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HiI currently have the grade posting policy set to Manual on an assignment. I want to release the results on a set date. How can I do this ? I know I can go in on a set date and click Post...but i want to be able to set a date so i dont have to remem...

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Hi There. I have set up a short course in Canvas that ends up with a multiple choice end of class Quiz. The results of this appear in the gradebook. Is there a way to receive a notification of when a student completes that quiz? Right now I have to k...

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Are you able to embed H5P into a quiz on canvas??

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I want to start canvas for my institute and need to create root admin account. So that from there i can add different admins and users.

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My my fifth grade partner and I share materials, so I import her reading modules and she imports my math modules. I imported her module for our week 2 instruction and added them to my own week 2 module. When I went to grade one of the assignments in ...

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With remote learning, I'm making videos that show how to submit to Canvas. But to submit, I have to publish. So I log in as a student, and record the process of submissions. But then I can't unpublish the assignment because there is submission. There...

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If a student submitted a media recording using Canvas's built-in media recorder option, am I able to download it as an MP4/MOV? Or any other playable video format/codec I can then open with VLC? I've tried "Download Submissions" under Related Items w...

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Hello I am trying to change the password that was assigned to me in my account, but when I enter the "changeme" password it said is incorrect. How can I change it so I can create my own password.

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Students are complaining that the "warnings" that they only have so much time left on quizzes is very nerve wracking.  For example when they have a 40 minute exam, after 10 minutes, they receive a "you have 30 minutes left on this exam" then after 20...

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I've created the assignment, checked all the appropriate boxes and tried to "Save and Publish".  The screen goes gray while it works, then brightens but assignment is not published.

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Whenever i put comments on a student's assignments I can see the comments but they cannot

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I have some teachers complaining about how some of their students submit assignments documents from their Google drive, and the teachers cannot see the submission unless they log into their own Google account & then the docs are all shared with them....

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In my classes, I use a combination of number grades on quizzes and "complete/incomplete" on other assignments. In Gradebook on Canvas, the "complete/incomplete" grades show as nice, green checkmarks. Perfect! But when I download the grades, the check...

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Is there a way to print the Calendar from Canvas?

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I've been using the Canvas LMS for the past six years.  There seems to be nothing I can do to get the "Teacher Tour" to go away!  I've gone through it seven times - I already know!  MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!

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Is there a way to only see submitted assignments in Speedgrader so that you don't have to scroll through all the students that have not turned int their assignment?  

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Hello all,I'm a Canvas admin for a school and we recently have started heavily using Canvas for our now online classes. Professors want for students to be notified of announcements and changes to their grades via email as soon as possible and we woul...

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How do I print out a class roster from Canvas?

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I'm a student user on Canvas and for some reason, I can't change my profile picture. Every time I change it or upload a new one it's all white or it has a little picture icon like in the picture. It's not a problem with size, I checked my files and d...

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Zoom and Groups.  I have 3 sections under 1 course.  Each of these sections are a separate and totally different class.  I would like to meet with each section through Zoom.  However if I click on 1 section, then the zoom meeting is schedule for the ...

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I asked my students to answer a short-answer question as part of their midterm exam online. I used the "new quiz" to create the exam, and now I can't figure out how to get to those short answers so that I can grade them. Help!

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Can anyone suggest which function of Canvas would best allow us to:-Create a space where students can answer a couple of quick questions:1. Do you need staff to contact you about your learning?a YESb NO2. How are you feeling (like a mental health tra...

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How do I determine what version of Canvas I am using?

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How does the activity log work for a quiz and how should I interpret it?The log will say "Stopped viewing the Canvas quiz-taking page..." and then when they resume. I told my students I could monitor their activity during an exam, so they should not ...

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How can I see which student uploaded the file for the group assignment?I have a couple of groups where students did not communicate and there are three files uploaded. I cannot find a way to see who uploaded the files for the assignment.Thanks!!

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I accidentally put an assignment in twice and didn't realize it.  Is there any way to combine the two assignments? Students have already submitted to both so I would like to merge them so that they are not getting the"missing" label for one even thou...

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If a staff or student accidentally closes a global announcement, is there a way for them to put it back on their dashboard?

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The formula question example shows how to ask students ridiculously easy questions like "What is [x] + 5?"Or "Calculate the weight of [x] blue whales."For those of us who don't teach elementary school, this is not useful.I want give my students a ran...

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Quizzes - Allowing students to select from a group on launched quiz. I have been a long time user of Canvas. My one problem is how to provide students choice in selecting short answer questions without having Canvas indicate that all questions are be...

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