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I would like to delete groups without deleting the assignments/grades for those groups.  I have several group assignments, which are easily sorted as a teacher but not as a student. Is there a way to hide or delete groups that students no longer need...

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Hi I am a student while trying to go into canvas through my desktop I keep getting an error message stating page error. I then tried on my apple phone and it logged me out. I tried logging back in but i keep getting an error message. It says oops som...

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With the new Cidilabs design tool, it's now possible to create more interactive content such as fill-in-the-gap activities and quick quizzes, which is a great enhancement for learner engagement. I was wondering if these interactive elements are track...

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I opened my MOD 8 quiz. As soon as I opened it. It said my time was up and it shut down. I didn't get to take the quiz. 

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Good afternoon everyone,Is it possible for the built-in timer inside the reply button, when the dialogue box opens, to make it a little more distinct so that it is more easily readable? I love recording and uploading my video responses directly insid...

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The assignment is submitted but it's not attached to Canvas, so on Canvas it shows as not submitted. I can't unsubmit the assignment from Google Assignments, and I have tried logging out of my account and changing devices, but the assignment is still...

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I'm following up on yesterday's inquiry about our group assignment and the individual interview threads we each need to create. Has anyone started this or know where to find it in Canvas? Please let me know if you have any information. Thank you. Orl...

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Is there a way for a student user to generate a complete list of assignments (missing) for ALL courses they are enrolled in? Right now they can do that by going course by course but it would be awesome if they could generate a master list somehow.

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I can't see the images in reports when we're reviewing questions in class. 

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Dear community,A student of mine made a lot of assignments before the summer holidays.After the summer holidays upon logging in he told me he lost a lot of the made content in those assignments and it was no longer visible.Is this possible? For examp...

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Hey, I'm a bit unsure about a message I sent through Canvas. I'm wondering if it went just to me, or to the whole class. In the "To:" field, it only shows my name, and the message is only in my sent folder. I can see an option to add all 60 classmate...

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I am a new student and my course starts tomorrow. It is an online course. I have logged into the student portal with my personal email and it says that I am enrolled in the course, but when I log into canvas with my new TAFE email it says I am not en...

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My instructor says her end is showing the assignments as published, but they are not showing in my portal. She has advised me to start a ticket with Canvas. How do I do that?

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When an assignment is created there is the option for "paper copy submission" which is great. However students can't see that option displayed. It just gives them no option to submit. Can we get an option to display "paper copy" to students so they r...

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This explains everything... Not. The instructions are lacking one key element and that's how actually access and post discussions for my specific class properly. 

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How do i get the analytics of an uploaded, posted fille...how many students access? how long? what time? etc.

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new to the platform and just trying to learn how to utilize all the features.. So hello everyone

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I took a classic quiz using OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas web browser - prompting it to provide a list of all the correct answers right after starting the quiz.  It scored a 95%.  What are your thoughts?  Image below to illustrate. --

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I feel like it would be extremely beneficial to both the students and instructors to include the option to negate 0's when looking at the average scores. I feel like this gives a much more relevant score to see where everyone is performing, rather th...

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I have contacted Canvas and get the same answers with no results. I have the access code ( previous page on the module ), I have gone through all the previous modules and I am at this page and I am not able to Take the quiz. The take the quiz button ...

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Hello, i am trying to submit an idea i dont know how to do so, i can not find submit idea button or link unfortunately. I had wanted to request a feature to be introduced in Canvas LMS where students can directly contact the teacher. Not in the discu...

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I was just curious if anyone else is struggling figuring out this website and how it works. In ASU 101, we used Yellowdig, and that was very easy to navigate. For some reason, I have found this to be very difficult to work with. I wanted to see if an...

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Hi,I hope this is the forum to provide feedback.It would be nice to be able to press the "space" keyboard button to play/pause embedded videos throughout the canvas learning material as a student

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I can't log in with my Canvas account. I created the account with a join code. I am sure that the email and password I used is correct as I have notes. When I try to forget password, it doesn't send any email no matter how long I wait. When I tried l...

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I believe that the microsoft immersive reader is an incredible tool for disabled students like myself but I cannot figure out how I can use this tool for actual class readings instead of just canvas posts. It would be wonderful if there was any way t...

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I am a student who has been trying to upload an image as an attachment for a required assignment. This image is 692 kb. Whenever I try to upload, I get the "File storage quota exceeded" error. However, upon checking my files, I found that I've only u...

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I have Tasks for Canvas installed as a extension. Every time I tried to log into canvas for the last 2 weeks, the side bar doesn't pop up. This has not been a surprising issue either. Over the course of the week prior to when I couldn't open the exte...

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How do I forward an inbox message containing latex math? Sometimes a student asks a math question through the canvas inbox that I have already answered for another student. In this case the easiest thing is to forward the message I have already writt...

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A class from 2017 that I completed is still showing in my dashboard and I can't figure out how to remove it. All other past enrolled classes automatically moved there. Is this something the professor needs to do?  

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I am a student at a community college. For one of my courses, our professor requires students to upload short (minimum 2 minutes) videos in reponse to a discussion question. I usually record the video on my iPad or iPhone, and they are often 4-5 minu...

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