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Every time I try to upload an assignment in my Canvas web account, I keep getting this error message. I have tried BOTH the drag and drop feature directly from my files AND the "Choose a File to Upload" option. Both give me this error. This has happe...

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In Modules, there should be a way to select multiple items to be indented at the same time.   When you copy an item, you should be able to select multiple classes to copy the item to at once, like with a click box where you can select multiple classe...

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Hello there, I have a few quizzes that, have incomplete grading notes that our contract markers rely on for marking. Is there any way grading notes can be added to an already published quiz with students still completing the course? I see that there ...

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I have an individual assignment and individual quizzes that are only showing student groups in the SpeedGrader.  I cannot remove that filter and any individual assignment defaults to group grading.  This means that I cannot grade 130 individual assig...

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Hi there, my institution has guides on how to create Group assessments and they have this warning: "Ensure that you do not change the membership of groups *after* you have created the assignment. This will cause the assignment to revert to an *indivi...

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We are trying to access the quiz logs for our students. I noticed that when we review a quiz in speedgrader the quiz does not have a Quiz Logs button available to us to check those logs. Reading some of your documentation, I understand that this need...

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I need to confirm the date and time when a student first clicked to access a Quiz. I would also like to do this for every other Assignment for a particular student. How do I do that? 

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Every time I do an assignment I try to leave the assignment and save my data, but I can't. Every time I leave, it makes me start all over again. Canvas people, PLEASE MAKE IT TO WHERE I CAN LEAVE AN ASSIGNMENT AND NOT LOSE ALL MY PROGRESS. Thank you ...

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Hello,An edge case if you're looking to brainstorm 樂The storyI'm the Canvas admin at a competency-based technical college, where students are self-paced in each Canvas course. For example:Student A is in Module 1Student B is in Module 10Student C is ...

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We currently utilize a Microsoft form to simulate an online job application for our students.  I would like to be able to replicate this experience within Canvas, but can't determine whether there is the capability to do so.  I believe that I could m...

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In my course I have a page called 'Additional reading material' where I post recommended articles and literature. I have never had any issues with it but now changes I make are not showing up when I press save? What is extra strange is that when pres...

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Hi,Our Canvas site has enhancements turned on. I normally set up assessments as an 'Online File Upload' and turn the Turnitin Plagiarism Review on.This semester I have set the assessment up as an external tool > Microsoft OneDrive LTI 3 assignment wi...

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Hello, I am trying to find a way to put a downloaded link from an eBook on to a page?  The link cannot be edited and I am trying to see how I can move it onto a page instead of it sitting in the Modules.

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Hello, I am hoping to provide two final project assignment options for my students, so that they only need to pick and complete one of the options for their final grade. How can I set up the gradebook so that student's grades aren't impacted by the a...

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My Accessibility Checker constantly flags my content for lists. I would happily comply and use the list function (bullets, numbers) in Canvas if it weren't so difficult to use. It is practically impossible to create any list resembling an outline in ...

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Is there a way to automatically resend course invitations? Currently, our institution manually resends invitations at 7 and 14 days for our shorter courses and 30, 60, and 90 days for our year-long access courses. This is creating a lot of work for o...

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Hi all,Our colleagues are using SCORM extensively to bring in a large number of Articulate Rise resources into Canvas in Page or Assessment formats. Is anyone out there doing similar and could help answer the following? 1) Is it possible (in the Cour...

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Hi,The forum speedgrader update is extremely slow and clunky. It seems to work like a video slot machine with each student going back to the top and then scrolling down to the most recent post/reply. Then, to see other replies or posts, clicking the ...

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My professor wants all submissions to be Times New Roman, 12pt font, and double-spaced. I type my answers out on a word doc and copy and paste it into the "Text Entry" section of the answer box for assignments.The problem is that when I paste my answ...

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I would be grateful to hear from community members regarding how fast/slow they find using BB Ally in Canvas - and what they would consider to be acceptable processing times.For example, I have just copied a course (comprising approx 50 pages, 50 ima...

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I would like student access reports for all of our graduates. Is there a way to get an individual student's views and participations for every course they enrolled in on one report?  Would you need to have an admin role or could an instructor pull th...

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Hello, We have Gradescope linked to assignments in our Canvas course. When students upload their submission in the required pdf format through Gradescope, some textboxes do not show the text answers. When the pdf is downloaded and the textbox is sele...

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Instructors who have been using Canvas for a long time who haven't necessarily been responsible for optimizing files. Uploaded files such as images and other instructional content that should have been part of a course files storage area seem to stic...

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Estoy intentando subir mis tareas, pero el mensaje "Error al cargar borrador de la entrega" aparece en todas mis clases. ¿Qué debo hacer?

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So previously Speed Grader showed only the relevant student's posts.  It showed their original post and their replies to other students.  That way, I was able to grade the student's posts (with speed). But now, it just shows the whole forum centered ...

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We have a highly evolved approach to our Capstone Projects and Dissertations which have one convenor/leader and up to 50 supervisors. Whilst the Capstone leader is responsible for maintaining the content, individual students are assigned to individua...

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I've been on a 30 minute seek and find to try to find a way to give feedback on the discussion redesign. In short - it's TERRIBLE!Grading discussion questions is now a laborious process extending my grading time due to all the extra clicking to find ...

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I am trying to unenroll myself from the courses I no longer need to be in. However, I cannot unenroll myself! Neither the teacher nor the ID/Designer role allows me to remove myself from a course. I have to contact the administrator for each course I...

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We turned on the feature to allow checkpoints yesterday. We have faculty who you use group discussions to keep their clinical groups together for grading. When you go in to click "Assign graded checkpoints" the group set goes away. When I save and go...

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