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Is there a way to merge Canvas accounts for students and staff?  We have several students in programs outside our school who participate in Canvas as well as teachers who are in higher ed that use Canvas.  Is there a way to merge these accounts for a...

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I  just got a report from a faculty member who has been using Canvas for a while that he "had a bunch of information for students in posts on this discussion and they have just disappeared!"I checked his site and can't find the posts he said that he ...

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Is there a setting to include courses in the Report for Courses that do not have SIS IDs.  I am thinking that most or all of these courses were manually created and an SIS ID was not required, just a Course Code and Name.  *I was trying to prove that...

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All 11 of the Idea/Enhancement requests for having permissions that included add, edit, delete, remove, etc as one setting separated into multiple settings have received more than 100 votes and were moved into the Gathering Information stage. Canvas ...

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Can teachers cross list courses that were manually created with ones that were part of LDAP integration?

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We are new to Canvas and I'm one of the admins to our district's site.  I see the ability to create groups but I don't know what this actually does.  Here is what I'd like to do: If teachers create courses, let's say for a sponsored group or a sport,...

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I want to conclude a bunch of courses and while it is possible to do this via a SIS file I would like to do it via the api.  Is this possible?

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We have not enabled the full profile as explained in this guide.How do I edit my Profile?I tested this about two years ago and found that students could change/edit their name in all three fields. This was deemed unacceptable since this would also ch...

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I think collaborations and Google Drive will work great for my professional learning communities and Continuous School improvement groups. Are there other tools that work well for "Professional Groups?"  Would I just build a group in Canvas and use ...

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I am able to get the course information via a cUrl call to https://ourcampus.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/sis_course_id:jonstest1However the 'public_description' is not in that returned document as this says it should: Courses - Canvas LMS REST API...

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Hi all,We've been using the excellent USU custom tools/Kennethware 2.0 for a while at our institution but have never managed to get the template wizard to work properly.When you click on "Template Wizard" on the left sidebar or the "Change custom ban...

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In a large majority of cases instructors want to send individual messages (at a minimum to be safe about FERPA and personal content) but many instructors forget to check that box when sending an Conversation message.   It would be helpful if an optio...

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We're looking for someone who can help us with a one-off project integrating Canvas APIs & WordPress. If you've got the skills and an interest, contact Mary Kayler mkayler@umw.edu for more information on the project, timeline and $$ details. Thanks!

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I have a faculty member who would like to use Google Analytics at the course level.As I understand it, Google Analytics can only be turned on at the account or sub-account level using the Global JavaScript feature.To provide course level enablement, ...

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Hello all,I'm attempting to write a script for the bulk creation of Outcomes in our instance of Canvas. I'm running into a problem and I'm curious if any of you all have a solution. First, I'm using Python 3.4 with the Requests library (which might b...

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I am the Canvas admin at my institution. I have had two recent incidents where teachers abruptly deleted their courses from Canvas. How do I remove the "delete course" permission from the teacher role?

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Would anyone have nagios scripts to share that you are using to monitor Canvas?I am looking for scripts that would exercise various parts of Canvas; something more than a "ping" of the Canvas instance.If you have other mechanisms that you are using t...

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In Canvas Feature Ideas​ the top ten ideas submissions that are tagged with admin​ are currently:More granular permissions for admins (306)Inactive enrollment status for withdrawn students (216)Advanced Admin Search & Sort (166)The ability to edit Gl...

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Is there a way to change a user's title?I have a user who is no longer the department chair and he asked how he could remove it from his profile page. I didn't know how he could do it. I also have not been able to make the change for him. I assume th...

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Hi everyone,We've had a couple of reports over the past two days of students being unable to view Speedgrader comments while in Safari (I am uncertain of version at this time). While I dig in further, I wonder if any other institution has had reports...

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I have been working with Canvas since May. I set up the software, added my classes, students, assignments, quizzes, etc and have been excited about the new UI until I found out that I needed to be the Admin. I am the only instructor using Canvas at m...

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Hi All,My organization (a national non-profit that develops school leaders through professional development programs) is looking to extend the Canvas experience by using LTIs. We would LOVE your feedback regarding the LTIs you have used and your expe...

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We are looking for input from an institution that uses "Banner" as it's SIS.  When making users "active" or "deleted" in a course, how are you monitoring for this in Banner, so that the SIS Import "Enrollments" file puts the correct status for the us...

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I am a home educator that has a student taking two outside classes that utilize Canvas. I am enrolled as an "Observer" for those classes. I like the format so much that I would like to utilize Canvas for the three classes I teach the student. What is...

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How does a developer key differ from a data access token for accessing the API?

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Is there a short cut for adding questions in a question bank?  When I am building a question bank with lots of questions (+50) it's a pain to scroll back up to the top of the question bank to click on the add a question icon.  Is there a short cut so...

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I see how to resend a Course Invitation, but how do I resend the Canvas invite?Also, I see Course invites when I sign on Canvas.  Is there any way to send a course invite as an email to the student?ThanksJenny McGrailHoly Family Academy

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Hello,Is there a way to restrict file downloads such that the file is only viewable in a module and that students are not prompted/allowed to download to their local machine? All I can find is How do I restrict files and folders to students in Canvas...

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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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