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I've followed the Canvas guide for configuring Azure (SAML) and Canvas Authentication. When I attempt to log in using my O365 credentials, I receive error "AADSTS650056: Misconfigured Application" with 3 possible causes: Client hasn't listed permissi...

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If you fail a unit test do you have to start over the course?

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I'm trying to enroll in the sing Pictures to Engage: A Guide to Creating Infographics -- SPRING 2020 course and every time I click enroll it gives me an error message. Please help. 

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I have a graded survey I would like students to take 12 times over the course of the term.I know I can essentially "copy and paste" the ungraded survey into the course 12 times  but the most elegant (easiest!) way would be to allow the student to tak...

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I have a teacher who made an assignment that isn't due for another week. It's set to be submitted online as a text entry or a file upload. As soon as she posted the assignment, it automatically entered 0's in the gradebook for every student. In her g...

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Hello.I am supposed to do a video discussion post for my class. I do not seem to have a camera on my computer and am also unable to view classmates video posts. What can I do?

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I want to select all the question in the Move/Copy feature of the Question Bank.  Canvas only seems to allow the individual selection of questions in Move/Copy.

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Does anyone know much about the respondus lockdown browser and the test log that you can use via Canvas? I am concerned that a parent is accessing my tests take on lockdown. I noticed on the log that the test will say session started and then about 3...

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I want to know the class average, as well as high and low scores on an assignment.

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Hello everyone,I have a student that claims is unable to login to Canvas from a computer but has no issue logging in with their phone.  As I was trying to troubleshoot the issues she sends me an email that says they can now login with their tablet bu...

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How do I submit an assignment?

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Why does my student's submission show as an attachment? I want to view it in the gradebook preview so that I can use the Canvas tools for feedback. 

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Is there any way to make the closed captioning font size larger on videos? The text runs across the top of the video and is very small. This makes it hard for those who need the captions to understand and participate, especially when the video is sho...

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I cannot hide grades the same way I did last year. The function doesn't seem to be available until I enter a grade (tells me there are no grade to hide). Once I enter a grade I can "hide grades", but I move to the next student and the process seems t...

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I have 1 student when they joined my course it shows up as a long number on my roster. Is there a way for me or the student to change this on the free version of Canvas? The student does not have another email to use otherwise I would just have them ...

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Hi,I have a faculty who has a course that seems to be showing final grades as show unsubmitted assignments as 0, but that option is not selected. I'm wondering if it has to do with one of the assignment weighted groups, which has only unpublished ass...

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I'm trying to create my first module. The district says we have access to an external tool titled CK-12. But how do I access it in order to assign content from the tool?

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In the new gradebook, how do I separate different sections of the same course like I used to be able to?

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Can anyone tell me why Canvas is recording grades for assignments that I have not begun to grade?  And assigning full credit to everyone who did not submit?  I have spent hours trying to figure this out and am nowhere near understanding why.Thank you...

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How do I get the link emailed to me to access my course link?

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In the old gradebook docs, "When using the lowest or highest score rule, an assignment group must include at least one score, plus the number of dropped scores and the number of assignments that should not be dropped. For instance, if you have a rule...

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In the previous gradebook the notes column could be sorted. Is there a possibility of adding that to the new gradebook?

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I might need to ask a favor from our Canvas genus-group.I've asked by one of our faculty in our school that the comments in the rubric showed up to students, but not score even when the assignment itself was muted and hid  (students can use the rubri...

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Is it possible to add the Google Apps LTI to a "Free for Teacher" Canvas account?

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Hello,I am wondering if there's any way to do mail merge-type of messaging in Canvas.For example, if I have an Excel file with student's last name, first name, along with some other data.  Could I use Canvas message just like email?The only reason I ...

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I have a conference invite, but don't know or see how to join.

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Hello,My name is Obianuju Chimezie Nwankwo, I registered for Essential Physiology and Anatomy course so I started following the step by step instructions yesterday but I could not download the Respondus LockDown Browser, I was told to upgrade my Wind...

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I submitted a ticket to Canvas support and they suggested asking the question here. Is there a way to create a custom report to query:1. Canvas page/URL where the “https://videomanager.du.edu/” or “https://wrangler.du.edu/ “ link is referenced2. Cour...

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I'm trying to submit an assignment for which I have to attach two files, but every time I hit "Submit Assignment," it won't let me, giving the message , "Attached files must be greater than 0 bytes." Well, they are. For reference, the two files I'm t...

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Working with a special education student who uses google read and write (text to speech) on all written work. When uploading a google cloud assignment, the text to speech option is not available. The student does have access to the full Google R&W su...

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