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BrianLester
Brian Lester
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I teach math and support peers in using academic technology, especially Canvas.

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Hi, You mention 'importing course into a new shell each semester'.  So you have separate courses for each semester. Course content is transfered in the course import process- but student data ...
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If you use blueprint courses it's worth bearing in mind that associated courses must be in the same or lower subaccount than the blueprint Additionally, if your changes tempt you to delete a bluep...
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I'll leave it to Instructure to address any terms of service issues, but this is a browser extension which (if it's doing just what it says) just alters the way Canvas appears to you if you...
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I don't believe permissions are sufficiently granular to allow this. Your SIS may be a better place to put accommodations.
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Using the Canvas user profile would work fine but if you want to customize the page then an embedded Google doc might do the trick. If you have Google workspace you could follow the directions below p...
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Yes, you can filter to columns in a specific date range, but the problem Tyler identified is that the grade total columns are not calculated based on the chosen date range...
Nov 30, 2024 8:37:18 AM
You could create a new role (based on student) say 'superstudent' You'd need to gather data from your SIS about which students should be given that role (in addition to being 'students...
Nov 22, 2024 4:24:57 PM
Thanks for pointing this out. Maybe it's worth submitting a support ticket... Being able to view columns in a date range is still useful, but seeing a total for that range would be valuable. One c...
Nov 22, 2024 4:12:40 PM
A. Finding the number of observers is doable If you go to settings, then choose reports, then choose the provisioning report and click user observers and click run the report B. Finding the number of ...
Nov 20, 2024 6:55:32 AM
You can do this… You would probably want to create a special course for this purpose and enroll all students, then consider how you’ll share the material - maybe from the course front page… Canvas was...
Nov 20, 2024 3:02:17 AM

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