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I leave comments on student grades when they come in to make corrections or retake an assessment. It would be nice to have some sort of icon on the grade box that lets me know if I've commented. On another LMS I've used in the past, there would be a ...

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I am unsure if this is more of a GitHub or a Canvas question, but here goes.  I recently sent an admin request to integrate GitHub into Canvas, but I was denied due to the following reason:"Checked with our Information Security Officer and it has bee...

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Hi all,   I need to add accommodations for a student who just received approval. I'm trying to use the moderate feature to add time for when they take it, but that option appears to be missing.   None of the other similar posts have answered this que...

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I keep getting constant canvas notifications to my personal email from my old highschool canvas account. I am unable to go and change my notification settings or remove that email as that canvas account is now locked and I no longer have access.  I h...

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I have emailed twice and gotten nowhere.  I have no help button.  My IT cannot answer my questions.  How do I contact someone in person at Canvas?? I am an instructor.  I am having issues with my Canvas quizzes and exams.  Correct questions are marke...

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Hello!I am an observer for my son in an online academy.  I use my personal email for that.I am a teacher in a different section of that academy. I use a school email for that.I am a student who uses Canvas. I use my personal email for that.The proble...

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So, I had a teacher in my building who was new to using new quizzes. She had graded the quiz and the score was not updating in the speedgrader or the gradebook. However, at the top of the quiz, the score was updated. Thoughts? Solutions? 

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Hi there, I know that we can turn on Module progress tracking that tracks Complete, In Progress, Locked, and Unlocked (reference here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-use-modules-to-view-the-progress-of-students-in-a/ta-p...

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Where do I get the link for files, and how do I get that link to students?My goal is to allow only students who have submitted homework to see the solutions file.

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We use a couple of courses to deliver training material to those that can not attend in person trainings. We are required to keep records of these trainings for a number of years. Under the “People” menu, I can only see the Last Activity of that indi...

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So a user when going into Canvas and clicking the test I'm redirected to lockdown browser as it normally does. This time however it shows an error that Respondus is Unable to open the exam. In order to open new quizzes you must use a standard browser...

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Is there any way to get a COMPLETE student download history from Canvas, not just last view or download, e.g., I am giving a timed exam that starts with the first download of a file - I need to know first download, not last.

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My administrator is using the Mcgraw Hill Connect external tool to give out assignments. The grade almost instantly got updated on Canvas with all my previous assignments this year, but my most recent one is still marked missing after finishing the m...

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Is it possible to restore a deleted teacher?

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Hello,I am asking as both an administrator and an instructor.In order to apply for a grant in Japan, it is necessary to have a screen on Canvas that shows the enrollment status of each participant. Is it possible to set up such a screen? I would like...

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Hello, Is it possible in Canvas to write and save the same instructions for all the quizzes and assignments once without having to copy and paste them into each quiz and assignment individually? I have been using Canvas for a few semesters, and I fin...

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I wanted to know if anyone else's students having a hard time getting the nervous system? If so, does anyone have a better way to breaking the nervous system down?

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Whenever I try to upload a picture in a Discussion, I get the error "File storage quota exceeded". I have used 0% of the 1GB in my files. Any fixes?

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I co-teach a course of 84 students and when I go to speedgrader, I have to use an Excel spreadsheet to find who of the 84 are mine (all of section 3 and some of section 4).  Is there a better way?

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How do I get to the necessary starting worksheet?I can't fine the path to download necessary files (starting worksheet for each module)I'm a beginning student. 

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Greetings I am generating some pages in canvas that have a lot of material.  I would like to contain / constrain that material so that the pages are not infinitely long.  I tried creating a table and setting the height, but the large pages of data se...

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How can I access student submissions for a course from the last semester? I need to access the files and text that they have submitted as their assignment.(Speed grader in the screenshot is grayed out/dissabled)

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Hello; i have been trying for the past two days to fix the number of points per a question on a test that was made on New Quizes . I have followed all instructions i have found and youtubes and nothing works. When i open a question to edit  the numbe...

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I believe I hit a bug, which I'm able to reproduce. My course has three sections of ~22 students each. Create a Group SetFor Group Structure, select "Split number of students per group"Check "Require group members to be in the same section"The wrong ...

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In my canvas my formative's didn't immediatelyshow the percentage of my plagiarism and it  is not working so please help me to fix this problem. Because of this my teacher could not check my Formative , So  can you  help me immadietly, I already conn...

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I need help making module visible.  Can I text with a person to do so?

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Here is an issue I have just encountered during the past year. When I communicate with individual students or they with me through Canvas, their contact information turns up populating the contact list in my iPhone. How can I stop that?

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Pictures with jpg format are not showing in the app, in browser (both chrome and safari) of iPhone and MacBook. I already tried to turn on and off “allow cross website tracking”, still does work. Please kindly help to suggest some solutions on this i...

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Como hacer para que me aparezca la opción de "discusión" en mi Canvas?

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How can I execute a take home exam (via Canvas) that is limited to 3 hours once the student checks out exam during a two day window AND allows students to submit their answers as a document (scan, word, excel) so I can see their work? 

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