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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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Students submitted papers via a formal Assignment. I'm unable to directly edit the submission? 

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I uploaded a power point to my CANVAS course and my student told me that since they don't have power point on their PC, they cannot open the power point. What should my student do in order to open the powerpoint?

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I am instructor at a community college in Virginia. I have implemented a late penalty for my course (3% per day up to a zero). This late penalty works as expected for all of my assignments and discussion boards that DO NOT USE the checkpoint grading ...

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How can I display the correct answer (not the accepted answer) for formula questions with tolerance in New Quizzes?Scenario:Correct answer from formula: 0.9001Tolerance: +/- 0.1 (forgives rounding errors across 8 calculation steps)Accepted answer fro...

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How does your institution handle weighted gradebooks and students transferring in? I'm at a k-12 school system so we have students transferring in all the time. I'm not sure how to import their transfer grade and keep the grade fair. 

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I teach several sections of the same Subject. I want to offer Group submissions [with individual marking of Group members] on the same subject matter. How do I use Group Assignment that is asking for name of a Group Set? What does Group Set mean?

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Has anyone been having lag issues on Canvas LMS? In the last 48 hours, I am an instructor for a course, I have had many complaints from my participants and co-teacher, about the lag on Canvas.  It doesn't matter what device, assignment, gradebook, or...

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My students typically make several common errors on each of the questions in an assignment. I would like each line of the rubric, representing one question, to allow me to mark each error, and get appropriate points deducted.  Suppose I have a 10 poi...

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Multiple Hotspot has an unfortunate feature of generalizing the points received by the student for a particular question based on finding all relevant spots in the image. This is fine for questions that require completely finding all of the spots, bu...

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How can I delete a column in the gradebook but NOT the assignment? I have to deploy the "assignment" from McGraw Hill Connect, but it's not to be graded. It's worth 0- points but automatically creates a column in the gradebook I don't want this.

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I completed the modules for the self-paced course, however, I cannot manage to locate my certificate of completion. I am supposed to receive it automatically via email, which has not occurred, and at the end of my final module I am referred to a link...

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Hi All, is there a way that I can change a student to "deferred" in grades? Thanks in advance.

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Is there a simpler way to align a discussion board for questions about an assignment rather than creating it separately and posting a link - which no matter how much you promote people ask questions via multiple means. It would be good to have a stre...

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Hi all, We are experiencing a couple of issues with our Pages Index page. For many users, when there are enough individual pages to require extensive scrolling, the displayed width of the table is shorter after the initial pages that were loaded. (Th...

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Is there a way to color code the classification of assignment categories:  Homework-Blue  Classwork-Green  Tests- Red  Quizzes- Orange  To see the different categories in the grade book? I know we can see for late, resubmission, etc.  Thanks,   

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I'm trying to use the Canvas speedgrader, but when I open it up the comments section is taking up the whole page as shown in the screenshot below. It seems like the pdf is behind the grading screen. Before it used to be split up where half the page w...

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I would like to delete groups without deleting the assignments/grades for those groups.  I have several group assignments, which are easily sorted as a teacher but not as a student. Is there a way to hide or delete groups that students no longer need...

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Currently, we are encouraging faculty to clean up courses. Is it possible to have unpublished files be downloaded more than 1 at a time? And Is there way to distinguish files that are "scheduled" to be published, for example if they are in a unpublis...

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I have been using the audio (no video) comment feature on Canvas to give more detailed feedback to my students, but I would like to download it in order to keep records of it. Is there any way to do this? I can't seem to find a download button, since...

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Hi,I have checked the currently available files types that can be viewed directly in Canvas Viewer..doc, .pdf, .txt, etc.As we teach programming and databases, the addition of text based files with extensions .java, .py, .c. .sql would speed up our m...

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I created a weekly assignment where students resubmit to the same assignment each week to create a digital portfolio in one assignment.  In the past, I could look at the most recent and previous submissions and grade them in the single rubric in one ...

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So, when having students turn in essays from Google Drive, I have lost the ability to edit them right in Canvas.I have been having students submit their rough drafts and graphic organizers via Google Drive LTI 1.3. On any of them that were turned in ...

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New to these forums, was wondering if there's any transparency about fixes and updates in Canvas?I've been using it at 2 different schools over the last 7 years, and it has stayed basically the same.I'm not receiving any information that details upda...

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The speedgrader annotation tools are not showing up for any files submitted through students' GoogleLTI.  Doesn't matter the file type.  Docs, slides, pdfs... The annotation toolbar is gone for all of them.  Seems like people had an issue when "Peer ...

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I have a TA who sent me a screenshot showing that one of the courses they are enrolled in says they have been dropped from course. However, I can see they are still active for the course when I look as an admin. What could be the reason for this?

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I've noticed I can no longer link mp3 files for some of my assignments.  Mp4 work however.  Why not mp3?

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When I use speed grader and comment to students about their submissions, the texting feature does not allow me to to manipulate the text as any normal word processor would - like making something italicized or bold - there are no formatting features....

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