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Hi there,  I'm looking for a very specific kind of function and unsure whether or not there's a good way to do what I'm looking for in Canvas. ContextI teach AP U.S. History and one of the key kinds of assessments is the DBQ (Document-Based-Question)...

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Canvas Links in Google Slides?  I want to put a link to a canvas assignment or quiz in my Google slides.  I know how to do this... My question is what do folks do this from course year to course year.  I find that my Canvas links will change from yea...

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Is there any way to use an API call to run the "Validate Links in Content" on a specific group of Courses? If not is there a better method than writing an Auto Hot Key script to open the Course and then press the button for me? I have about 300 Cours...

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The output from the free draw icon is in the upper left corner of the bounding box for the icon instead of the lower left where the "point" of the pen icon is. This happens with both mouse and stylus applications in both chrome and firefox. I am on a...

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In my gradebook I two weighted categories: Homework (10%) and Performance (90%).  For some reason in the Third Marking Period, "Homework" is no longer part of the final average when I check a student's grade.  This was not an issue for me during the ...

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Trying to grade papers here but Turnitin hasn't been working since last week. The icon is there but no assignments are successfully submitted, thus no turnitin report. Tallahassee Community College. 

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How do I collapse a section so it does not show once the unit is finished? 

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In the Gradebook, the track of the horizontal scrollbar at the bottom partially covers the grades of the last student when using Chrome or Safari. This is not a problem in Firefox, where the scrollbar is narrower until the mouse cursor hovers over it...

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Hi there!Students used to be able to delete videos they uploaded in Canvas and now it seems (since the platform changed a bit) they are not able to. Is there a way to change it so they can delete?Thanks!

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I have been successful adding menu items to the sidebar using this thread:  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Admin-Discussion/Help-With-Custom-Menu-Icons-and-Script/m-p/76160#M821   But now, is there a way to remove one of the icons. I would...

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How do I create groups that aren't associated with any course in particular? My dean wants the capability within canvas to set up communities to send information to without creating a canvas course shell. The purpose would be to send announcements mo...

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I work in a UK HE institution that has been using Canvas for almost six years, and where the institutional policy is that Canvas is the official submission  or 'capture' route for both student assignments and grades and feedback which are then reproc...

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Hi,I’m being accused of academic dishonesty based on the canvas access logs. I didn’t cheat so I am wondering if it’s possible to generate a false positive on the access logs and if these logs can be used to substantiate a academic dishonesty claim. ...

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Some of my students are unable to register with Canvas using their smartphones because the reCAPTCHA is not displaying. PCs don't have this issue (if their pop-up blocker settings allow them).This issue didn't seem to happen last year. Has something ...

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For some of the learning/practice quizzes, I'd like for students to be able to try the question and then see the correct answer immediately (plus right/wrong explanations). That way, when the next question is very similar, they'll learn and not make ...

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Hello,I am currently trying to access a previous enrollment course that I have an incomplete credit for but the course does not come up at all when I look at past enrollments. I can see many of the courses that I've taken in the last 3 years but this...

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Did Canvas take away the ability to view access reports and see when students are actively working in tests? We used to use the 3 dots beside their name in the People tab, but now only their parents have the 3 dots.

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When I try to print the Item Analysis from a classic quiz, the printout is offset on the left margin (it cutoffs a portion of the left margin).     Anyone else has this problem? I believe it's a configuration of the webpage, but for its worth I have ...

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I am seeking ideas from the community about how to optimise our regulator-mandated self-assessment process. Our current process is: At the start of a course, students rate themselves in a range of skills, using a Classic Quizzes survey.At the end of ...

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We develop a system using CanvasLMS of OSS(It was released on December 2023).When endusers access to system from chrome browser by HTTP/2 protocol, 403 Forbidden error is occured partically.The target API request is following, and it is called multip...

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I am new to Canvas. I can see my upcoming courses, but cannot click on them to edit them. How do you edit a course that is not yet published? When I hover over it, it turns gray, but it will not let me click on the course and open it up to view and e...

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I teach Art- Drawing & Illustration on Canvas. Students have to submit images of their work not just to me but to the discussions so they can see each other's work. It is very important for students to look at each other's work and progress. Student'...

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Hi Everyone,My institution would like to purchase licences for Canvas. We have completed the online form several times. No one is responding. How can I contact a person at canvas through email?

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Canvas is not registering the assignments and quizzes the student submits. Since nothing is submitting, he has multiple assignments with 0 points earned so his grades are beingi impacted on. Professors have tried to reopen things for him to attempt t...

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Anyone else finding a need for a change to the "Submit Button" in Speedgrader?The educators and students I work with are reporting issues and assessment turnaround time is being lost.

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How to upload the video?Thank you,

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Hello! I am testing BluePrints and I am noticing once a course copy occurs locked BluePrint pages duplicate. Does anyone know a way around this? We would want those pages to overwrite each other when copying forward.

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Is there a way to reattach profile pictures to copied/imported course announcements? As you all know, Canvas strips out your profile picture from announcements that are copied into a new course. I get it. They want to prevent careless instructors fro...

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In the instructor grade book, I have always been able to adjust the width of the columns (now they are stuck, and some are only one letter wide, while others are far too broad). I also could reorder them. I still see the courser changing into the wid...

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Very frustrated here. I have a quiz/test I created in Canvas. A student needs to retake the quiz, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to allow this. I cannot find this "Moderate This Quiz" link. When I click on the quiz, there is nothing ...

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