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mzimmerman
Mike Zimmerman
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Fairly new to Canvas after being a Blackboard administrator for nearly 20...oh, wait, you mean my *actual* biography? Born in Florida. Grew up moving around the southeast. Graduated from the University of Florida and the University of South Florida with degrees in psychology and computer science. Had my heart set on being a librarian but stumbled into IT instead...

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Hi @Sonpham410  First, contact your instructor and have them check the LockDown Browser Dashboard in the course to confirm the settings.  This error can happen if the instructor has never opened t...
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Hi, At my school, the most common situations for merging sections are 1) when it is really the same class is crosslisted under multiple sections/departments (which results in multiple course shells in...
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I also agree.  "Drafts" does not align with any previous documentation or terminology we've used to describe unpublished courses, and will just confuse instructors.I'm not totally sold...
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We appreciate the option that Canvas allows for users to create multiple channels to be notified within the system.  However, we are seeing the same issues described inhttps://community.canvaslms.com/...
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There is no way to change the default setting.
Jan 31, 2025 10:58:23 AM
Hi @Milotobin4  The missing course may not be published (and not visible to students), or you may have "favorited" one course in your Dashboard, which results "un-favorited" course...
Jan 31, 2025 9:13:02 AM
Hi @jawall  What specific type of assignments are you creating?  The only place that I have seen the "open in new tab" checked by default is when creating an External Tool assignment, whic...
Jan 31, 2025 9:08:56 AM
Hi @stephen_higgs The error message indicates that the user ID that is being sent from the Microsoft SSO does not match any login ID on the Canvas system that it is trying to redirect to. To troub...
Jan 31, 2025 7:35:30 AM
Hi @ClaireWhitelaw  There is not an option for subscribing to other external calendars (from Outlook, Google, etc.) within the Canvas calendar.  You can only view Canvas personal, course, and inst...
Jan 30, 2025 8:48:15 AM

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