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Is er een mogelijkheid om een SCORM pakket aan te bieden met een directe link/url waarna de e-module schermvullend opent? 

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When using the API to List Assignments (https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/assignments.html#method.assignments_api.index), the bucket parameter can take several different values, including upcoming and future.  What is the difference between upco...

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We're working through a small pilot with Canvas right now, and one recurring request among faculty is to be able to adjust the wording of standard Canvas dialogs (e.g. dialing back the "does not count towards final grade" messaging of ungraded assign...

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I recently was made aware of a warning message in the “preview” window in Canvas courses when students select some files. The warning message seems to be occuring for files greater than 25 megabytes (MB). Wanted to share what I’m seeing, should you o...

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Wondering if anyone has experience using CopyLeaks in Canvas. We are considering CopyLeaks as an alternative to Turnitin but would like to hear of other higher-ed experiences with this product before we commit. 

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I am looking for recommendations on how to set up the following in Canvas. We are trying to set up a mentorship course that has a main teacher, but also mentors.  We only want the mentors to have access to their individual mentee's assignments and in...

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Due to new security policy I have been tasked with finding all users that has a API token, and if possible find out what their token is so that we can mapped who is making the call. Is there an API, report or admin view I can use to find these inform...

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Hi, I just wanted to ask if anyone is familiar with this Google Chrome extension "Canvas quiz solver": https://canvasquiz.com/ It automatically answers canvas quiz questions based on an algorithm. I imagine there are a lot more AI extensions out ther...

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Hello there:I am registered for IFC-5 course by Leon Van Berlo from BuildingSMAR. the course has been terminated at some level and I am not able to continue studying anymore. Does anybody have an idea? 

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Hello,  The Canvas video guides for students, instructors, and admins will be deprecated in December 2025. Where can I find a short video that provides an overview of Canvas's basic navigation for newly enrolled students? I could not find a video sho...

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I'd like to know how others are indicating when a course in Canvas is either a "Core" course, or an "Elective" course. I was hoping to locate a field in the course settings that would indicate the "Type" or "Category" of the course, similar to the Co...

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Long story short I got injured.  My grading period ended last Friday 4/4.  We had until 4/11 to enter grades. We are on spring break and I have 3 assignments and random missing work to enter scores.  How can I do this?  Grades are not finalized til T...

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I am wondering if anyone knows if Canvas has a time limit attached to their student user accounts, and if so, how long might they be. I want to know how long after I graduate my data would still be available if I wanted to access it still.

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Can you set access to an assignment or module to be based off the start of the course instead of specific due dates? So instead of a date-based due date, it would be a delta days-based due date with an assignment due 10 days from course start, etc. I...

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Our students submit an assignment each week, receiving a grade each week; but all in the same category.  Currently, we use separate dropboxes/columns for each week, which becomes "messy" on the grade book. Is there a way to create a single assignment...

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Hi all! I work in the Office of Assessment and Evaluation at my institution and we have just started utilizing the Canvas outcomes function. I would like to keep track of how many faculty have linked outcomes in their courses to assignments. Since th...

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Hi, I have did a workshop with a lecturer that would like to set not only a whole module, but specific module items a date and time to be published at. I'm having trouble finding the right solution to this, or if it is even possible. I am aware that ...

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Hi there,I'm currently using the open source version of Canvas LMS and was wondering if there are any plans to bring features like New Quizzes or other SaaS-exclusive functionalities to the open source version in the future.Additionally, is there an ...

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I am using New Analytics Online Attendance.  Our weeks run from Monday to Sunday.  The default in online attendance is Sunday to Monday  - the Sunday of the previous week the way we look at weeks.  Is there a way to change the default Sunday to Satur...

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Hello, I'm experiencing an issue when trying to display an HTML file in a Canvas Module. I uploaded a .zip file to the Files section and selected the main HTML file as the content for a module item. However, when I try to open it from the Module, the...

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I would like to propose a new feature in Canvas.    I have occasionally forgotten to all submissions for an assignment that I have created.  It would be nice to be able to see the submission status indicated in the "assignments" view of all assignmen...

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linked google doc assignments have disappeared from pre-created modules. Starting with this week's module, doc's that I've linked before (and used before) have suddenly disappeared. BUT, it still shows that I've linked it, it just doesn't show to me ...

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Why are courses we add to Commons losing image links when they are copied to a course?

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Hello there.I am specifically asking for Canvas, and NOT Catalog. I am wondering if there is a way to block certain email domains or IP addresses.For example: If I provide a direct enroll link to a course, can we specify it doesn't account @aol.com? ...

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We have run into an issue where newly enrolled students have not been receiving the email from Instructure to confirm their email address. They do get the email when we manually re-send it but that is not a sustainable workflow to do for every new st...

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I absolutely love that we can cut and past images into submission comments now. The only problem that I have is that I want it to automatically maintain the original dimensions of the image instead of it make it smaller. Instead, I have to manually c...

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Hi Canvas Community,   Question. We have a teacher who has built a 100-line Python app in Streamlit and he would like to find a way to host it somewhere for his students to use, ideally via Canvas. Do you have any experience on this which you can sha...

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I have written several exams on my PC in Canvas via UBC's website. I recently attemped a trial quiz in preparaton for a final exam and the Canvas system was running brutally slow and jumpy. I was unsuccessful in determining why after several hours wo...

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I was previously able to indicate a negative score in the Rubric, but this function seems to have disappeared... is it possible to bring this back?I want to include/have included item(s) within the rubric to account for did/did not actions that will ...

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