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I'm configuring a self-hosted canvas lms install and need to add the chat feature. According to the documentation this is an external app developed by instructure. I seached in eduApps but doesnt appear available to install. Is the chat app open sour...

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Is it possible to embed a fillable PDF to Canvas, one that students could answer within Canvas and submit?

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I've been assigned additional sections to the same course, how can I combine into one course?

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Last spring, when students turned a Google Doc in to Canvas, the doc was reformatted to a pdf.  As a world language teacher, it is helpful for me to see the edit history of student work, as many use Google Translate to write in English and then trans...

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I am learning new quizzes.   I have been happy with some of the changes but I am currently frustrated.  We are new to Canvas this summer so I hadn't really done much in classic quizzes.  I am hoping this is operator error.  I put together a quiz.  I ...

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Why can I not copy and paste feedback into the additional comments section of a quiz? I felt like I could do this in spring and now it will not allow it any more.  It's a huge time saver to be able to copy and paste.

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How can I remove the "Drop files here to add to Module" that is showing up beneath each module in my course?  This just started showing up and it is extremely annoying because I need to be able to see more of the course on the screen at one time.

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I teach general music (6-8) and high school chorus and want to know how to best utilize Canvas.  My district is switching to Canvas now and the instructors are in the midst of learning to set up their courses.  I am at creating home page stage now an...

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Hello,Our academic program requires our students to complete 300 field experience hours prior to graduation. Additionally, the 300 hours need to be spent performing certain roles (i.e. 100 hours observation, 100 hours assistance, 100 hours leadership...

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 In my canvas account 4  coerces were functioned properly, for the last one month  . But from the last few days onward while uploading files it shows an error ' Error : Your request failed Status code 400 " . Same error shows with different Browsers ...

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Is it possible to create a standard signature in the conversations box? 

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Can you publish what is in you sandbox course in order to save and use materials you have created in an actual course?

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Howdy,I'm in a predicament with importing a course into a different Canvas and having the course outcomes carry over correctly.When I do the import using a course export file (because I'm going from one Canvas to another), issues come up with the cou...

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Salute, dear community! We have currently a Self-Hosted Canvas LMS T3-Type hosted in an EC2 AWS server. According to our stress test, the successfull rate is 84% over 500 simultaneous conections. Our server features are 32 GB and 8CPU, unlimited tran...

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Someone put an announcement into my course and locked it.  I would like to delete and put my own announcement in.  Need help.  Thx

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Canvas seems to be stuck while saving a quiz. Any suggestions?

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Is there a way to make multiple answers correct in a multiple choice question?  I accidentally gave two correct answers and two incorrect, but I can only seem to allow one at a time for full credit.

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In consulting for a non-profit that provides training and is moving their courses online (starting with one), I need to be able clearly explain the difference in functionality between the free teacher version and a paid subscription. The Canvas suppo...

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Background:We are building a LTI 1.3 app, for that we are using TSUGI(GitHub - tsugiproject/tsugi: Tsugi Admin, Developer, and Management Console (pls join the dev list) ) to handle the LTI flows and we are building a "mod" in this system which will ...

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How do I access the message board in Canvas for my class?  I do not see a message board icon or dropdown menu choice.  I completed the Canvas intro but I don't remember if this issue was covered.  Harris Martin

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In searching around, it seems like it's possible for an Admin to (1) change the student role so that no student-users can do student-to-student messaging or (2) create a different type of student role who cannot message other students, but are there ...

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If the question in a quiz has multiple answers, is there a way to give the student partial credit if he or she answers one correct answer but misses the other(s)?Example: 4. What impact does the metaphor comparing the fire to a tower have in the exce...

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I am trying to add an assignment from my assignment page into a module. However, it won't show up when I click the plus icon and select "assignments" - it is just not in the list. I logged out and back in, unpublished and republished the assignment, ...

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We have numerous third party external accreditation audits over the year. Is there a user role for this? Does anyone have a suggestion on the best way to set one up? I would like to know if anyone has set up a Course Role or special Account/SubAccout...

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All of a sudden files and documents submitted by my professors, in the modules, will not load their preview. The blue wheel just spins and spins. I have to download every document to look at it. Did I disable something, maybe? 

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Hello fellow Canvas users. I have a kind of unique question. My school is transitioning the majority of course courses from a previous LMS we have used to Canvas which we have had for a number of years. In this move we'd like to control who and what ...

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I want students to be able to watch a lecture video in Canvas but I do NOT want them to be able to download or save the video outside of Canvas (to their laptop, etc.)How can I set up this kind of file restriction?

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Is there a QR code attendance tracker that integrates into Canvas? Someone has said there is, but if it exists I can't find it. The only two attendance trackers I know of that integrates with Canvas are A+ Attendance and Qwickly Attendance.

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Hello, I have made a Canvas quiz with the following settings :- graded quiz- locked questions after answering + show one question at a timeFor this Quiz, I have a big block of text under "Quiz instructions". I would like to have these instructions on...

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