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How do I download student submissions for assessment from concluded courses? The course has been archived and all the student work are gone. 

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When will Microsoft's Reading Coach be available on Canvas? According to Microsoft's website, future updates are expected to provide integration with other Learning Management Services (LMS) including Canvas late spring of 2024.

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How can I export the entire discussion thread from the Discussion Board for use in class later?

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How to book my student ID card from canvas? The rmit app directs me to canvas LMS but im unable to book my student ID card as it says that the page doesnt exist.

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I have added too many colors to my text color palette and want to reduce the options. How can I remove colors from the palette? There is a square with the caption "remove color," but I can't figure out how to use it.

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I have enabled certain menu options under the navigation tab, but they continue to be hidden on the student view. I have enabled these items (specifically Modules and Announcements) and clicked on Saved. Other menu items I have enabled or disabled ar...

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I would like to use canvas, but they ask me to register and then to put my EUID 

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"How can I view Canvas SMTP settings? Also, I want to know if email sending in Canvas test environment works the same as in the original."

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The last thread I could find about what features still would be very helpful to add was from 2019 so I wanted to see what current wishes are now since Canvas has improved some things since then. What features are still lacking from Canvas that you'd ...

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Why does Canvas make me log in all the time, when my username and password are saved and I always click "Keep me signed in"?Maybe this is something I'm doing but it only happens with Canvas and it's very frustrating. I'm in and out of the platform al...

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At our school we offer qualifications that takes two years to complete. We roll out separate Canvas courses for Year 1 and then Year 2 because the courses would be huge otherwise. Also, some students may only take the Year 1 option. Students have acc...

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One instructor is having this issue (see screenshot). Grades show only the students' names down the side and the assignment names across the top but the grades table/grid is not populating. When I view the course, I can see everything. When I imperso...

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I have a new teacher and have been asked about importing Google Classroom content into Canvas. I have seen information to import from Canvas into Google but not Google Classroom into Canvas. Any help?

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As a math teacher, I have been making a lot of formula quizzes and recently decided to add some fractional components and formula quizzes does not like it at all.For instance, while [x]/2 =5 works just fine, if I go into the equation editor and creat...

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How do I create Sandboxes for new teachers to our district that will automatically add the Sandbox to their Canvas account? Last year I created the bulk course but had to manually add our new teachers to their Sandbox. See the attached for the CSV. I...

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I am wanting to know if there is a way to customize pop up notifications for certain courses for a certain amount of time and say something unique. For instance, when we send out our SETs for the Trimester, we would like a pop up notification to come...

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Recebi uma mensagem de um aluno. Respondi e arquivei. Quando o aluno responde à mesma, ela não volta para a caixa de entrada? Atenciosamente,

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Would anyone like to share with me their naming convention for the SIS IDs they use for Terms. I need this for the SIS Import csv. Was thinking that the Term 2024-25 would just have a SIS ID of 24-25 or do I need to make it more complex? We have 1 yr...

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An Import button is appearing on the Student Groups tab and Instructors who notice it think that they can import to Student Groups, but when they do so, an error message appears.  Referring to documentation, the import button does not seem to exist. ...

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Hi All, I've been attempting to set up Canvas Authentication through Google. I followed all the steps mentioned in this guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Admin-Guide/How-do-I-configure-third-party-authentication-providers-for-a/ta-p/225  Howe...

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Good night community!Every time I register a question bank it is saved as a favorite. I would like to disable this function so that it only shows the banks of the course in which you are registering the task.In advance, I thank everyone for their par...

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Hello,      Canvas seems to be reproducing past email messages I have sent to past course sections and re-sending them to current course sections. I am not totally sure if the reproduced messages are only hitting my inbox or are also going to student...

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I have been trying to reorder my course navigation menu following the drag and drop instructions in the instructors guide. After I reorder and click save, the menu just reverts to the default.  Is there another setting somewhere that allows the reord...

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Our Microsoft SSO with Canvas has simply stopped working and we now get an error message. We've deleted all instances of it in Microsoft and Canvas and followed both help guides but still no ball. An hour with Microsoft Tech support has not got us an...

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I was 10-15 minutes into a quiz with no other windows open on the laptop. I had until 11:59pm to have the quiz submitted and it was only 11:28pm. The quiz auto submitted while I was on question 9. Has anyone had this happen to them before?? Can I hav...

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In each  module created by my teacher, there is an activity to do, with about 10 questions.  This is more or less, a mini quiz that helps prepare us for the tests/exams. When you answer it incorrectly, it gives you chances until you get it right. How...

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Good afternoon, everyone,I wanted to know how to set up my virtual campus to send students a reminder email indicating that there's an assignment due at a specific time, either 24 hours in advance or even activate it at 12 AM. Thank you very much in ...

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Hi there!! I'm having issues to remove the subscription of a couple of students who by x, y reason had to dropt. In the pass I was able to perform the action of suspend subscription but no any more. Any ideas or work around to fix it? Thanks! Andrea

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What is the latest progress on incorporating the Rich Text Editor in messages or course emails?Our institution primarily communicates via Canvas messages and email. We need more formatting options when sending messages to students. 

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