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Hi When testing Canvas and BigBlueButton integration, there is an issue that only happened in the Breakout Room. It does not happen if just in the main conference room from Canvas.  If creating a conference from BigBlueButton server's GreenLight UI, ...

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I was in the process of scoring essays when the rubric stoped working.  I decided to close out of the page and then try again.  When I tried to log back into the page I received an error message.  I then tried completely shutting down, but that didn'...

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Can CANVAS assure me that classic quizzes will still be supported till 2027.  Why? I am unable to migrate my question banks to Item Banks.  A few item banks do get made, but almost all of them don't. Do not know how CANVAS chooses to make a item bank...

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This is not really a Canvas question,,, but you could use this as well to help you get analytics on certain links.   I've made a shortened link rb.gy/8cdj07 - this is to some code for an online course I'm working on. But it is also possible to get da...

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I have assigned quizzes to my students and when I go to the Moderate section and  I press "View log" it says There are no session events to display yet. 

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Is there a way to decrease the font size in the grade book? I am unable to read the grades for the last student in the grade book. I haven't changed anything that I am aware of and I can't scroll down far enough to see the complete information for th...

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Is there a way to get the quizzes feature on Canvas to take the first attempt grade for quizzes and also complete the quiz to 90%? I'm interested in this feature, because I want to incorporate competency-based learning, but I want students to study p...

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I have instructors that will have multiple copies of the same rubric.  For example, "Rubric A" / "Rubric A (1)", Rubric A (2)", etc., most-likely the result of course importing. Before we assume that we can delete the extra ones and hope that only th...

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Does the presence of unexpected HTML in a Canvas quiz essay question answer indicate content was pasted - meaning plagiarized? This can be seen using a browser inspectors https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Common_questions/Tools_and_setup...

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I am a new instructor.  I am struggling with one portion of the grades continuing to reflect higher than 100%.  I have tried changing points, weight, and editing the individual assignments.  Despite whatever I do, the grades for that one portion rema...

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Hello! My university is looking for an alternative to Outcomes Assessment/Canvas Pathways/ePortfolios (I think these are all nearly interchangeable...). Essentially, what we're looking for is the ability to take student file submissions to specific a...

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I am building a course and the Admin. want my photo and name remove. It has no students at this stage but I cannot seem to remove the photo or name. I understand it will not likely remain at after the course copy stage but this is causing stress from...

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For my failing students I need to enter a last day of participation in a course when I enter their failing grade.  There is in-class attendance and there are also online assignments. I need an actual significant participation, not just a log in - but...

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I have added content to the Pages, but it is showing the student visibility icon as marked out along with the message "no content, not visible to students". Please help.

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Hello,Where can I find my textbook online in canvas? I have used Red shelf in the past but I don't see that as an option. Could it be under something else? 

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When importing the list of courses for a new term, I noticed that old announcements will also be imported. Is there a way to import courses without their announcements? Or do I have to copy each individual course to the new term? Thank you!

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#1--It is impossible to find the thread for this issue, so if you are Canvas responding, please attach a link to the thread.  #2--This has to stop!  Teachers should NOT have to defend when Canvas is incorrectly marking "collected" in PowerSchool when...

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Can't save changes until I finish registration process, but I am lacking lacking email in my inbox

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I'm feeling dumb asking this question, but I only ever used this functionality at the end of a course to see a student's last attendance/participation as required for my final grade entries. I used to be able to find (usually with a small amount of s...

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Hi,    May I please speak with the sales? I would like to buy a license for using Canvas Catalog and will need it asap to sell my course. I've tried many times to contact them, no answer.   Thanks,   Audrey

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Is it just me or are more people having problems with the embed button in the RCE? You push the cloud, enter the code, save, and the code will appear in the regular texteditor. After saving you see the code as text, but not the thing I wanted to embe...

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How can I view the whole class gradebook?  I am not able to scroll down to the last student in the class of 24.  I have to zoom out so much that I cannot even read the gradebook.

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I have accepted the code of conduct.  However my screen does not display any dashboard, theres also no materials uploaded in the modules.

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In my large (120-ish) 100-level undergraduate class, I assign about 20-25 homework assignments that I set up in Canvas Quizzes.I have set up the quizzes to allow multiple attempts, keeping the highest scores. Indeed, they are not just "open-book," I ...

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Hello all, I am a student currently stressing about midterms and final project submissions which was not help by an incompatibility with the Firefox update released just this last week.Multiple pages including "Files" and "Assignments" just won't loa...

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How do I assign a quiz to different classes without putting individual names in.  I teach 7 different classes, I don't want to have to put in the names in quizes everytime.  Thanks

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So I've been teaching the same course for several years and I'm beginning to notice that assignments from previous Canvas courses are porting over to my current course without me having imported them in any way. Consequently, students are occasionall...

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I came here to suggest a feature (batch edit add ability to set specific dates for all selected tasks at once, not just shift or remove them), and as per the system requests I had a look at similar requests already made. I found my exact idea, articu...

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When downloading the assignment that a student has uploaded (1 page with images/diagrams) to Assignments. It has the images moved down and the format has changed? Can this be changed or is there a work around to ensure that the downloaded file is in ...

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