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I am new to Canvas.Say I create an assignment group within Assignments, and I call it HW (for homework).Say I have three assignments in this group, namely: HW1, HW2 and HW3. I want a total score for the HW group because this will be 40% of the final ...

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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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On the page about the learning mastery gradebook, it says that instructors can view all students at the same time. However, Canvas actually only shows me 20 students per page. I would like to see all 200 of my students on one page. It is a pain to cl...

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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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Hi, This topic was asked back in 2021 and archived and am wondering if there has been any progress since then. I can't see anything new in the Guides.  Context: I have students undertake oral vivas online across a 4-week period. If a student fails an...

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Hello,I am seeking confirmation from IT/LMS Admin specialists regarding the interpretation of a specific pattern in a student’s Quiz Log, where NO third-party proctoring software was used.The quiz attempt was taken on a Windows OS machine that experi...

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Hi Today I noticed that I can not move a page which I have duplicated, from one module to another. I'm using Firefox web browser. I was able to do it at the beginning of the week but not today, it works OK in Chrome, but it's not my favourite web bro...

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For some reason I cannot get the fill in the blanks to trigger the dropdown. I have cleared my history, tried typing the question, copy and paste from the example. I cannot figure out why the options are not showing in the dropdown.   

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I have an instructor who wrote me about this issue: When students are taking a quiz (classic) every time they flag a question it jumps them all the way back to the beginning and they have to scroll back down to where they were. You can imagine how an...

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Is there any way to make the speed grader comment box smaller or expandable. Most times I write a word or 2 in the comments box but then have to take the extra step of scrolling down to find the submit button.

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

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Could someone, please, explain to me: (1) why annotated files downloaded from Speedgrader do not contain the full text of the annotations? and (2) why it is not possible to print out a downloaded PDF in SpeedGrader with its included annotations? Spee...

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Any time I click the three dots next to any item under modules in Canvas in the instructor edit view to show more options, Canvas immediately jumps to the top of the page. I have tried this across multiple different courses, browsers, accounts, and m...

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We want to create a course role for paras/ specialists so that they can help administer tests students when they meet with students so they would need to be able to see the quiz code. Is there a way to do this without also giving editing access for t...

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Why is it when I embed videos or insert images in my Announcement they only appear in the Announcement on Canvas and not in the email that goes out?

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Is there any information out there about the nature of the relationship between OpenAI and Infrastructure in regards to the sharing of teacher created content on Canvas?  Does the deal preclude Infrastructure from giving access to course material and...

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We currently use Canvas Free. When students are enrolled in a course through our CRM, we want to automatically:Create Canvas user accountsEnroll them in the appropriate courseReceive webhooks when they complete coursesQuestions:Does Canvas Free inclu...

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We are receiving reports from staff and students that their profile pictures have disappeared.  As the Canvas admin when I go to People for the whole district there are no profile photos, only initials.  This is a change from yesterday.  Was there an...

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A teacher entered grades and submission comments for half the class.  She was grading one question at a time and clicking the update for each student before going to the next student.  The next day, when she wanted to continue entering grades for the...

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I have used Panopto before, but it was integrated with my institutional address by my IT team.All of the solutions here and elsewhere say that Panopto is some hidden option in Canvas LMS. It's not there. Where do I start? I can use it when I log in t...

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We are a publishing partner and often will use mailinator accounts in our development courses for test student accounts. We have noticed over the past few weeks that our dummy mailinator accounts are not receiving emails. Has Canvas stopped sending e...

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Hello, I had a Canvas profile picture that was perfectly fine and it has now disappeared. I am not able to upload it again.  What explain this? I find it bothersome that something like this could change without my approval. Now there's a way to take ...

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I'm trying to upload a document from my google drive that has fillable text boxes.  (i.e. here's a question, answer it in the box below, etc.).  This is an assignment.  I want students to open the assignment, respond, and then submit the assignment. ...

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When I first create a new module in Canvas there is a great drop-target to upload files.  This drop target stays around as I add content until I navigate away and come back.  Then it disappears.  At this point, I have to go through a multi-click proc...

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A quiz is set as an assignment with students allowed to see the correct answers at a particular date and time. Is this also the time when correct grades are posted? (assuming that automatic submission is set?)

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I created a small quiz and now I want delete it from a course.  But when I try I get this message.  "Cannot change the due date when due in a closed period."  I am not trying to change a date.  I want to delete the whole thing.  This is a short multi...

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Hello, has anyone used LoreeDesign (Soaring Ed) before? I'd like to know the difference between Loree and DesignPlus of CidiLabs. Thank you

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Hello everyone, I am in need of converting question banks into item banks. I used to create classic quizzes, migrate them,  and export them and then reimport them as item banks. However, the classic quizzes function has been disabled at my university...

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I have chapter discussions in each module for my Statistics class. They are graded with Checkpoints: the Reply to Topic is worth 3 points and the one Additional Reply is worth 2 points, for a total of 5 points. But when I look in the Assignments list...

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I have a professor who would like to use questions from multiple sources to create a new assessment. Is there a way to sample question groups and then save the result and sample from it? We have used the question group feature successfully, but need ...

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