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How do export or transfer questions from various quizzes into an exam bank? I know how to edit each one individually to add to bank, but is there a way to copy all the questions from a quiz into a bank? 

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For the past couple of weeks speed grader has been broken for me. It used to show the contents of the file (.py files were treated like plain text files) and allowed me to highlight and add comments. I used this feature extensively to give feedback t...

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I have imported questions using a QTI file, but some of the questions appear with the HTML code visible. When I try to remove the extra text and save the question, it shows that the text is removed.  But, when I reload the page the questions go back ...

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admin - courses - display newest firstanyone has a encountered a way to display the newest courses first in the admin tab instead of having the oldest first?thx

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While interacting with my school's Canvas access on the web using the Chrome browser from my office desktop, I cannot copy the contents of a text box containing feedback into another text box on student-submitted work. I often find myself typing the ...

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How can I print the Quiz Statistics Page that contains the Quiz Summary and Question Breakdown? I have attempted to print it from the Google Browser, but it cuts off the left side of the page. I have also tried saving it as a PDF, but the same issue ...

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I can see through past posts that users have been asking for this update for several years. Though we appreciate the inclusion of user-chosen pronouns, allowing only one selection from a list is inadequate. Some people use multiple sets of pronouns. ...

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I found this idea for the product : https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Immediate-grading-feedback-on-each-question-New-Quizzes/idi-p/520970 What does "Archived" mean? like, it will never be added to the product?I really think it is...

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I don't have the pair with observer button enabled, does anyone know how to do it?Without this button I cannot perform parental pairing.

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Feedback for Canvas from a topic coordinator: There is no auto correct for feedback comments or find function for finding words in the text of the essay in speedgrader. It would be great if this could be included. Thanks

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Hello,I am a teacher and my policy is that students get 50% for any missing assignments. I have the gradebook set to do this automatically. However, I have noticed that it only works for assignments that get a point value grade, not for assignments t...

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So here's a weird bug we're having with Classic Quizzes.A prof has named her multiple dropdown question field "[ans]", (without quotes) and while that appears fine while editing the quiz, students only see the text "[ans]" in the question. It works w...

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Is there a setting in Canvas that I'm missing somewhere that enables setting the percentage of how much a group of assignments counts towards a total grade?See attached images. I have two classes where the option is available for one class but not th...

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Can I modify the status abbreviation options for submissions? Right now the only available for assignments are excused, none, missing, and late. I see there are others available, but I am not able to apply them to submissions. Can Canvas please allow...

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My institution has just made Admin Analytics available and I'll soon be doing a presentation to our deans as well as department and program chairs to show them what data is available and give them some ideas about the questions we'll be able to answe...

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Hi!I am wondering if there is a way to link a selection of courses so that you can select the "group" and add people to all of them at the same time?This has come about as my institution split what was one course per university year a while back, and...

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I want to create a quizz with let's say 20 questions.the first 5 questions are linked to a specific situation, for which I need to create a common instructions.Then around 10 questions that each is separate, then another bloc of questions that have a...

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TL;DR:Question banks on quizzes shared to another person vanish from the creator's library of banks, but are still accessible by quizzes that reference them.The Situation:I have created about 5 question banks, each containing three similar questions ...

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Hi.I was taking a quiz for a class and the screen kept glitching because of a pop up notification. The screen would dim and light up with the notification. I have taken many quizzes on Canvas before and everything was fine. I know it was not an wifi ...

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Is it possible to restrict the viewing of a specific module within a course only to specific students? 

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I can't seem to download my assessments. If I do it is Html. how to I convert that to pdf

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Until now, whenever students would submit Adobe Illustrator files, the SpeedGrader document viewer would read and show the files that students submitted. That currently doesn't seem to be the case anymore? This speeds up grading simple visual assignm...

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There is a lot of discussion in the community about where users *don't* currently have access to the RCE - like in Rubric building, some feedback areas, or some parts of questions in Quizzes. And I completely agree, teachers should access to the RCE ...

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The option to delete the default assignment rubric does not appear when creating a rubric. There should be a trashcan icon that removes this default rubric. There should be a trashcan icon next to the pencil icon. This allows for the default outcome ...

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Is anyone else having trouble deleting the default outcome in a rubric? It was working fine last week. Today the trash can is not there

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Me gustaría saber si es posible asignar de manera autómatica la co-evaluación entre los miembros de 1 grupo de trabajo. Lo puedo hacer de manera manual, pero me gustaría poder programarlo.   Gracias

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When I take attendance  (once) it shows up multiple times in my assignments.

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None of my classes, grades, material etc. is loading.  Other than the titles, everything is blank and I can't log out (there's no log out button).        

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Is there a way to delete the due date when copying an assignment? I know I can do this when copying a course, however, I have had issues where I would copy an individual assignment, but because the due date was earlier either A) all of my students wo...

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I have an observer whose email (@yahoo) has a "!" icon next to it and she is no longer receiving any Canvas emails. This email has worked for years prior. I removed it and tried re-adding it to the account (twice now) but she is not getting the confi...

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