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Like many, the 2024 Discussion Redesign has impacted my use of Canvas. These days I continue to look for and create work arounds to lost functionality. Today, my focus is on removing student and my own tests to discussion forums without leaving the '...

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I can't figure out the difference between "Cell Spacing" and "Cell Padding." What I'm trying to do is create more of a space between the edge of each cell and the text inside the cell: as it is, it's crunched right up to the left-hand cell edge. Also...

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I am the account administrator and am trying to add additional admins to our subaccounts. I've already created additional admin roles based on the directions found here successfully, but once I go to the Admin tab under settings, the additional roles...

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So I use NearPod and integrate the NearPod lessons into my Canvas site. It used to be flawless but lately it will randomly ask students to sign in with one of four options - Google, office 365, and 2 other options I don’t recall. Why is it randomly d...

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When will the new courses be available to add to the favorites list 

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I recently enrolled in my Spring 2025 classes after the semester started, and while they are visible on my schedule in MySMU, they are not appearing on Canvas. Enrollment advised me to contact my professors to add me to the Canvas courses, but my pro...

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I MISTAKENLY COPIED THE WRONG COURSE INTO THIS SEMESTER'S SHELL. I READ THAT I CAN GO TO MY COURSE SETTINGS AND SIMPLY PRESS THE RESET COURSE CONTENT TAB ON THE SIDEBAR BUT I DON'T SEE THE TAB. CAN ANYONE HELP?

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can I download/access voice thread in Canvas?

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I have not been able to load my assignments connected to Google Drive. When I open the assignment that my teacher assigns I click on it and click on authorize to connect to my google drive and it shows up as loading but will continue showing that is ...

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1) I am trying to copy course content from last semester to this semester.  I cannot get the pages to copy/import.  I've done this every semester since 2020 and not had any problems.  Any ideas on how to fix this?2) I've also got another new problem ...

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Is there a way to use two sorting orders at the same time to display a grade book?  I'd like to sort the columns first in the order of Assignment Groups and WITHIN each group, display the assignments in the order of earliest-to-latest due dates.  It ...

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How do you assign weights to an Assignment Group?

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Description of the Issue:I am unable to upload my elevator pitch video for the first assignment of the INT 6200 Experiential Learning Project course on the Canvas platform. Despite the video file being under 60 MB, I have tried multiple upload method...

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Hello! How can I make the video content in the Modules section mandatory to watch in full without allowing skipping?

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Hi all!I created an assignment, and it says it is "published" in the teacher view. However, when I switch to student view, it doesn't show any assignments due. I checked the assignment date, and that is all in order. I also ""invited" my students to ...

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I need to transfer material posted in last semesters class into this semester. I dont see the path to do that.Thanks

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When my students view the assignment tab, they see a score for completed assignments.  However, for the same assignments organized into modules they do not see the score.   Is there a way to change it so my students see the scores of completed assign...

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Hello,I am part of a course where we must take quizzes after each module. Our instructor has set our quizzes to be untimed and one attempt. If I start one quiz, can I open the second quiz and other quizzes and view it without submitting the first one...

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We have just started the 30 day trial with Quizizz. The trial includes an integration with Canvas. The integration is very impressive indeed and has 3 main features: As an assignmentAs a linkEmbedded in a Page The steps are very easy to follow (help ...

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We are a law enforcement institution. We need to be able to display all course categories to our learners, with the ability for them to open a category and see the courses available within it. Is this possible? We are moving from another LMS that doe...

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Hello, Where and how do I make a suggestion for a feature I would love to see? I would love to be able to make subsets, folders, categories, whatever you want to call them, in my Assignment Groups. And have the order I place pages stay consistent as ...

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Buenas tardes, Me ayudan por favor si es posible generar un reporte o estadísticas masivas que pueda descargar, donde sepa que estudiante está matriculado a un curso. Muchas gracias por su ayuda.  

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I have just received another last-minute class due to registration at our campus. I will need to roll in my course content (I know how to do that). However, can I first delete the other teacher's content, since they are so different? The book remains...

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Hello everyone,Is there a way for me to recover accidentally deleted assignments from the previous semester? I was trying to move the assignments I created in Semester 2 from one category to another (ex. imported to classwork). However it showed dupl...

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I have a student that was enrolled in the class but their email is different or incorrect so when they say "forgot" password they are not receiving an email to reset it.   Removing by deleting the student from the class and then sending a new "invita...

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Hello Community, We have recently completed our migration from Blackboard Learn to Canvas. As part of this process, we need to archive our previous courses from Blackboard, including crucial student data such as enrollments, submissions, grades, and ...

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Hello, New to New Quizzes here. My teammates and I have noticed that any content styled in the Instructions section or a regular question using the RCE changes in appearance once saved (Build is clicked). It seem minor, but squashing the line-height ...

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We are having issues with our SIS sync.  I am needing to generate a report that lists ALL courses for a given term with the student enrollments (course roster) for each individual course/section.  Any advice would be appreciated!  Thanks.

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This question was asked in 2017. Summary: When assigning peers to give peer feedback to, the automatic assign function does not respect sections. Students from different classes can be assigned to each other. That goes against how sections work with ...

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