courses? I see a number of instructions for students on ...

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As an example, consider this question: Write the name of a US state that has 4 letters: [state]. The "Answer Type" is "Open Entry." You want to specify that Ohio, Utah, and Iowa are correct answers, but you want to ignore case. If you select "Specify...

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Hello! How to update or change canvas profile?

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I made a quiz the other night. I saved the quiz and practiced it in the student view.  It is no longer under the quiz tab.  I can see it by clicking the 3 vertical dots at the top right next to the red "quiz" tab under manage quiz banks and it is in ...

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Hello, my surname has changed and I need to update Canvas so my legal name is displayed. Display Name changes are disabled in Canvas.

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So my classes are starting soon, and one of my professors told the class to start reading the Introductory Module, but I don't see that section on Canvas on my laptop or on my phone. Besides that my courses aren't showing when I click the Courses sec...

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Hello, I have been trying to find the link to sync my canvas calendar to my google calendar but the calendar feed link does not seem to be visible on my canvas. I'm not sure if the issue is on my end or the technician's end.    

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