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Last year, I could print out an entire discussion thread using the browser print function. That no longer works. Is there a work-around? Or has Canvas removed that function?

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I need 1 student in my course to resubmit his file. I don't want the other students to be able to submit multiple files because this creates chaos for me as an instructor. How can I do this.    Sometimes I want to be able to reassign the assignment t...

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I am a CTE teacher, and I have been added and listed as a "teacher" in other courses for different reasons, but the main premise is to be able to help these teachers post assignments if they are out of the building and/or help set up their Canvas cou...

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I have a 'quiz every day' for my students to optionally take for review and keeping content fresh (College Chem courses).  I have used this system for 6 years flawlessly, including last semester (each day quiz is title, e.g. Wk2Tues, etc).  These qui...

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Most of the time when I call up a course it brings up the material dated from the previous course (previous year).  I have updated all the due dates and saved everything so it should bring up the newest content but it doesn't always do that.  It will...

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Good afternoon, I have two courses in Canvas: one works perfectly fine when creating and posting Assignments, the other not so much. The problem with the latter one is that the Submission Type option does now show at all when creating as Assignment. ...

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Hello, Recently we have has a few instructors and myself login as the Test Student and submit a paper to an assignment configured with the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework option https://app.screencast.com/41Ee4o8zFlkMu Historically this has worked and ...

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I am getting an error when trying to publish all modules and items when I am in the Modules in my Canvas class. I get the following error "undefined is not an object (evaluating 'e.items.forEach')" after it gets about 75% of the way through.

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I have a student who was assigned in Canvas as a designer so that she had access in order to upload lectures. She wrote an exam (was able to access it as a designer) but now we can not access her exam through "moderate this quiz" or speedgrader in or...

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I created an assignment using Google LTI and I uploaded a rubric in the Google Assignment. Now my students cannot access their scores or see the rubric at all. Here is what they see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QD6wmNJzoUSyCYTiFHqpyCyLqfzw6bJg/v...

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Hello everyone, I’m looking for some guidance on how to analyze results from tests conducted through Canvas quizzes, specifically for: Question-wise attempt analysis – I want to review how students performed on each individual question to identify w...

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So I've noticed a bug (or feature?) in Canvas when you go to assign students to groups "randomly" where if you have two students with the same surname, they will always be put in the same group. I tested this across two Canvas classes in multiple tes...

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We have group assignments, how about group quizzes? Problem: Students meet together to take a quiz as a group activity. Currently, one student (or more) will be the "sacrificial lamb" and will take the quiz and learn which answers are incorrect. Some...

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I have set up a group in which assigned students are to post their class notes under the heading "Files" and a subheading I created called "Class Notes." I put all students into this group. But my students have been unable to upload their notes, beca...

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Hello, I am teaching in a cross listed course shell (4 sections, 2 are mine) and I have my gradebook filtered to show sections 3 and 4. This is working correctly. Navigating to grades and selecting speed grader from the hamburger at the top next to t...

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I have student features because I wanted to use an alt account as a student account to complete assignments for my course. But, since I was using the alt account's email, it connected my account.      Or maybe I need to delete the course?  

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Like many, the 2024 Discussion Redesign has impacted my use of Canvas. These days I continue to look for and create work arounds to lost functionality. Today, my focus is on removing student and my own tests to discussion forums without leaving the '...

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I can't figure out the difference between "Cell Spacing" and "Cell Padding." What I'm trying to do is create more of a space between the edge of each cell and the text inside the cell: as it is, it's crunched right up to the left-hand cell edge. Also...

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So I use NearPod and integrate the NearPod lessons into my Canvas site. It used to be flawless but lately it will randomly ask students to sign in with one of four options - Google, office 365, and 2 other options I don’t recall. Why is it randomly d...

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I MISTAKENLY COPIED THE WRONG COURSE INTO THIS SEMESTER'S SHELL. I READ THAT I CAN GO TO MY COURSE SETTINGS AND SIMPLY PRESS THE RESET COURSE CONTENT TAB ON THE SIDEBAR BUT I DON'T SEE THE TAB. CAN ANYONE HELP?

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1) I am trying to copy course content from last semester to this semester.  I cannot get the pages to copy/import.  I've done this every semester since 2020 and not had any problems.  Any ideas on how to fix this?2) I've also got another new problem ...

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Is there a way to use two sorting orders at the same time to display a grade book?  I'd like to sort the columns first in the order of Assignment Groups and WITHIN each group, display the assignments in the order of earliest-to-latest due dates.  It ...

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How do you assign weights to an Assignment Group?

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Hello! How can I make the video content in the Modules section mandatory to watch in full without allowing skipping?

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Hi all!I created an assignment, and it says it is "published" in the teacher view. However, when I switch to student view, it doesn't show any assignments due. I checked the assignment date, and that is all in order. I also ""invited" my students to ...

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I need to transfer material posted in last semesters class into this semester. I dont see the path to do that.Thanks

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When my students view the assignment tab, they see a score for completed assignments.  However, for the same assignments organized into modules they do not see the score.   Is there a way to change it so my students see the scores of completed assign...

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