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Which settting turns off a quiz in progress for a student? Scenario: A student is taking a quiz that ends at 2pm according to the Until date and time. It is timed, allowing the students have 90 minutes. If the student starts taking the test before th...

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I've noticed that more and more often these little banner notifications appear when I do things in my course shells. Add a folder? "Folder created successfully." Delete an assignment? "Assignment deleted successfully." And my personal favorite, add a...

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Gemini (AI) helped me write the code for a web page that has embedded in it an interactive quiz we made, and room for other interactive assignments.  I would like to prepare an assignment in Canvas that opens that web page.  How do I do that?  All I ...

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Good afternoon, in Beta, I was looking at how grades were displayed in the Gradebook for a particular Assignment. The Assignment setting for "Display Grade as"  is:  Letter Grade The Grading Scheme: "Enable course grading scheme" is checked (enabled)...

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Last year I taught a course and had some files uploaded to the course. I am teaching the same course this year and to prevent students from last year to download the answers to the HW and share them with this year students I want to erase the files. ...

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I have my gradebook set up to mark work as late with the grade of zero posted. When students turn in work late, it does not remove the zero and it is frustrating to both parents and students to understand if their work is turned in or not. Can this b...

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How do you remove a rubric from an on-line discussion?  I do not want to simply delete the rubric because it is being used in other on-line discussions.  I want to remove the rubric from this one discussion.  I researched but could not find a workabl...

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I have a course in which, as I have done many times in the past, I posted several documents scheduled to publish for students at specific dates and times. They are consistently failing to appear, both for my students and for me as the test student. I...

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If students are taking a test on Canvas, is it possible to block them from also using internet at the same time?If someone has a response, can you please send me an email at cperkins@calstate.edu  ?  Thank you.Connie

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When I click on the Load in a new window button, all my students submitted files appear at once. There used to be boxes next to the students names, and I could select all at once and then hit return. There does not seem to be that option anymore. Doe...

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Hi All, We recently installed the Microsoft for Education LTI in our district and are wondering if anyone else is experiencing issues with the microphone function working with Reading Practice in Immersive Reader. We have set the permission in our Pr...

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hello i am an instructor I need to export from a sandbox to my live portal. i have tried to share to common etc nothing will work

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Is there a way to listen to audio direct from Canvas? Currently, when I click to listen to submitted audio it automatically downloads onto my computer. 

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I can message all unassigned students in a group, but how can I edit this list? Or put a filter on? Usually all Canvas messages have the possibility to manually remove students and/or filter but not when I message all unassigned students in a group? ...

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Hi all,I want to enter grades into the Gradebook now and have them release on a set date and time. Someone asked this question in 2020 in this post (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Archived-Questions/ARCHIVED-How-do-I-release-grades-on-a-specific-...

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Hello. I do not have an assignment tab on my canvas. How can I fix this issues?

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Is there a way to have a custom grading formula for quizzes? The most basic one that I am looking for right now is that they either get 100% if they get all questions right or 0% if any question is wrong (with unlimited attempts).An obnoxious workaro...

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I have been assigned a second section for an online course that has only ever had a single section. The setup for this course is complicated. For example, there are many hyperlinks that have to be created after the contents of the master course are t...

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In the "Modules" section of a course offering in Canvas for which I am the instructor, there is a Module entitled "Meet the Instructor." This Module has a formated section where a video may be uploaded.  I would like to upload a video I created that ...

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I am not able to see the average score for an assignment in any page or in any menu as a teacher. How do I see the average score for an assignment once all grades have been submitted? 

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Hello,In Speed Grader, I love the ability to add a quick instructional video showing students how to fix items in a submission so they can redo their work for better understanding and marks.  Thank you for that!  My idea:  PLEASE put a "Pause" and "C...

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I teach photography, and student submit many individual, large sized tif files. And, I teach 4-5 sections at a time, that are all combined into a single canvas page. When downloading student submissions all at once, It often errors out when creating ...

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I create a test question, for example, Multiple Choice. I try to insert an image. I press the "Upload Images" button in the Menu.  I select an image (.jpg, .jpeg) for my computer.  The image shows in the uploader and I click "Submit. The image shows ...

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I am unaware of this exists or if this is something that is even possible in Canvas. But one of my favorite features of grading in the Google Classroom grader was the ability to grade a single question at a time, and grade every single submission's q...

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My assignment's tab is getting really long. Two main concerns here: 1. There is no way to sort alphabetically, due date, etc., seems pretty archaic for 2025 2. There is no way to multi-select assignments to delete, move, etc. Can the instructor side ...

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I have four modules for my class, and it would be really nice if I could create sub-modules that are collapsible so the students don't see a daunting list of 50+ things within one Module. Imagine like Sub-units that can be expanded to show work witho...

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Hi all, I am in the process of replacing embedded Canvas Video Tutorials with the newer Canvas Shorts. I've discovered that the handy keyboard shortcuts option in the New Media Player has been replaced with a button to copy a link that, when pasted i...

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Since AI has made it so easy for students to complete assignments without doing the work themselves, I have started using a lot for in-person "on paper" assessments.  I would love to keep a record of these in Canvas attached to each student, so they ...

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Over the past term, I’ve explored multiple Canvas tools to build a “student channel” workflow: a space where students can post updates or reflections and receive timely, individualized responses. My goal was to create a system that supports: Private...

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I am building a Canvas LMS course for a group of simulations.  I want the files to be viewable only - no downloading (select files) at all.  Is this possible in Canvas? Thank you, Renee

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