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it shows my course on "courses" but i cant start it. 

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I purchased the ebook but I can't find my access code for pearson, help please 

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Hi. I need students to be able to submit two separate documents for an assignment.  They may be different file types.  I see older questions about this indicate that as long as "unlimited submissions" is checked students can do so BUT they can only s...

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Students see recent comments on their dashboards. Teacher don't (at least not when I tried just now).   I can ofcourse change course notifications so I get an email with every comment made by a student (a reply to my comment on their submission), but...

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When creating a new course from a template, is there a way of creating announcments without them being published?  For example saving them as a draft?   

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When I go to my badge that I have earned, there is no print certificate option. See attached image

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Hi! After allowing my students to reserv calendar appointments I have found that I need move my students from one appointment time to another, but I cannot find an option for this. Is it possible to move students or do I have to ask them to reschedul...

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Hi, I am new to Canvas and I am not super techy so apologies if this is really obvious! I am working through my inter-text activity workbook, and for two of the questions I am to upload files.For the first one - the upload is optional and the request...

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Does anyone know what may have happened/what could be a solution? I have a teacher that has just recently (last week) begun seeing two of the courses for which she is an observer only showing up on her dashboard. These are courses she's been an obser...

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I am an instructor in New Zealand, administering courses in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom.The canvas account level time zone is set to New Zealand. I am setting up courses for both NZ and London time zones.The course time zones have both be...

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Hello, I'm teaching an online course & copied a Canvas course from a colleague. But I can't use the Zoom Meetings feature through Canvas because the Zoom meeting ID number is set to her Zoom account & I can't figure out how to change it. Please help ...

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Is there a way to wrap text in a Module tile?  Right now, text in long Module titles gets cut off after one line.

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I tried a different font on some quiz questions and want to change back to the default.  Many discussions say the default is Lato, but it isn't. Try it.  Write something twice and change the font to Lato - it will be different.  Letters that highligh...

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We have been playing with students submitting videos of chemistry labs. Short technique type of things. We have Panopto but will probably drop it due to cost soon. It was clunky to submit to canvas anyway it seemed. So when panopto is gone there must...

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I am having trouble finding a way to joining a group for University of Washington. I keep getting instructions on how to join but know actual link for joining. 

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Hi, When going through the content of a week, I find myself clicking Next or Previous a lot if I want to view a particular part again. Is it possible to view a Contents or Navigation that lays out the entire week so I can skip to certain sections? Th...

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When I click on "All Courses", I can see my new courses for the winter term. Two say they are published. When I click on them, nothing happens, and I cannot open them. Please help!

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Instructor, basing this semester's Canvas site on last semester's site.  I've got quite a few discussions from a previous semester that I want to delete. Is there ANY kind of keyboard shortcut or way of deleting more than one discussion at a time? Cl...

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WHEN WILL THE SPECIAL EXAMS TAKE PLACE AND HOW WILL WE BE INFORMED ABOUT IT

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I want to upload an image on the homepage of my course and hyperlink it to a resource home page ( which has its own URL.  How do I do that?

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Do you find Canvas easy to use?  

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Hello everybody. I'm wondering how can my students save their work in the text entry feature when they need to come back to it another day? It's not auto saving for them and it's really an inconvenience to have them copy and save their work on a word...

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I teach a course where students need to complete 3 separate requirements to pass. They must:1. Attend an event (1 event, complete/incomplete)2. Complete all assignments (several assignments, complete/incomplete)3. Attend a certain number of class ses...

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I completed and paid my registration, but my registered course for Winter 2024 does not show up in my Canvas account. How do I access it?

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My canvas inbox messages are auto forwarding to my outlook email box. How do I discontinue this to keep the two inboxes separate? Thank you

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Happy new year! I'm an instructional designer currently helping faculty get their hybrid course ready for spring, and they are planning on using Microsoft Teams to hold their remote, synchronous meetings.   Now, we were able to use Microsoft Sync and...

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How do I add a background to the class on the dashboard page on Canvas?

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I frequently receive emails from career services, recruiters and graduate schools that include attachments. How can I forward them through Canvas?

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The videos for the canvas instruction modules will not load and state, "Sorry because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here"I need help.  Thank you

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Posting this for a faculty member...Does anyone know how to implement proper scoring in a Canvas quiz?  Unlike a multiple-choice test item where examinees are forced to choose exactly one of the options as the supposedly correct answer, in a proper s...

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