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Is there a wayt o disable the Settings navigation link? I don't want teachers to go inside these options and make changes. I have already restrictred many of what they can see and change in the Admin or there is a Role that doesn't have access to the...

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My usual community forum presence is in the Canvas Developers group. I'm also planning on asking our CSM about this, but I'm curious to know from the general community why a simple audio playback interface is not available when inserting media that i...

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We use Sapphire for our SIS. This year we developed a Course Template and have it linked through the Admin account to populate for all new courses created. I would like to have the SIS Categories already synced in the template course when the new cou...

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A nursing program needs to have 77% assigned into different exams to pass, and somehow discussion and assignment are only taken into consideration if students pass, is there a way to do it directly in Canvas gradebook and avoid having to export the g...

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I am writing some course automation and auditing tools using the API.  I am able to call most of the endpoints without problem.  I need to place a JSON file in the course that will contain some versioning information that I need to read to perform th...

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I teach several classes. Some courses have a dozen students, others (dissertation mentorees) may only have one or two. I would like to see progress (mystudents) for all of my students across all assigned courses, rather than having to open individual...

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Seeking help. The issue seems to be that the Canvas Syllabus page has something going on where it does not display a full webpage built within it. I also am not smart enough to figure out how to have my page display at say 95%, so that fully displays...

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Please make text headers visible in Modules during "Next" button navigation. If you believed they were visible, they aren't. If you are a designer and you feel information is important enough to put in a text header, you probably believe your users c...

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I have uploaded hundreds of SCORM files (Articulate Rise lessons) to my Canvas account. The load time and lag on this page is immense. I am hoping to be able to clear the cache of uploaded lessons, as some are out of date/duplicates. Is there a way t...

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Hi everyone, We encountered an issue with the embedded Mentimeter live survey. When we embed the iframe with the link https://www.menti.com/XXXXX and save the page, it automatically scrolls down to the embedded Mentimeter when the page is opened. I t...

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I created a course in the Canvas learning management system. The course has several types of groups. It has discussion groups. It has team project groups. It has pair concept mapping groups. I set each group up such that it has a unique name. For exa...

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Hey all! Hope that you are doing well today. We are working on redesigning one of our courses and are having trouble with text being visible in light mode but invisible in dark mode (this is particularly an issue for mobile Canvas users). I've spent ...

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I have students respond to a survey at the beginning of the semester indicating things about themselves like favorite food, sports teams, etc. Then, during the semester, I use these responses to personalize the questions in my assignments using the s...

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I am a Canvas admin looking into setting up user groups for my campus. Can the group homepage navigation items be customized for different user groups at the account level? For example, groups would be useful for our school for distributing resources...

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Hello, I understand there are 2 API's lets say the regular API:Accounts - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation (instructure.com)and Data Access Platform Libraryinstructure-dap-client · PyPIIs it ok to use both, or is one going away?Thanks!Karl

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What is the latest progress on incorporating the Rich Text Editor in messages or course emails?Our institution primarily communicates via Canvas messages and email. We need more formatting options when sending messages to students. 

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Hello everyone,I was wondering if anyone can share their experience whether KICA assessment framework ( Knoweledge and understanding, Inquiry, communication and Application)  can be implemented in Canvas.  How can one assignment incorporate these ski...

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When in pages, inserting an image only has "upload image" or "user images" as options. How do I get "course images" as a choice? When uploading an image, they have been automatically saving to my user files instead of the course files as wel.

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Can someone provide instructions on how to upload Rubrics created in Microsoft Excel? Thank you. 

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Hello, everyone! I'm having trouble finding a feature that prevents teachers from changing their Front Page selection on their Blueprint courses. We'd like to maintain a consistent student/parent user experience for each course's Home Page when they...

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Hi all,I’ve been trying to create an import by converting a CSV file to a QTI file so that it creates a classic quiz and so far I’ve managed to have a quiz created with these types of questions:-Multiple choice (MC)-Multiple answers (MR)-True/False (...

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Just started back up with Canvas for my organization.  I've noticed that Unsplash isn't there, so what do you use for stock images in Canvas now? 

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Why can only instructors get access to the conversion tool of PDF or document, changing it into the alternate download form of mp3 or audio file?

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Assume I create an individual assignment--Let's call it "Homework One."  I assign it for 4 students to do individually, due on April 1. (This is NOT a group assignment!)  In the Canvas calendar on April 1, each student will see this exact wording, in...

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Is there a way to create group assignments so that everyone can see the grades and the feedback provided on an assignment?

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The teachers in my department collaborated to create a centralized repository of resources for our students as a standalone course.  We would like to create a link from each of our courses to this repository of resources.  I would like to know what i...

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I have some rubrics made in the Canvas course I am working on. When I want to attach one of those rubrics to an assignment I have created, Canvas makes me search through all of the courses I have taught. Is there a way to filter this to just see the ...

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I teach high school science--usually chemistry but occasionally I'll be handed a couple sections of something else. Also, I'm in Texas, and we're adopting new-to-us standards in the fall (about a decade behind NGSS). When my district first switched t...

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Why is building quizzes so darn hard in your platform??  Please, allow viewing the answers for MORE THAN 25 QUESTIONS!  Please, allow editing to happen on full scale, clicking the darn pencil for each edit is so obnoxious when I need to edit 25 asses...

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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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