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FotiosGkouvas · 2024-11-01

Hello team So I have come across a specific field while I am creating a quiz (New Quizzes). That is the "submission type" field which is not edible. Please see the attached screenshot. Does anyone know its functionality and if it can be edible how we...

jmagee1 · 2024-11-01

I'm an ID trying to assist an instructor who wants to be able to put a quick True/False question in a Canvas Page to check for understanding. She'd like it to provide immediate feedback as well. There are plenty of options that would take the student...

LF11 · 2024-10-30

This just started a few hours ago. When I try to assign something (discussion, assignment, etc), the assign box is greyed out. I have logged out and in. Nothing seems to be working.

FabioRossano · 2024-10-30

Hi, There are some inherited developer keys where the names have leading spaces resulting in some issues (e.g. sorting, odd results in Canvas Data). Is it possible for Instructure to remove these spaces, considering that inherited developer keys can ...

FlemmingVesterg · 2024-10-30

Hi I have discovered that the download button has been removed from Canvas, when you are adding PowerPoint slides to a Canvas modules, using iframes from OneDrive. It is no probem when you are attaching other Office365 files (Word, Excel, pub etc). ...

smathews · 2024-10-29

We have Canvas Studio for video submissions to assignments. What is the difference between that and "media recording" submissions? Are they the same? Does Media Recordings still have limitations compared to Studio? There is no choice for submitting j...

DanielWeinberg · 2024-10-29

Students who are dropped from a course in our SIS (PowerSchool) are still appearing in the course on Canvas as "Inactive." I've tried removing them from the course directly in Canvas, but they reappear after the roster sync. Is there a way to not h...

MingleDynasty24 · 2024-10-29

Hello, All! We have an instructor at our institution that has made updates to the master course, but when the master course was copied over for her 8-week session, the changes did not copy over. One example - The instructor updated the unit 1 quiz ...

jaimie_admin · 2024-10-29

If you are an instructional designer at a small private university, and there are four or less instructional designers at the institution, who manages your LTIs (TurnItIn, etc.)? Do you, or does the IT department?

carlos_gomez1 · 2024-10-29

Hello community, since october 21, we cannot generate the Student Submissions report from canvas, it got stuck in this state (image 1), we tried everything to get it unstuck and nothing works, any help?

EvanDonovan · 2024-10-28

In our Account, we have 3 active terms currently. We need to inactivate 2 of them because they are showing as defaults on the filters in the new Analytics Hub. I tried to do this on the Terms page, but didn't see an option for it. Both of these terms...

BethHolcomb · 2024-10-28

Hello,Our organization uses Canvas to provide training courses for our industry. We are finding that some factory workers that could benefit from these training courses do not have personal emails or unique corporate emails to use when enrolling. Is ...

LEASUSAN · 2024-10-28

Hey, Canvas Community! Happy Monday! We're in the process of implementing Simple Syllabus, and I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share the training assets they made for their faculty re: Simple Syllabus and Canvas. Anyone have a deck or a prese...

oneilllj · 2024-10-27

I would like to make a table that has multiple rows, however, each row will have a different number of cells/columns. I understand I can do this in HTML editor, however, for teachers who want to quickly create a table, what would be the best way? (I ...

AbdulKhadar · 2024-10-27

Hi everyone! In our school, we've traditionally used the quiz application in Canvas for conducting exams. Typically, teachers could set their own grading policies for quizzes they created, including options for manually controlling when scores are vi...

Chandler_Chu · 2024-10-26

Dear Madam / Sir.My current three Canvas LMS courses, DG4BBR, 98FMXT, and GETP3G, are their course codes, but I have an issue with posting new or reading the old announcement messages. My students and I can read the title list. However, the message i...

cew374 · 2024-10-25

Hi all,I am a student who uses Canvas for college. I would like to download all course content that was available to me as a student so that I can keep it after I graduate. I'll likely lose access to my two-factor authentification, which means I prob...

JackieGeiger · 2024-10-25

Any advice about pages assigned to a Mastery Path being deleted without intentional action by an ID, instructor, or student? I'm working with a few courses that use Mastery Paths. In each path, students complete a MC quiz as a pre-assessment. One ite...

clehmann · 2024-10-25

I have two ancient rubrics that were created at the school level that I cannot archive or delete. They both were created over 10 years ago, and we haven't used them in ages, but the concluded classes that used them are still there. Archiving gets th...

rgarcelon · 2024-10-25

Will the block editor for Canvas Pages feature be in the December 2024 Canvas Release? It's listed in the Q4 2024 Canvas Product Roadmap but has not been released yet, nor is there a description for it in the Canvas Product Roadmap page.

rgarcelon · 2024-10-25

Will the block editor for Canvas Pages feature be in the December 2024 Canvas Release? It's listed in the Q4 2024 Canvas Product Roadmap but has not been released yet, nor is there a description for it in the Canvas Product Roadmap page.

Balasubramani · 2024-10-25

Hi,When a teacher creates an assignment with multiple attempts, the grading only shows the score from the last attempt. How can I set the gradebook to use the highest attempt instead?I noticed this option is available in quizzes, but not in assignmen...

BrandonLennie · 2024-10-24

Hi,Is it possible to globally (or by sub-account) set the default announcement "Post To" audience to nobody? I've had a look and can't find a way to change the default. Attached is an image of the "Post To" drop down menu on a New Announcement page. ...

DaniMortimore · 2024-10-24

It seems like the observer role in Canvas is very basic but maybe I'm not finding it correctly. Here is what I'm picturing and not sure if it exists (YET). Observer logs onto Canvas.Sees a list of their children.They can easily see their children's g...

vinoluac · 2024-10-24

Is there a way to see old versions of assignments and discussions (similar to how we can see page history with any Canvas page)? This would help with a variety of issues and would be incredibly helpful!

muneeb_mobashar · 2024-10-24

I was wondering if there is a list of which course settings are altered when pushing content from a blue print courses. I understand the homepage and course Navigation menu can be pushed to the associated courses as well as the individual contents (A...

Tasha_Biesinger · 2024-10-23

When instructors set a Manual Post Policy students are not able to see grades or submission comments until the instructor posts grades. We recently noticed that the date/time associated with the submission comment(s) is the date/time that the submiss...

FotiosGkouvas · 2024-10-23

Hello team On Canvas guide, specifically on the Discussions page we see the following statement: " The Discussion Index page allows you to view all the discussions within a course as well as participate in course and group discussions. Note: Your ins...

agarciatms · 2024-10-22

Hello,I'm a new Canvas administrator and am looking to improve how our school has historically utilized the LMS. Currently, Grades 6 through 12 are using the Canvas LMS.At the moment, we create course shells and then teachers invite students to their...

DanielGraham · 2024-10-22

Hi EveryoneWe are currently exploring the Canvas Calendar functionality to help students with organising their work.The To-Do list is a great tool for helping students stay organised. When items are set as "to-do" in pages, by setting the item as a r...

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