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Struggling with Canvas quizzes NOT accepting answers.  Students click on multiple choice or T/F, and no answer will record.  Have tried on the app and on the desktop versions multiple times. Will work for some but not others, and exiting and restarti...

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Hi there, I use group events in the Canvas calendar but recently when I've tried to adjust the schedule by selecting "group details", they've been greyed out and I'm unable to adjust the times and dates. I can change the description, location, and op...

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Exporting announcements with a picture. Will this ever be addressed by Instructure??? I teach 4 classes and have to copy over 40 some announcements to each class.  The college wants the picture included. 

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Our institution uses the & symbol to denote courses that fulfill specific general ed requirements. Ex. Math&107.  After the recent import update the instructors cannot search for their classes using the & symbol, it has no impact on the results. Exam...

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I'm trying to track down information about auto-captioning. I know that auto-captions are available with Studio, but I've been told that auto-captions WITHOUT Studio (i.e., vanilla Canvas) are coming soon. Does anyone have any information they can li...

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Morning all, In the image below, you can see that the Previous and Next buttons float at the bottom of the screen. This means that users do not have to scroll to the bottom of the page/screen in order to move forwards or backwards to the next module ...

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Hi, I am reaching out to inquire about the availability of an API for managing Item Banks in Canvas's New Quizzes. Our team is interested in automating the creation and administration of Item Banks to streamline our assessment processes. Could anyone...

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For assessing students confidence and fostering self-reflection we use a self-assessment at the end of a module.As well as allowing students to keep track of their learning, this information helps the TA and Course Leader to see if there are any conc...

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At Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, there is a requirement to identify a local mentor. The webpage with Instructions is here: Week 3: Enlist Your Local Mentor.Students send a verification link (https://share.hsforms.com/1BODo5ApDSZWw87_dXCuNZ...

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If you pause while typing in the search box of Canvas Discussion Forums, it takes off anyways.  This is extremely frustrating having to keep clicking back in and re-typing.  Can it just wait until you press "Go??"

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My school says it is difficult to develop a course on Canvas and that this is what often keeps them from offering new courses.  I'd like to see if i can learn to develop and publish courses on Canvas so that I can offer that service to my school to h...

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We are trying to setup our first blueprint course using mastery paths. When it is synced to an associated course, the conditional content pages in the mastery paths are no longer in the mastery paths in the associated course, even though they are syn...

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I have created several New Quizzes in which I have aligned each quiz question to a single course learning outcome. Is there a way for me to automatically create a question bank that contains all quiz questions aligned to a single course outcome? Or, ...

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Hi all,I am a Instructional Designer trying to find a solution/ work-around to build the following activity type:- a question that allows short or long responses (a few sentences to a paragraph)- ungraded (no instructor will be manually releasing fee...

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We have a number of courses that were created from templates (the Enable course as Course Template is selected in Settings). There is something new happening. When we copy a course created from a template, it's copying the course itself AND all of th...

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I've uploaded a SCORM package with a virtual tour. It can be implemented as a page and the tour functions (360 view works, going from hot-spot to hot-spot works). The integrated video however does not work; it shows a dark blue frame (which is indeed...

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As anyone done a questionnaire within Canvas to define a students VARK Learning Style? Very similar to this, but the results can be given within Canvas.https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/ It would be fantastic if I could get add this withi...

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Hi,I assigned a final and distributed a maximum of 100 points. On the syllabus, the final is said to weigh 30 points out of 100. Unfortunately I forgot to adjust this on the final itself, and now the final outweighs all the other assignments combined...

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I am trying to add a designer to help me create a course, and it says the user does not exist. Which is true. However, I cannot add; do I have to add another way? Talk to the administrator.  How do I find out who is the administrator? 

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Hi there,I have uploaded a SCORM object as a graded assignment and configured the settings to open the SCORM object in a new tab. I have included learner instructions at the top of the page. When I review this in Student View the 'Previous' and 'Next...

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My quiz fails to open when I hit the take quiz button. It says that the course is unknown to the system, and that the professor to check browser settings in dashboard

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Hi everyone,I have a question regarding cross-listing in Canvas. If I cross-list multiple courses into a single course, will students from different original courses be able to see each other?Additionally, can groups be created that mix students from...

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Good afternoon, Today, I worked with a faculty member who had an interesting request that I can't seem to find any information on. They want to download graded rubrics in a format that can be easily shared with accreditors. We found a couple of Chrom...

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I've created a digital badge already in Canvas Badges, as well as issuers. When I go to assign my badge to a course in Canvas LMS - there is no badge option in the navigation menu. I went to the setting on the left hand side, selected the Navigation ...

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Our course home page was chock full of information for students. Just recently, the content we had is gone. The home page now shows Recent Announcements and Assignments, which were never found there before. I'm hoping someone can help us either recov...

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Hi there, I'm tying to work out how to create an interactive element that appears on a page - like a quiz but without the grading, assessment time and results wheel - I just want students to write a reflection without it being an assignment. Its for ...

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I've noticed that whenever I copy a course from a previous semester and adjust the assignment dates to match the current term, all assignments for the new student roster automatically receive a grade of zero. I then have to manually delete these zero...

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I'm just wondering if it is possible to create a bank of feedback comments that can be used across multiple Rubrics/Assessments? you're able to save a comment you make when giving feedback so that you can utilize it again for that singular task, but ...

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I am trying to add a question for an algebra class that requires students to write a polynomial in standard form.   When I use the backticks on numbers and variables, the + and - signs are recognized but the 3x^2 is not.    Is there a way for fill in...

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