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I need to determine where I can change settings so we can restrict students from contacting other students in the class on canvas. While one student in particular is of concern, I would prefer to remove all capabilities from students using inbox to c...

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Hello,I am trying to access an online induction module in Nursing and Healthcare Quality Improvement course and all I have on the screen is a flashing dashboard and an empty page.  How can I access my work.Oluwatoyin Akinterinwa

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I'm sure this is very simple, but I can't seem to figure out how to display student last names in my inbox.  It is difficult to determine which student is messaging me when I have multiple people with the same first name.  Does anyone know that setti...

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On my Modules page, added page titles are being assigned a number. See the image below. The "-2" at the end of the first page title "NOLS| Step Forward..."I have gone back and edited each title to delete those numbers but they are automatically added...

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I am using the API: GET /api/v1/coursesThe API is returning a subset of my courses, and I can't determine why. It doesn't seem to matter whether I'm a teacher, student or observer. I am wanting a list of all classes where I am a teacher, regardless o...

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I can access all of my course materials on the app on my phone, but when I try using my laptop the course will not show up.

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I am running student council elections through Canvas. Students can select 0, 1, or 2 candidates for each class representative position. I currently have these elections set up as ungraded surveys with a multiple answer question. Is there a way to li...

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HiI want to see the grade behind the "note" icon. How do I do that? Thanks/jonas K#gradebook

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Instructor reported issue to be that I was able to verify. Canvas won't upload her large course (800 students) gradebook - won't even recognize changes in CSV file -  even when limit import rows to just 10 students! I am able to make it work in a dif...

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My students will make a project with different topics, which the students should sign up for. Each topic should only be available for one student. Is there any way to solve this in Canvas.In our previous system, I solved this by creating groups limit...

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Hello Canvas Community!  We have had numerous (more than five) reports of parents trying to set up observer accounts for their students and they are continuously getting "invalid pairing code" errors.  I have actually gotten this error myself.  It to...

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It would be nice for Canvas to be able automatically record completion of a discussion (by recording if a students posts) instead of instructors to have to record responses manually. The graded survey was suggested as an option, but students can't se...

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My students are receiving this when they are trying to access a Quiz: "This assignment is part of an unpublished module and it not available yet."I have published module and quiz. 

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Hello,I would like to have my signature [basically, my name] automatically appear at the end of every message I send to my students, as you can usually do in every other mailing system. I consulted the Instructor Guide, but could not find anything on...

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Is there a way to reorder outcomes so that they are not in alphabetical order? For my set up, it would be extremely helpful for me to reorder my outcomes so that they are listed in the order which they are covered in class.For example, having outcome...

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I thought there was a way to impport students into canvas who do not have an email account. Some of my students dont have an account(email).

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On the Discussion board, I want to attach two files to the same discussion#. It is only letting me attach one file. Any suggestions?

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Help to solve the mystery of the missing Submit button!That mischievous little button appears for everyone else - just not little Jane Doe! Is he playing hide and seek? Has he lost his way to her assignment?Wherever could he be??I have a student for ...

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I can't find any permission that controls who can export course content from the course's Settings page.  We are concerned with intellectual property rights, and I was dismayed to find that a TA can export all course content, when they have no editin...

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Can I use groups to assign individual assignments (not a group assignment)?  I have a tracked, self-paced course that differentiates assignments by a college prep and honors track.  The assignments are different for students, and I am trying to list ...

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If I already have an account as a teacher, how do I pair with my own child to observe his/her classes?

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When creating my pages, modules, pretty much anything, the text I'm typing is double spacing between the lines.  I would prefer it to be single spaced, but can't seem to find anything to help me format the spacing.  I would like to learn how to do th...

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How do I access all of a student's discussion board posts for exporting into another document?

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not sure if this question or discussion already exists but...When students make a comment on an assignment submission - especially AFTER the assignment has been seen and graded by the instructor - is there any way to KNOW such later comment has been ...

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We have found a glitch with the "Show one question at a time" option. If you select this option in a quiz with Numerical Answer, formula question or Fill in the blanks type of questions, answering with 0 will mark them unanswered in the sidebar.When ...

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My company is based in Australia and we have very strict reporting requirements when it comes to providing evidence of participation for students who receive state government funding. Canvas Reports and Analytics don't provide us with enough informat...

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If an instructor teaches multiple courses, can they download the full gradebooks from all those courses into one Excel Workbook or CSV file?  Perhaps with a different sheet/tab for each course in the workbook?OR....is there a Report that an entire In...

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I would like to not grade the students in the same order every time. For example, by the time I get to the last one, I will consistently be tired? Aside from sorting by submission time, is there a way to randomly sort the students?

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Why can we add images to an announcement, but the images do not display in the emails? After all, pictures say a thousand words. Most of my announcements in a course are dependent on the accompanying images. And nothing in the email says to click Vie...

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For my courses, I weight each assignment equally. However, every assignment technically has different numbers of possible points.It would save me a lot of time if I didn't have to figure out the percentages for each assignment before putting them int...

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