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A few tasks in Canvas are ridiculously tedious with too many unnecessary steps.  When I am looking at my list of announcements, the triple dots give me one option-delete. I almost never delete an announcement, but I do edit them ALL THE TIME. In orde...

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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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I am trying to create an assignment so that students can upload a draft document for me to give feedback on. According to the Canvas help, I should be getting a box where I can choose the type of assignment.  And there should be a type that allows up...

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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 trying to copy a test from a prior class (2023) to two new ones. When copied, the test does not allow edits and does not show the questions as editable. It reads Build, in fact.I tried several approaches but to no avail. I tried copying the test...

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I haven't noticed this before, but when I filter to All Grading Periods in the gradebook the total columns are not displayed. We have semester grading periods and an Assignments without Due dates grading period. We mentioned "All Grading periods" bec...

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We are having an issue with the number of SharePoint groups being created by the Microsoft Education integration with Canvas. Faculty are using the integration, which is great, but how are people managing all of the SharePoint groups being created by...

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Hi! The scroll bars on Canvas are either nonexistent or so light in color that I cannot see them. I wave the mouse around to light up the bar. It wastes so much time. How can I make them darker?I have played with settings, and the visual editing. Tha...

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When attempting to open links in my course modules, "Module 1 Lecture Video with Closed Captioning Links to an external site", the link takes me to a blank page.I have tried troubleshooting through different browsers to no avail. Does this mean the l...

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Hi. A colleague has posted a quiz and forgotten to check the option to allow the students to see their own answers (plus correct answers). The quiz grades have been released, but the students cannot see their own answers. I can think of two possible ...

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Hi Canvas LMS, I am unable to find the Discussion Board on my canvas as an online student.Maybe this feature does not exist anymore, seeing that the canvas looks different in many of these canvas tutorials? Kind Regards,David

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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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HiDoes anyone know of a way my university can enroll outside people in a course with student access?They do not have university ID's and are not currently students.The reason they need access is to test their skills and knowledge so they can then enr...

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It appears Canvas has made changes to what javascript is allowed to do. I used to upload my files which consisted of practice lesson pages and answer pages. Students could then select radio buttons for each numbered question and, when done, could cli...

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I make requests to this endpoint:GET /api/quiz/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzesIn the list I get back, sometimes instructions and quiz_settings are null. Why? How do I prevent this?Here is an example where quiz #3 does not have instructions nor settings...

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See this previous post where the idea was proposed, voted on, and approved. See the release notes from Feb 2, 2017 where the feature was deployed.   Now I can't seem to find anything about it?

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Returning after summer, I noticed SpeedGrader has changed. One can no longer see all PNG and JPG uploads a student made (oddly, they are now hidden under "Details", who would have thought?). And, even worse, there's no download button under "Details"...

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I am exploring the APIs to fetch Total score for every Module in a Course for all the Students. Please refer the attached screen print. I was able to get the scores for each assignment/quizzes using /submissions API and the final score for the whole ...

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I want to sure my Canvas course with other Teacher's in my grade level so they can see what we are doing. Having the Copy To function is super helpful if we want to utilize assignments the other teacher has made. However, you have to give a teacher e...

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My LMS default language is my native language, but I am more comfortable with English(US) as my system language. But when I changed it and came back hours later, it switched back to my default language. This problem has repeated many times, and I can...

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I have my Delta Math assignments set to "passback" the grade to Canvas at the due date/time. I believe new this year is that when Canvas imports the grade, it includes an automatic comment on the assignment, "DeltaMath Grade Passback." This is not a ...

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Hej!Kan jag själv skapa ett nytt kursrum för OM115G för VT -26 eller behöver ni göra det?Det är kurs koderna O2960 och O4412. 

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Hello Friends,How do I set up a Canvas Discussion so that students are forced to submit their original post before they can view or read any replies from their classmates? Which checkbox or option enables this feature in the Discussion settings windo...

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