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I've figured out how to embed a Power Point into a Canvas page, but when I come back the next day, I get this message: Any ideas on how to fix this? I want to make sure my students can view the ppt. with hyperlinks that work. The hyperlinks don't wor...

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Is it possible to download completed quiz responses not just the results? I am looking to store the evidence for future audit purposes.

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In Canvas - under Quizzes I have two QuizzesQuiz 1     ---  10 questionsQuiz 2     ---  15 questionsHow do I merge these two quizzes in one quiz , rename it Quiz 3 with 25 questions

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Migrating old quiz banks to the new quiz engine:I have about 100 different question types, each with 5 versions. These are ones I've made myself--they are not from a publisher's question bank. That makes for 100 question banks--one question type per ...

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I want to unpublish announcements. I still want to be able to see them but I do not want all of them to be visible to students.  I can only find a delete option.  I don't want to delete them completely. I just want to take some away for students to m...

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Using Speed Grader with Discussion - In the past, I have been able to see each student's individual responses for a Discussion in Speed Grader. However, now Speed grader only shows a blank pane for a student. I can find their posts in the full discus...

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I am trying to track and communicate with students who are not viewing or participating with the content. I view New Analytics-Weekly Online Activity-then I look at the information by week; example April 19-April 26. I had previously been using this ...

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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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Is there a way to print the Calendar from Canvas?

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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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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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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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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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Can you duplicate a rubric and then revise and save it as a new rubric?

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Is there any way to rearrange the order of announcements on the home page? Seems like that might be important, and I can't figure out how. Maybe in html? Anyone got a solution?

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I just sent an announcement to all my classes describing how they will access SI Sessions. I used the FILE tab to upload three pdf tutorial documents from my desktop. They show as three links in the announcement.  A student just contacted me and said...

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I'm using a table on my homepage to better organize my course. I'm having trouble formatting the table. Is there a way to make all text start at the top of the cell in stead of in the center? Also, is there a way to align all the columns and/or rows ...

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