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A wish-list item, if you will: As not every institution's model follows the norm (mine is asynchronous with rolling enrollment), it would be nice to enable/configure lazy loading down to individual assets on a content page in a module. I experience b...

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Our Canvas / ITS group will no longer be providing support for SCORM packages. We currently use 27 courses provided as SCORM packages from a third party. Has anyone run into this issue? Have you worked out a different way to get your content from the...

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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME RESET MY LOGIN FOR THIS STUPID CANVAS ACCOUNT IM ABOUT TO GET MAD BRO THEY NEED TO FIX THEY STUFF BECAUSE WHY CANT I RESET MY PASSWORD AND NOT SENDING ME AN EMAIL TO DO SO 

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hi, how can I enable anonymous instructor comments on speedgrader?I do not see the 'Anonymous Instructor Annotations' as stated on this guide https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-enable-anonymous-instructor-annotations-in-stud...

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Has anyone used any of the freely available online Word to QTI file conversion tools?  http://ec2-34-207-154-191.compute-1.amazonaws.com/ (San Diego State University)https://utility.lsts.edu.vn/convert-quiz (found in Canvas Community)https://site.nyi...

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I give a lot of feedback in Canvas Comments for my students. We are evaluated on a progression of feedback and evidence that we work with students and give them multiple opportunities to master content. I do this, and it's an important part of my pro...

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I had a student report that some of their assignments on the grade page/to-do list appeared greyed out and didn't link to their assignment page (see attached image). After impersonating other students in the class, it appears that they also have this...

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I received a call from a professor today regarding an issue with not receiving notifications from Canvas. After reviewing his notification settings, I confirmed they were correctly configured to send alerts; however, he is still not receiving them. A...

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Hello.  Is there a way to align Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) with Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) in Canvas? Background: We do not currently use the native Canvas "Outcomes" tool (either at the account or course level) to put our CLOs or IL...

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I was trying to sent an assignment as an editable Google Doc for students so that it made a copy for each student. However, some logged in before the document was completely updated and now they are missing information on thier assignment. How can I ...

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Every time I try to upload an assignment in my Canvas web account, I keep getting this error message. I have tried BOTH the drag and drop feature directly from my files AND the "Choose a File to Upload" option. Both give me this error. This has happe...

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In Modules, there should be a way to select multiple items to be indented at the same time.   When you copy an item, you should be able to select multiple classes to copy the item to at once, like with a click box where you can select multiple classe...

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Hello there, I have a few quizzes that, have incomplete grading notes that our contract markers rely on for marking. Is there any way grading notes can be added to an already published quiz with students still completing the course? I see that there ...

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I have an individual assignment and individual quizzes that are only showing student groups in the SpeedGrader.  I cannot remove that filter and any individual assignment defaults to group grading.  This means that I cannot grade 130 individual assig...

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Hi there, my institution has guides on how to create Group assessments and they have this warning: "Ensure that you do not change the membership of groups *after* you have created the assignment. This will cause the assignment to revert to an *indivi...

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We are trying to access the quiz logs for our students. I noticed that when we review a quiz in speedgrader the quiz does not have a Quiz Logs button available to us to check those logs. Reading some of your documentation, I understand that this need...

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I need to confirm the date and time when a student first clicked to access a Quiz. I would also like to do this for every other Assignment for a particular student. How do I do that? 

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Every time I do an assignment I try to leave the assignment and save my data, but I can't. Every time I leave, it makes me start all over again. Canvas people, PLEASE MAKE IT TO WHERE I CAN LEAVE AN ASSIGNMENT AND NOT LOSE ALL MY PROGRESS. Thank you ...

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Hello,An edge case if you're looking to brainstorm 樂The storyI'm the Canvas admin at a competency-based technical college, where students are self-paced in each Canvas course. For example:Student A is in Module 1Student B is in Module 10Student C is ...

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We currently utilize a Microsoft form to simulate an online job application for our students.  I would like to be able to replicate this experience within Canvas, but can't determine whether there is the capability to do so.  I believe that I could m...

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In my course I have a page called 'Additional reading material' where I post recommended articles and literature. I have never had any issues with it but now changes I make are not showing up when I press save? What is extra strange is that when pres...

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Hi,Our Canvas site has enhancements turned on. I normally set up assessments as an 'Online File Upload' and turn the Turnitin Plagiarism Review on.This semester I have set the assessment up as an external tool > Microsoft OneDrive LTI 3 assignment wi...

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Hello, I am trying to find a way to put a downloaded link from an eBook on to a page?  The link cannot be edited and I am trying to see how I can move it onto a page instead of it sitting in the Modules.

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Hello, I am hoping to provide two final project assignment options for my students, so that they only need to pick and complete one of the options for their final grade. How can I set up the gradebook so that student's grades aren't impacted by the a...

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My Accessibility Checker constantly flags my content for lists. I would happily comply and use the list function (bullets, numbers) in Canvas if it weren't so difficult to use. It is practically impossible to create any list resembling an outline in ...

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Hi there, Will Canvas Studio be part of the new Block Editor? I notice on our Beta version there is an block option in there called 'Media' but it does not look like or have the functionality of Studio. Also, having looked at the block editor on our ...

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Is there a way to automatically resend course invitations? Currently, our institution manually resends invitations at 7 and 14 days for our shorter courses and 30, 60, and 90 days for our year-long access courses. This is creating a lot of work for o...

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Hi all,Our colleagues are using SCORM extensively to bring in a large number of Articulate Rise resources into Canvas in Page or Assessment formats. Is anyone out there doing similar and could help answer the following? 1) Is it possible (in the Cour...

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Hi,The forum speedgrader update is extremely slow and clunky. It seems to work like a video slot machine with each student going back to the top and then scrolling down to the most recent post/reply. Then, to see other replies or posts, clicking the ...

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