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I have a free account with Canvas. I am not connected with any school and have no admin. Is there a way to set semesters in my classes for grading?

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Hello, I'm an instructor and am trying to download a quiz in one of the following formats: .DOC, .DOCX, .XML, .DAT. I have tried to place the quiz in a module by itself and download it from commons, but I can only get it to download in a zip file for...

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Hi, This is a question for Canvas admins, particularly those in higher ed. Is anyone using the Content Security Policy? What issues have you encountered if so? If not, why not? We have started using it and I have run into a few pain points, one sever...

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Hi there,Wondering if it's possible for admin to track pathways progress of faculty from the training portal? We'd like to have a way to see which faculty members have taken which courses if possible. 

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My students submit written work via the Google Classroom add on (ie as a Google Doc using Google Classroom’s plugin) and I am unable to grade papers on my iPad. The error is that it could not launch. Not sure why. Anyone got a solution? 

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Due to integration with another LMS software, I have split my students into different sub-accounts. I would like these multiple sub-accounts to complete the same course. But when I go to allocate a sub-account within the course's settings/course deta...

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Apparently it is not possible to grade a quiz by question (as opposed to by student) and upgrade marks for all students every now and then. Instead, upgrading can only be done after marking all questions for each student. I much prefer marking by que...

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A student has had someone else's work uploaded to an assignment incorrectly and we are unable to delete it from it. How can this be deleted? Or how do we get admin access to be able to? Our user roles are teacher.

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Is there a way for me to place clickable check boxes into the Canvas rich content editor so that students can "check" a list item as they complete it? We want all pre-session materials to be linked in one page for one session, and students will find ...

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A colleague brought this problem to me and I was surprised to not find the solution here. His concern was that students could no longer reply to his Announcement posts. After searching, we found that they were locked.  Has anyone else found this prob...

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As excited as our team is, for the release of Speedgrader's studio media screen capture and auto-captioning, we are curious about two things: 1. Will this feature be available to all Canvas clients, or will this require an additional add-on? 2. Can t...

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How do I start my new online class?

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Hi, I am a learning designer using Student View to test out the functionality of a course I am building. I have made several submissions while in Student View (discussion posts etc.) and noticing that these submissions do not disappear after resettin...

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Is there a way to show the students highest mark only for a selected outcome rather than an average mark?

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I want you guys to know that the recent changes that you have made to Canvas for our university are the worst!!! Who decided on these changing: esp, in the discussion forum and I do not like the term of using "teacher." I am a Professor. Teachers are...

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Hi!I created SCORM content with Articulate Rise 360. After exporting it as a SCROM zip file I imported it to Canvas as a page. Works fine!The content is now shown on the Canvas page but I need it to open in an new window. I don't want it to load on t...

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Hi. I am an instructor that formerly used Respondus Lockdown Browser to monitor my quizzes in Canvas. I copied the quiz over to the new course and want to use Honorlock but Respondus is conflicting with it. My school no longer uses the Respondus App,...

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An instructor that worked at Butler County AVTS quit. She designed a course under her sign in. I am now the new teacher and want to see if I can access her course?

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Export roll call data does not go to my email

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Each week, I have labs and quizzes that open up at different times for different sections. For example, section A might have their quiz and lab become available at 9:10 AM, be due at 11:05AM, and be available until 11:59PM. Section B might have their...

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How can I set up and receive detailed exam analytics on an individual student basis in Canvas? Specifically, I want to tag questions by category or concept and stratify student performance by question type. Currently, we can only review overall exam ...

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Why am I getting this error message when I try to use the student view in a course I am creating?

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I have some quizzes that I have in Canvas - and I want to tag them as "missing" or "excused" before syncing them to our "actual" grading system.  Frustrating (don't ask).Anywho - all students who have submitted the assignment - I have the option but ...

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My time is spent grading everything twice these days! I grade either in speedgrader or in the main grading window but when I refresh my window, NONE o the grades have stuck and show again as ungraded. It's so frustrating and does not happen all the t...

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The inactive students in a canvas course are receiving course emails like the one below: You don't often get email from notifications@instructure.com. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification>No submission for Primary...

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need to print parking ticket need to know about canvas joining code

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Good morning, We are attempting to solve a strange issue with our Mastery Path Set-up. We have a pre-quiz that if a student scores a 90% or above, they should skip right to a certificate page.  The issue is that despite being listed in the 90% or bel...

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Hi,A few months ago I changed my school email address from *email removed*  to*email removed*   and it was my default contact method for Canvas notifications. Now, it is marked as a bounced contact method and I am unable to re-send confirmation. I al...

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Hi! One of my goals this summer was to get a head start on creating canvas Modules for next year, but I have no access to my content courses. Is there anyway to begin creating Modules that I can use next year?

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We have staff and students that are no longer in our district.  How do you deactivate staff and students in bulk from our current Canvas instance?

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