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RebeccaRincon · 2022-08-16

I am a new Canvas admin who has never worked with adding developer keys. I have had a teacher reach out asking for "access to the LTI.3 google drive."I understand this is something that I can enable, but do not know how. Can anyone advise how to manu...

rpsimon · 2022-08-02

Hi, we have a custom built SIS developed by a computer programmer on staff. Currently, I manually check the SIS for roster changes every day (multiple times a day during the first month of each school year) for roster changes. I then export the dat...

JasonPetersen · 2022-07-26

Hi, in our University, we are using several Microsoft Tenants for our different institutions. We are currently using LDAP with the new regulations requiring MFA. I am looking at changing our integration to SAML. Microsft now has B2B options that may ...

dave_bull · 2022-07-20

Hi All,I'm looking at moving from the LTI 1.1 version of Turnitin to the LTI 1.3 version.Just wondering how many of you have done this and if so, what issues/problems occurred?Thanks in advanceDave

p_b_rothwell · 2022-07-07

Hi Our Security team are requesting we enable Multi Factor Authentication for Canvas for staff and admin. Does anyone have any experience of the implementation of this? With particular reference to the followingGeneral access and user experience.Auth...

BenJam1n · 2022-05-13

Does anyone have experience with Jenzabar’s Retention service integrating with Canvas? If so, what are your thoughts?

BenJam1n · 2022-05-11

Hello,Is anyone else experiencing unrelated suggestions appearing in their search bar when importing or copying content to other courses? I can cut and paste the SIS ID of the course I am looking for and consistently receive suggestions for unrelated...

jsetnar · 2021-02-11

Hey fellow Admins, We use MS Teams extensively; I know that Canvas and Teams can be linked in terms of setting up a Teams meeting in Canvas. What I am looking for is accessing content. I am trying to find a way to link the two platforms where our st...

rislis · 2020-09-13

My students continue to get this message regarding the website is under heavy load.Interestingly, I find no advice when I search the Canvas Community for related searches.So, I decided to head to Google and this search shows me that this is a common ...

philmac · 2020-08-26

Hi all, might not be the right place, but I thought I would ask. I notice that there have been a couple of discussions mentioning the unlocking of module requirements for a specific user :https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Admin-Group/Unlock-a-specif...

irma_manty · 2020-01-09

How do you carry out deletion of student accounts from your Canvas? Because of GDPR regulations we cannot let data of students stay in Canvas after students have graduated

sendres · 2019-11-12

Is anyone else seeing this? When attempting to create an Office 365 Collaboration, a "your session has expired" error occurs. I have filed Case 04930126 with Instructure to see if they can identify the cause.Steps to reproduce:In a Canvas course, cli...

rob8 · 2018-12-18

We are running a self-hosted installation of Canvas on Google Cloud (using Bitnami deployment). We would like to use the Roll Call attendance LTI. Are there any instructions on how to set up Roll Call in this kind of environment? On the GitHub pag...

mrengifo · 2018-11-06

Hello, we keep getting this error when trying to set up SAML in Azure.Any Ideas?Sign inSorry, but we’re having trouble signing you in. AADSTS65005: Misconfigured application. This could be due to one of the following: The client has not listed any pe...

mhinojosa · 2017-06-01

I am in the process of cleaning up my Canvas Training courses. Some of them go back almost 2 years and most of the teachers can't even access them because of the date restrictions. Is there anyway to do a mass delete for this course? Some were set up...

mwade · 2017-04-12

I've submitted a feature request for Scheduled Reports. We have reports we run on a regular basis and it would be nice to have these reports run at a pre-determined day/time on a schedule.https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/8465-schedule-reports

bwalters · 2016-08-16

How is the “Total Activity” time that’s shown on the people page in Canvas calculated. Is it based on total interaction time on pages? How does “hang time” between interactions get taken into account? If at all.

david_rivers · 2016-02-02

Today I added an on-screen protractor for measuring angles in quiz questions. It can be toggled on and off from any question, and can be dragged around and rotated into position to overlay an image in order to measure an angle. This is the first of a...

khimmerick · 2015-05-06

I'm interested in using Starfish/Hobson's early alert with Canvas. So I'm looking for any feedback from existing users? It has a good review in the Instructure EduApp, so I'm thinking someone had a good experience with it. Any feedback or suggestions...

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