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I am designing an assignment and really really want Canvas to work, but I just can't see it.  Scenario: Students submit either an assignment or quiz. There are 4 essay questions in the assignment. Students cannot go back to review their submission an...

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After working for several years, Zoom and Canvas seem busted. I am getting this error.lti.error.instructor.emailError Code 2216 - v=2.0;clid=aw1;rid=INT_0cecd816fe48ef49 Canvas “support” was not helpful about what happened. Anyone have any ideas on h...

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When exporting an image or SmartArt from a word doc as an svg file it makes any text more accessible. This can then be edited in a source code editor to add tabindex="1" etc for each text element, so a user can tab through the text elements. The prob...

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hi,trying to export students Discussion for one course ?after 30 days can not export course content 

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After importing course content from Blackboard into Canvas, all of the announcements, most of which were not visible to students in Blackboard (waiting to be activated on different dates during the semester) are all now visible to students in Canvas....

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Hi Canvas CommunityWe are working on a transition project where we will have many of our users using Canvas for the first time.  They are currently using Moodle.  I'd love to hear any tips and lessons learned from others who have made this transition...

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I just copied a course and it copied duplicate modules.  When I try to delete one of the duplicated modules, it deletes the assignments within both modules.  HELP!

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I clicked move course grade to the end of the display. Now they've disappeared. I can't see them at the end of my display.

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Hi all, We have a student entering for the Fall term who has only 1 legal name. Have you experienced this at your schools? We enroll students through SIS import using Banner as our SIS. Banner requires something in the Firstname field. They recommend...

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I am a new Canvas user and my online classes have just started.  My issue: a number of students have not visited the course in Canvas for the first time (Canvas is new to all of the students as well since my university just switched to Canvas).  All ...

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I am trying to watch the Pacific: The Leadership Game introduction video but it says "Broken Link Error". This isn't too urgent due to I believe it's a tutorial or something similar, but I did want to bring it to your attention. I have attached a scr...

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HelloI have searched the guides but I didn't find solution.I have created a course and when I send the link of it to my students https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/9470284 , they get to an unauthorized error (see screenshot) and they can't see th...

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Hello,   I have a Blueprint Course that is linked to cohorts running at different times and ending at different times.    IE Cohorts - 0424; 0524; 1024; 0125 The Blueprint works great at keeping all 4 cohorts upto date.  BUT now that some cohorts are...

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I understand that page view data is not 100% accurate, and it is even stated that it should not be used to assess academic integrity (here: How do I view the page views for a user in an account?) But I have a user whose page view report shows absolut...

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Hello, Canvas friends!My advising colleague and I are developing a Canvas course to pitch to the department we advise for as a one-stop shop for information such as tutoring, scholarships, internships, registrations tutorials, policy changes, etc. Tw...

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I've had no problem until today. I don't see the submit button, but I see other students posting and the assignments still gray on my end. I've tried on both my cell and laptop, no luck. The teacher said to ask Canvas. Can someone please help me. Tha...

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Hello, I want to show YouTube and Stream videos to my students through Collaborate live teaching session, but when I tried last time they couldn't hear the volume at all. Any tips for making sure students can hear and see videos I play through collab...

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I need to check my grade in a class from last semester immediately, but I do not know how to view last semesters grades. Does anyone know how?

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I can download files that have been uploaded for a Canvas assignment but need to determine if they were uploaded by the requested date.

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The total points for students is different in the gradebook from what students see. Students see a grade that is approximately 10 points lower than what the gradebook shows.  Why is this and how can it be changed? 

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Does anyone else find the Canvas quiz options below extremely confusing? For example, if you tick the first box, but not the second it seems that the student answers don't appear, even though the first statement suggests that the answers will appear.

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If I delete a rubric from my sandbox, that has been course-copied into a course, will I be messing up the assignment linked to that rubric, that was course-copied from my sandbox? I think I know the answer to this but not sure......   **Since a new I...

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Is there a way to manage comment library in the Blueprint course?     I used my old course and then created a blueprint from that course.  Then 3 of us use the blueprint course for our individual cohorts.  I tried to go to Speedgrader but the bluepri...

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Seeking community guidance as we've not been able to solve this one yet. The scenario For some of our blueprints (BP), we'll have upwards of 20 associated courses. To reduce the resourcing it takes to recreate all announcements in each course, we hav...

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Hi Everyone, We are new to Canvas, and attempting to understand account provisioning. We'd like to use just-in-time (JIT) provisioning, as this is convenient for a number of reasons. We use CAS.  Ideally, we'd like to populate both the login id and t...

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I do not know what I touched - but I definitely touched a setting in Canvas and now I can only see one student's one project no matter what submission I am looking at. If you can advise I would be so appreciative. If I go to gradebook, and rather tha...

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Is there any way to enable Emble functionality on the Syllabus/Homepage?At one point I had managed to have a 'callout' placed, but I deleted it, and now only the flag icon remains. It is not visible during the editing function - so I cannot delete it...

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Hi there,  I am trying to integrate the Recite Me toolbar and button into all my course pages but for some reason the HTML codes given is not working.  Has anyone tried this before? TIA

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my name is wrong on Canvas, and it doesn't allow me to edit. How can I correct my name?

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