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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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I've put a link on a course to 'download photo,' which shows up on the course page as Download Photo with an arrow next to it, but when I click on the Download Photo text, nothing happens, and the photo only downloads when I click on the arrow next t...

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Two Problems setting up Fall 24 courses. 1. When I set up discussion groups the groups do not show on the discussion.  I've tries the old method and the new discussion link.  They appear to load but do not tell the students which group they're assign...

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How do I add course card icons? Thanks

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What is the maximum amount of questions you can add to one Test Bank?I'm having issued adding/editing questions in a bank that currently has 65 questions. Is this the max? 

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It looks like the Arc browser offers some very useful features. Does Canvas work well with it? 

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Just started back up with Canvas for my organization.  I've noticed that Unsplash isn't there, so what do you use for stock images in Canvas now? 

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Learning Canvas as first time instructor - can anyone share one important module, reading, etc. they would recommend as essential before the first day? Thank you!

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When I send an announcement, it tells recipients that they can reply directly. However, when they do, they get the error message stating that the email must be a confirmed communication channel in the profile. I can't find the directions to do so. An...

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Hi all,   Tried to add the images so you can see them directly, but technology doesn't seem to like me today. Sorry about that. I've been hanging around in the test environment to get a feel for grading periods. It seems to be working like a charm, b...

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Good morning, we were developing reports using Canvas Data 2 to track student interactions with their courses in the Canvas LMS.   One activity we would like to track is participation in Journals. It is my understanding that journal activity is not t...

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Hello! I am inquiring about discussion threads with groups created in the course. If I have created a group discussion, but have replied under the general discussion as a TA who created the discussion, will the replies that I have put on the main thr...

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So I am still using Classic Quizzes, and I have a course with many, many low-stakes quizzes, which draw from Question Banks. Every semester, I import content using "select content" and I choose the Modules I want. I have not selected "Question Banks"...

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I am an instructor new to Canvas. My student has tried to upload his video reply and he gets "error, unable to upload." How can we fix this?

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I am the Canvas person at my institute and I cannot find the answer to this problem.I am trying to find out why only one teacher in a course can see only their students' total grades. Other teachers in the course, including myself, can see all the gr...

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Greetings, I want to bulk import outcomes into my course (instructor level access) using a CSV. I didn't really understand the import format documentation  so I am looking to use a downloaded Outcomes Export Report as per this post. My admins tell me...

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Is there a way to add users to a course but not send them an automatic course invitation email? I need to upload a large number of users to a course in advance, but I don't want them to access the course until the following week, so need to disable t...

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Hi, We are looking to using an CSV files to import grades into our People Soft system. Is there a way to add the SIS ID to the gradebook export? We would prefer not to rely on Name only.   Thank you

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I'm looking to house professional development material on Canvas for my organization and I'm running into a snag with the Niche Academy LTI. We currently have access to Niche Academy, and it generates certificates when someone completes a video lesso...

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Dear Canvas Team, I am reaching out to inquire about implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) with Canvas.Currently, we have created a free Canvas account. However, we have encountered a limitation as the free account does not grant admin privileges. Withou...

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How do I email my instructor from my canvas home page?

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Howdy, At our institution we have many student cohorts completing the same course. We assign each cohort and their teacher to a separate section within a course to limit the number of courses needing to be created/managed, and to keep the course expe...

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Has anyone created a custom field within Canvas that shows the students account balance?  I am thinking; adding a link from within the students account within Canvas that a student can click on and they can see what they owe for their classes.  I bel...

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