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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  "Drafts" does not align with any previous documentation or terminology we've used to describe unpublished courses, and will just confuse instructors.I'm not totally sold...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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Hi @awoods1  First, go to the Settings > Feature Options area of the course and confirm that the "New Quizzes" feature option is enabled in the course. If you don't see that setting...
Nov 18, 2024 8:52:10 AM
Hi @ShondaMcKinzie  There is no built-in "sandbox" on Canvas.  At some schools instructors are able to create (or have created for them) "sandbox courses" to test and develop conte...
Nov 8, 2024 7:49:34 AM
Hi @lukekm  We create our courses as "Unpublished".  This allows instructors to choose when (or if) they want to make the course available to students.  Students can still see the course u...
Nov 1, 2024 11:08:31 AM
Hi @LF11 , What is the end date setting on your course?  The first thing that comes to mind when a setting is greyed out is that the end date for the course is passed, so the course has gone into ...
Oct 31, 2024 8:31:06 AM
Hi @WejdanShahin  Can you clarify what you mean by a "deferred exam"?   Are the students still listed in the "Assign To" settings for the exam? Most often, when instructors tell me...
Oct 23, 2024 7:19:22 AM

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