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My students are receiving this when they are trying to access a Quiz: "This assignment is part of an unpublished module and it not available yet."I have published module and quiz.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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Hi,I have copied a previous course, including all announcements, but I would like the students to see them, when I think it is time to post them, not from the beginning of the course. (The students are already enrolled in the course, and its publishe...

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Hi all,I'm doing most of my reading (PDFs) in the app on my tablet and sometimes on my phone. I'm using the marker tools to highlight the important points while reading.Unfortunately, the markings in the document are not synced. i.e. the same PDF has...

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Is it possible for students to see all of the video submissions they have done via media upload? I have a student who would like to access or download some of the submissions he did in a concluded class. I can't see on my end anywhere to download the...

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Whenever I try to install OneDrive cloud assignment or even the GoogleDrive cloud assignment on my self-hosted CanvasLMS instance. I get the following error error {"error":"invalid_client","error_description":"unknown client"}I have tried this with m...

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Is it possible to export/ download student scores for the criteria in a rubric? Teachers must show growth in certain domains in addition to an overall rubric score for writing. A spreadsheet of each student's data would make this possible through Can...

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Hi Canvaseers. I am working on two different implementations of Canvas. In one, the content window stretches to 100% of the remaining space available in the browser window, but in the other, stops around the 75% mark (pls see screenshots below). I've...

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I would like to know what ideas are out there to teach "how to create a resume" in an online-only course for students who are majoring in trades, such as HVAC, automotive, welding, etc. at a community college and may have limited IT skills. I have a ...

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I know I have seen the feature option to moderate an assignment, but I can't find it in Feature Options. Did it disappear or does something else need to be turned on at the account level?

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When reading longer pages on Canvas, like lesson and assignment pages, the page constantly refreshes itself and jumps back to the top of the page. This is extremely frustrating. It refreshes every 8-10 seconds, which makes it very difficult to read a...

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I need to give #partial credit for multiple choice test item(s) within a quiz issues In Blackboard I can make each response have partial value automatically scored such as a=100%; b=80%; c=70%; & d=60% and no response=0%. In Canvas if the student res...

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My institution is moving to a zero-cost textbook.  I've set up a course with MyOpenMath and I want to integrate this course with Canvas.  Since my institution has not yet set up a school-wide LTI Key and Secret, I was given a Key and a Secret to set ...

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I have a professor that has assigned a graded discussion, however when trying to grade it through Speedgrader the post and replies do not appear.  The only thing that appears on the Speedgrader screen is:He can select "view the full discussion" and s...

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