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How can we effectively use the Canvas Attendance feature to track and mark student attendance in regular face-to-face sessions? Are there any solutions or best practices available to streamline this process?  

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Is there a way to have the speed grader on an ipad to be a sliding scale? Really on either mobile or desktop version? Right now, when I move the slider it only defaults to whole numbers. If a student has earned a grade that isn't a full number I have...

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Last year using canvas I used to be able to filter by date and it the gradebook would only give me the total grade for assignments within the filtered date range. This no longer works and I cannot figure out a way to filter so that only certain grade...

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I am working with Copyleaks and wonder if it is possible to see the names of students who have submitted their work within our network. Is this a feature that needs to be turned on at the admin level? Thanks for letting me know. 

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Hi everyone,I am learning how to use Learning Stream and Canvas. We recently created an Event in Learning Stream with a connection to Canvas course ID number. We had batch enrolled registrants in that Canvas ID number. My colleague then put them into...

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I am writing to report an issue with the Canvas login page for our program. As shown in the attached screenshot, the page displays large text saying "Instructor" overlaid on the interface. This obstructs us from logging in properly. When we attempt ...

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I am currently running a suite of courses on Canvas which have one assignment and five quizzes that students must interact with to complete the course. On the assignment the students have to upload a PDF. However, there are no tutors or teachers on t...

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Hi HiveMind™, Just a note... we recently came across an incredibly interesting discovery in Canvas related to sorting student's last names. Call me crazy... but this doesn't seem right...   For a list of students that includes the following names: Jo...

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I like to leave my students comments on each individual rubric criteria. Is there a comment library feature for in-rubric comments, or is it only available for assignment comments in speed grader?

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I use rubrics for all of my assignments. There are two ratings: "Complete" and "Progressing." If a student gets a "Complete," a green line shows up on the rubric. If a student gets a "Progressing," a red line appears.More than 10 percent of the popul...

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Some of our faculty are already using free Canvas accounts. Is there a way to connect their accounts to our new college paid account so that everyone is under the same umbrella? 

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Can I use Canvas as a central repository for all admin? I want to be able to use Canvas to hold all the documents that our students might need, i.e. handbooks and absence forms, so that if they need to get hold of something they can find it all in on...

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We are setting up Canvas Elementary for our Primary Years and while some teachers have admin rights, I would like to limit their ability to create new subjects. Is there a way I can do this at the subaccount level?

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Hello community,  we have an issue where the text input field font size comes in too small for our Hebrew quizzes.  We do have a work around that where we edit and then import the quiz but it's a bit of work just to update one or two questions. I'm h...

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I am trying to post an announcement to my students. When I type it, it looks correct, but when I post it, there is a HUGE gap right in the middle of the announcement. I cannot remove this gap. What is going on here?

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Hey everyone! I have one more-Actually, I’m setting up an orientation on Canvas for Freshman 2025 at State University, and I’m wondering… is there a way to add some kind of checklist so students can track what they’ve completed?I’m worried they’ll ge...

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My Maths team are having a lot of issues with the equation creator in RCE as it doesn't have all the functions they need. I am currently looking into MathType as an LTI, however, as that can have a cost, it isn't necessarily our best course of action...

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I'm posting videos on several Pages in my course for my students. If a student goes back to watch the video a second time, will Canvas record that the student watched the video two times?

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Checkpoint discussions was supposed to be available in all accounts on 11/16/24. I do not see the option to turn this feature on. Am I missing it somewhere? Or did this feature get delayed?

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I'm trying to organize a self-paced orientation on Canvas for next year's summer intake.Any advice on how to set up a course where students can go through the material at their own pace but still stay on track?

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I am seeking feedback on how various institutions are setting up rubrics.  I am currently testing a few options: One rubric per assessment piece that a student will submit, set up in the relevant curriculum area sub account (pros - helps with naming ...

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One of our teachers created a discussion in a course and shared it with all students. However, when students try to access the discussion, they receive the following error message: "Access Denied: You don't have access to view this resource." Here’s ...

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Is it possible to access the submission of a student who has dropped the course?In a group activity, one student submitted the assignment on behalf of their group. Since the course instructor hadn’t set up groups in the LMS, marks are manually assign...

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We are marking students present and absent in roll call, some tutors have found that they marked a student absent for a tutorial but when they went back to the register the following day to check or update something the absent has changed to present....

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We recently conducted a mid-term test using the Quiz application in Canvas, and we encountered an issue. Individual teachers were unable to find the option to hide quiz scores from students until the scores are published. This feature was available f...

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I am wondering whether there is a way to archive all courses that are, for example, five years or older based on which Term they fall under. Effectively, I'd want to hide them from both instructors and students, but be able to restore individual cour...

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I'm trying to setup Canvas with SCORM assignments that open in a new window. Right now there's a ton of extra clicks required...The student clicks on the assignment button -> opens a page with a link to launch the content -> opens a new window that s...

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We have the assignment submissions set to one attempt. How do we do in and give only 1 student an additional attempt? I know in quizzes we can do this but not finding it in the assignments. 

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I am trying to setup a user roll that can only see grades and attendance. I created a roll called Career Technician (permission.jpg). When the user looks at their menu they have a whole bunch off items that we dont want (menue.jpg). How can I set thi...

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A faculty member has subscribed to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar. In Canvas, they added an "Available From" and "Due Date" for an assignment. The assignment appears in Google Calendar. However, the assignment appears as an all day event on ...

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