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Hello Canvas community..   I am looking for someone with experience with Pearson textbooks (specifically for math if that matters).  We were talking with our Math faculty about how they use Pearson for testing but that students could just go around C...

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Whenever a student turns in late work I have to manually change the grade from missing to late even after I enter a grade. It automatically changes it if I use speedgrader, but not when I am at the gradebook.When I enter my pile of late work at the e...

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I have an instructor that says at a previous university, he was able to export all student quiz responses. He wasn't sure if he was using Classic or New Quizzes, but I'm not seeing a way to do that in either one.  I showed him the reports, but those ...

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Hi everyone, I’m experiencing an issue with the Attendance tool in Canvas. When I open the course in Google Chrome, the profile pictures of students do not appear. However, when I use Microsoft Edge, the pictures display correctly. It looks like the ...

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I'm having trouble understanding how the Canvas text editor decides how to handle line spacing. The attached screenshots show an example. One renders a larger gap between two bullet points, while the other doesn't. My experience in this and other cas...

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Has anyone found gaps in their course analytics ? I'm currently seeing missing last view date, last participation date, and participations at overall course level, even though the same data is present at individual week and student level. Am also see...

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It would be very beneficial for observers (parents) if they could view instructor comments. If they had access to this information, they could better understand the grading of individual assignments and better understand the errors that their student...

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I am trying to import a quiz from Cengage Publisher into my Canvas LMS, but the quiz keeps showing up shaded, making it impossible for me to import. What am I doing wrong? I've done it before, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong now. Please help. T...

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I would like to know about tokens what are they? Are they something I will need to use ?

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Hello! I'm curious about the processes universities use to make sure apps are FERPA-compliant before setting up LTI integrations. Who initiates the process? Who is responsible for making approval decisions and what documentation is required? Does any...

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How can an instructor download student media recordings from the Canvas Speedgrader? We've tried enabling the "Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader" feature option. This provides a download option in SpeedGrader but when the teacher cli...

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It seems like I am missing comments that students make in reply to my comments on their assignments. I do get notifications in my inbox, but I honestly miss those a lot of the time. Is there something I can turn on within the Canvas site itself that ...

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Hi there,We have a teacher with imported assignments that have their due dates change after publishing. Other faculty members have reported they watched this behavior occur. -An imported assignment has a due date adjusted to the current school year. ...

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I have a question regarding hiding one particular course setting on a global level.  When you click on any course in Canvas, and then access the "Settings" for that course, then scroll toward the bottom, there is an option titled "Hide totals in stud...

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It would be great if there could be an interactive 'checklist' feature. Instructors can create a checklist of readings, assignments, and other tasks that students need to complete within a given week (or other time period). Items are marked as comple...

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Any (possibly preliminary score) entered in the "Score" box when grading a written submission causes the page to automatically submit that score to the grade book if the instructor clicks anywhere else on the same page, without even moving to another...

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Is it possible for Canvas to act as the school's management system. Teachers and Administration being able to post notices to the whole school or to a specific year level? Also, to be able to do roll marking on Canvas instead on other programs within...

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Looking for help on this topic which I've already brought to Canvas now three times and have had no resolution.I have unit quizzes set up in my course that are designed to have students take, see answers, then retake, so they are able to test their k...

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Hi I'd like to weight the assignments within an assignment group differently based on the student's scores within that group. Within the assignment group for exams, students have four scores. I do not want to drop any of the scores. I want their high...

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Currently, Canvas grade the Multiple Answers questions this way:When creating a "Multiple Answer" question, you can set the total points for the question and assign points for each correct answer.Point Calculation: Canvas divides the total points by ...

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How can I change the "tag" under a task title? In Module view it shows the assignment and under it the "tags" (not sure the actual term for this) of due date, points possible, and then it says "score at least a 10". The points for the assignment are ...

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I know that there is a little blue bubble that identifies someone has shared content with me, but how do I set my notifications so that I get an email alerting me to it?

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I just need the play button. Can this be done? I uploaded an mp3. Then added it to a page. But it's displaying in a box like there's a video, but it's only an mp3 audio file. It looks bad on the page. People will expect it to play a video even though...

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So I have a quiz for students.  I have tried the following, and I have also attempted to select 'see only once' after each attempt. However, students never seem to be able to view it, and I have verified on their screens that there does not appear to...

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how to i install the lockout browser for my class

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I'm currently trying to do a quiz on Canvas but it says the service is unavailable due to maintenance. How long will the site be down?

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How do I search all my rubrics without going to individual classes

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I'm teach MATLAB which is a coding environment where program files (scripts) are assigned the extension "*.m" by default. I keep this extension code when I upload scripts for students to view.  And if I attempt to preview the script file, Canvas does...

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Our Elementary Sub Account is set with a Mastery Scale of FOUR Mastery levels: Insufficient EvidenceDevelopingApproachingMeets However, we have a special project with our Office of English Language Learners who would like to use the WIDA Levels of la...

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I have a Canvas shell that's a decade old and am wondering which of the files are actually still being used, and where. Is there any way to go to the Files page and find out this information (such as: a list of pages where the file is referenced)?

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