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We currently use Canvas Free. When students are enrolled in a course through our CRM, we want to automatically:Create Canvas user accountsEnroll them in the appropriate courseReceive webhooks when they complete coursesQuestions:Does Canvas Free inclu...

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A teacher entered grades and submission comments for half the class.  She was grading one question at a time and clicking the update for each student before going to the next student.  The next day, when she wanted to continue entering grades for the...

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We are a publishing partner and often will use mailinator accounts in our development courses for test student accounts. We have noticed over the past few weeks that our dummy mailinator accounts are not receiving emails. Has Canvas stopped sending e...

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Hello, has anyone used LoreeDesign (Soaring Ed) before? I'd like to know the difference between Loree and DesignPlus of CidiLabs. Thank you

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I have a professor who would like to use questions from multiple sources to create a new assessment. Is there a way to sample question groups and then save the result and sample from it? We have used the question group feature successfully, but need ...

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I post answer keys as Pages within Modules (below the Assignments) so that support teachers may have access to assist students.  These Pages remain unpublished, yet are viewable to teachers, as allowed.  ***Is there a way to protect these Pages, so t...

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Hello, everyone.I’m customizing my Canvas course pages and need some help with a few CSS/HTML features. Specifically, I’m looking for code or methods to achieve:Scroll-Based Progress Bar (Module Progression):A progress bar or animation that fills up ...

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We are working through this as well. If we build Blueprint course templates and the faculty use that to bring in the designated course outcomes and state assessments, will we be able to pull college wide data out? Can I build the outcomes in the blue...

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I took a classic quiz using OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas web browser - prompting it to provide a list of all the correct answers right after starting the quiz.  It scored a 95%.  What are your thoughts?  Image below to illustrate. --

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Hi,I am a trial user testing Canvas LMS and wanted to test how I LTI-integrated a H5P learning module. H5P does not show up as a possible External Tool in my UI. I was under the impression that H5P integration would be possible. Am I misunderstanding...

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Hi, I advised faculty member against using a new quiz with multiple attempts together with a late submission policy because of these two notes (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-apply-a-Late-Submission-policy-in-the-Gradebo...

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Hello there, Is there a current solution to allow a singular Group Discussion assignment with, let's say, three groups, each with its own prompt to discuss? We could set up three separate discussions with the individuals assigned. But this solution o...

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I want to create a course with Modules.  Each module is a video where I share information to other teachers.  At the end of each module, they either have a quiz or post to a Discussion Board to complete.  I want them to watch the video again if they ...

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I submitted this as a ticket and I still have not gotten a response from support. I'm hoping I can get support here as I'm meeting with this group tomorrow.   We have created a manual course for a non- degree required, non-credit, but part of curricu...

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Hey folks. I've been in the LMS space for a while now, and I wanted to hear other people's ideas on how they use SCORMs in Canvas.More specifically - I have a number of courses that I have to build out around a series of SCORM modules. Yes, I know, i...

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Why don't assignments created in the Turnitin external tool show up in speed grader anymore?

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We are having an issue with the number of SharePoint groups being created by the Microsoft Education integration with Canvas. Faculty are using the integration, which is great, but how are people managing all of the SharePoint groups being created by...

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See this previous post where the idea was proposed, voted on, and approved. See the release notes from Feb 2, 2017 where the feature was deployed.   Now I can't seem to find anything about it?

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I want to sure my Canvas course with other Teacher's in my grade level so they can see what we are doing. Having the Copy To function is super helpful if we want to utilize assignments the other teacher has made. However, you have to give a teacher e...

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Gemini (AI) helped me write the code for a web page that has embedded in it an interactive quiz we made, and room for other interactive assignments.  I would like to prepare an assignment in Canvas that opens that web page.  How do I do that?  All I ...

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Good afternoon, in Beta, I was looking at how grades were displayed in the Gradebook for a particular Assignment. The Assignment setting for "Display Grade as"  is:  Letter Grade The Grading Scheme: "Enable course grading scheme" is checked (enabled)...

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In the "Modules" section of a course offering in Canvas for which I am the instructor, there is a Module entitled "Meet the Instructor." This Module has a formated section where a video may be uploaded.  I would like to upload a video I created that ...

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I teach photography, and student submit many individual, large sized tif files. And, I teach 4-5 sections at a time, that are all combined into a single canvas page. When downloading student submissions all at once, It often errors out when creating ...

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I create a test question, for example, Multiple Choice. I try to insert an image. I press the "Upload Images" button in the Menu.  I select an image (.jpg, .jpeg) for my computer.  The image shows in the uploader and I click "Submit. The image shows ...

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My assignment's tab is getting really long. Two main concerns here: 1. There is no way to sort alphabetically, due date, etc., seems pretty archaic for 2025 2. There is no way to multi-select assignments to delete, move, etc. Can the instructor side ...

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I have four modules for my class, and it would be really nice if I could create sub-modules that are collapsible so the students don't see a daunting list of 50+ things within one Module. Imagine like Sub-units that can be expanded to show work witho...

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Hi all, I am in the process of replacing embedded Canvas Video Tutorials with the newer Canvas Shorts. I've discovered that the handy keyboard shortcuts option in the New Media Player has been replaced with a button to copy a link that, when pasted i...

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I am building a Canvas LMS course for a group of simulations.  I want the files to be viewable only - no downloading (select files) at all.  Is this possible in Canvas? Thank you, Renee

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Hi all,  I have had a page working for some time now (well until today) where I could click on an image or button at the top of the page and it would go to a link on page. Admittedly, this link was through an accordion set up, but it worked. Today, I...

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Imagine you are a middle-schooler, and that "missing" button is the only thing that will get you to even somewhat begin to care about whether or not you do your work. Your teacher has warned you a million times not to ask her if something will be gra...

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