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Hello! I'm helping faculty set up outcomes and we are wondering how to align multiple program-level outcomes to a senior capstone project. I apologize if I've missed something obvious. We're not very far into implementing outcomes, but I haven't foun...

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Whenever a student turns in late work I have to manually change the grade from missing to late even after I enter a grade. It automatically changes it if I use speedgrader, but not when I am at the gradebook.When I enter my pile of late work at the e...

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It would be very beneficial for observers (parents) if they could view instructor comments. If they had access to this information, they could better understand the grading of individual assignments and better understand the errors that their student...

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Hi there,We have a teacher with imported assignments that have their due dates change after publishing. Other faculty members have reported they watched this behavior occur. -An imported assignment has a due date adjusted to the current school year. ...

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I know that there is a little blue bubble that identifies someone has shared content with me, but how do I set my notifications so that I get an email alerting me to it?

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Has Canvas recently changed their qti format? In the past I could export a quiz that used question groups and import it into Respondus 4. When I do that now I get the error when previewing the file: DynaZip UnZIP error: zip file structure invalid (pr...

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I'm currently trying to do a quiz on Canvas but it says the service is unavailable due to maintenance. How long will the site be down?

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How do I search all my rubrics without going to individual classes

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Hello, I would really like to know if it's possible to edit the icons available in the canvas navigation menu. For example, changing the icon of the "control panel" button and adding another button, an extra button in the menu. Is this possible? If s...

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I completed the modules for the self-paced course, however, I cannot manage to locate my certificate of completion. I am supposed to receive it automatically via email, which has not occurred, and at the end of my final module I am referred to a link...

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Hi all, We are experiencing a couple of issues with our Pages Index page. For many users, when there are enough individual pages to require extensive scrolling, the displayed width of the table is shorter after the initial pages that were loaded. (Th...

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Is there a way to color code the classification of assignment categories:  Homework-Blue  Classwork-Green  Tests- Red  Quizzes- Orange  To see the different categories in the grade book? I know we can see for late, resubmission, etc.  Thanks,   

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Currently, we are encouraging faculty to clean up courses. Is it possible to have unpublished files be downloaded more than 1 at a time? And Is there way to distinguish files that are "scheduled" to be published, for example if they are in a unpublis...

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We run repeat courses for new student cohorts every few months. Typically, I'll just copy a course and change the start/end/assignment dates. The content copies over no problem, but increasingly, I'm running into a problem where media links (photos/g...

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Using New Quizzes, I am using them to build more of an activity like an escape room, but I want students to receive immediate feedback after each question. I have settings that they get one question at a time and that they can not backcktrack. But,  ...

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Hi everyone, We’d love to hear from anyone who has experience using ReadyTech or aXcelerate as their SMS integrated with Canvas. How was your experience, and what’s your feedback? We’re currently exploring which option to use and would appreciate you...

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With the new Cidilabs design tool, it's now possible to create more interactive content such as fill-in-the-gap activities and quick quizzes, which is a great enhancement for learner engagement. I was wondering if these interactive elements are track...

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Hi Today I noticed that I can not move a page which I have duplicated, from one module to another. I'm using Firefox web browser. I was able to do it at the beginning of the week but not today, it works OK in Chrome, but it's not my favourite web bro...

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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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