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my canvas free for teachers no longer provides a file rename feature.
thoughts?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi, @ken_erickson , I checked a few of your courses and also "acted as" you; I was able to see a Rename option in the menu for the file. The options look like this (I blanked out the file names for privacy):
This is one of your older courses, but I wasn't able to reproduce what you describe in the new courses either.
I'm using the latest version of Chrome on a Macbook Pro, so try a different device/browser/cache clear to see if the problem resolves.
I solved this just now. When I see a file as a result of a SEARCH I cannot rename. But when I see a file in the folder, not as the result of a search, I have all the options.
After a search, all I see is "Download" and "share to commons". While building out a new course, I search through my (too crowded and yes I will tidy it up!) files of articles for this graduate class.
Thanks so very much Stefanie! Canvas is the best, and so are you!
Hi, @ken_erickson , I checked a few of your courses and also "acted as" you; I was able to see a Rename option in the menu for the file. The options look like this (I blanked out the file names for privacy):
This is one of your older courses, but I wasn't able to reproduce what you describe in the new courses either.
I'm using the latest version of Chrome on a Macbook Pro, so try a different device/browser/cache clear to see if the problem resolves.
I solved this just now. When I see a file as a result of a SEARCH I cannot rename. But when I see a file in the folder, not as the result of a search, I have all the options.
After a search, all I see is "Download" and "share to commons". While building out a new course, I search through my (too crowded and yes I will tidy it up!) files of articles for this graduate class.
Thanks so very much Stefanie! Canvas is the best, and so are you!
Thanks so much for letting us know, @ken_erickson !
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