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Hello, I'm an admin and wondering if there is a solution for archiving old courses. In our district we have courses from 2017 so our list is very long. I’m aware of the new K16 archiving solution but was wondering if it is possible to do it outside o...

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When I remove a module from one of my CANVAS courses does it disappear?  If not where does it go?Thanks for the help!

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When working with multiple sections of the same course, we created "course shells" within Canvas for each course and only gave access to the subject matter expert (who was not the same as the faculty/instructor). We only created one weekly Rise modul...

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I am an Instructional Designer and Canvas Admin at a College. We just enabled SSO through MS Azure/Entra, and the /login/canvas "Backdoor Login" remains. I like that for admins, but is there a way to restrict which users can sign into [domain].instru...

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Dear Community I want to know how to enable - Parnet Apps - QR Code Login I can't find in my Admin menu Thank you.

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The update completed in the last 24 hours, reduced the size of the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in the gradebook.  They are VERY hard to grab with a mouse and are increasing the time it takes to grade my student's work.  All the teachers in my...

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After working for several years, Zoom and Canvas seem busted. I am getting this error.lti.error.instructor.emailError Code 2216 - v=2.0;clid=aw1;rid=INT_0cecd816fe48ef49 Canvas “support” was not helpful about what happened. Anyone have any ideas on h...

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Hi all, We have a student entering for the Fall term who has only 1 legal name. Have you experienced this at your schools? We enroll students through SIS import using Banner as our SIS. Banner requires something in the Firstname field. They recommend...

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I understand that page view data is not 100% accurate, and it is even stated that it should not be used to assess academic integrity (here: How do I view the page views for a user in an account?) But I have a user whose page view report shows absolut...

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We are considering adding the course format field (on campus, onlline, blended) to our SIS Import for courses to aid in reporting. I can't find that that field can be locked. From the Canvas SIS documentation it is not a "sticky" field, so will it ge...

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We are having an issue  with grades that are marked as excused in Canvas syncing with our LMS as a "0" score.  We have contacted support for both companies, however, there is apparently little we can do to remedy the situation.   The problem is some ...

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Hi Everyone!We are in the process of starting a new school, and we will be using Edmentum Courseware for our curriculum and building it into Canvas.  I’ve already set up the LTI link between the two, and I’m able to populate content into Canvas using...

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Hello! My university is looking for an alternative to Outcomes Assessment/Canvas Pathways/ePortfolios (I think these are all nearly interchangeable...). Essentially, what we're looking for is the ability to take student file submissions to specific a...

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I am building a course and the Admin. want my photo and name remove. It has no students at this stage but I cannot seem to remove the photo or name. I understand it will not likely remain at after the course copy stage but this is causing stress from...

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Are there any colleges out there that are using third party event management tools to create and manage groups and events that integrate with the Canvas calendar?  We tested creating groups and events with what is available in Canvas, and we discover...

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Is there any possibility of enrolling multiple users to a course through Canvas live APIs.If yes , How to do that ?

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Is anyone using Canvas for rank, tenure, promotion?   We have been using a commercial product which is a considerable financial outlay as well as a substantial cost in human capital.  We think Canvas could be a solution to the issue.  We could ideall...

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We have two accounts in our Canvas instance. The main account has numerous sub-accounts while other one has only one. I was thinking to move that one to the main account (including students, courses). How do I do that ? Is it possible ? I have seen a...

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How do you accept a pending student into a course? We will not require students to create a canvas account. Would like either instructor or administrator to accept on behalf of student. 

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Hello. I am the LMS Administrator for a government institution that uses a modified version of the open source Canvas. I know this falls outside of the scope of this forum, but I have tried for over a year to get my organization to do anything about ...

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Hi!I'm using Canvas Free for Teachers with a group of students from a wide range of universities. I sent out course invitations and am tracking confirmed enrollments. Some students are clearly enrolled and active in the course (based on course activi...

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As Admin I can set `participation´ in the root account. Picture below is in Dutch, sorry about that, but I hope you will be able to figure out my question                  Please imagine with me. The participation is set to start on august first 20...

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Suspend or delete a year group ie: year 12  students can we bulk suspend or delete?

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Is it possible to require invitation acceptance by students when they are automatically enrolled in Canvas courses?

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Hello! As a teacher in a large district, my students have found they can inbox message students from any section -- our librarian has all the students in her canvas, so they have access to students in the whole school.  Therefore they are arranging m...

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Hi!How can I make Canvas send notifications to administrators when a user accepts an invitation and confirms their account or what can I know it? My user role is administrator.

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Good day Kindly note my assignment upload doesn't haven't upload option, it's only submit here button but no option to upload please aKind regards Gracious 

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My use case is to search a list courses that contain Classic Quizzes and to list any Quizzes that have "shuffle_answers":true and that contain one or more questions that have "All of the above" as a answer or distractor. Unfortunately we have thousan...

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Hello,I am currently trying to access a previous enrollment course that I have an incomplete credit for but the course does not come up at all when I look at past enrollments. I can see many of the courses that I've taken in the last 3 years but this...

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I am seeking ideas from the community about how to optimise our regulator-mandated self-assessment process. Our current process is: At the start of a course, students rate themselves in a range of skills, using a Classic Quizzes survey.At the end of ...

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