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Same issue as found here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Removing-Nicknames-From-Old-Courses/m-p/513033That issue was erroneously marked "solved." The "solution" is to change the dates of the course...but if the term is ende...

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I am a Learning Assistant (Undergraduate Teaching Assistant) for a course. As a Teaching Assistant, Canvas sends me several notifications for Student Submissions. Because I want to have a record of Student Submissions, I created an e-mail rule to sen...

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In a quiz about gcd, I'd like the students to come up with the factors in Bezout's identity. Namely, for a and b in N, there exist n and m in Z such that an + bm = gcd(a,b). For the quiz, I would like to give the students a and b (say, 11 and 17) and...

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I know how to upload a document in Canvas, but I can't figure out how to set the document to open automatically. I found this page, which would seem to cover it, but can't find any explanation: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/H...

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Hi everyone,I really enjoy using SpeedGrader, but find that I miss the Word feature of auto-correct: I touch-type quickly, but a bit messily, and I have to go back and fix typos frequently.Just a thought, thanks a lot,Peter Stoll, Ass't Professor, Un...

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I know this is a minor problem, but why are the posting times different? I didn't post these at 11 AM or 9:35 AM. This could be a case of the time zones, or correct me if I'm wrong.

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What is the best solution for grading student assignment submissions in a large enrolment course where each teaching assistant is assigned to a subset of student essays? Thank you for your help!

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I want to create my course or anything else in Canvas Commons and publish it for Commons, but I can't. Please help me 

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We were having a discussion about after you submit a google doc to Canvas, what does it convert the file to for teacher annotation?  Some of us said a Word doc and others said pdf.  Is it both?  Does Canvas convert all speedgrader files to pdf?  When...

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The Related Items menu on the right-hand side of the assignment page is not showing the ratio of graded assignments. It's usually under the speedgrader option. Is there a setting that needs to be adjusted for this to show?   

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I have a problem with my canvas teacher account. The app does not allow me to create  new announcements for my classes. What can I do? Does anybody else have the same difficulty? 

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Hi we went live with staff and students in canvas this week. In our structure we created Blueprint courses with assignments linked to outcomes. These assignments are the requirements for our credentials. We created an associated course for each one o...

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If memory serves me correctly, when I used to copy an assignment into a course, if there was already an assignment with the same name, the copied assignemnt would say "Assignment 2 or Copy" or something along those lines. But recently, and I'm not su...

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I am using New Quizzes formula questions for my IB physics class.When building a new question, within the "Generate Possible Solutions" section, it starts out with an option to set the margin of error as either "absolute" or "percent" and then specif...

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I am new to Canvas.  I am an instructor.  Is it possible to create one quiz that will have two separate quizzes within it?For example, I oversee the internal promotional exam for my agency.  The current promotional test is one all-encompassing exam b...

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I sent a student the link to enroll in my course.  They are asked to put in a username and password.  What is wrong?  This student has her own free Canvas course.  Could that be causing a problem?

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I am an elementary school teacher who uses Canvas with his students. I recently created an assignment for my students that was Text Entry. I wanted Text Entry so that they could see the assignment in the window above the text entry location window an...

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Who is my Customer Success Manager and how do I contact them?I need to upload a course to Canvas Commons. The course was exported from Blackboard.

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When editing my homepage, I noticed a growing list of old images when I click on "Insert Image." How do I remove the ones I don't want anymore? When I try to do that, the image is immediately inserted instead.

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I am using a curriculum that uses the Canvas platform.  It has an extra button for teacher resouces in the module view.  How can I add something like this in my Canvas? See screenshot.  Thank you!

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Is there a way to create a sticky note when I open up my course? There are student concerns and other items I'd like to keep track of and it would be great if there was a place to keep these together when I open the course.

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Is there a way to download data concerning how much time each student spent on a quiz?I've found the average completion time per section in the "Quiz Summary," but it doesn't give a standard deviation. Scanning through the moderation feature shows th...

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If I set a word limit for a quiz essay question and students go over the limit, can I still read their full response?

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Hi, I'm the admin for Canvas at our school. We have 2 submission boxes for our mock exams for a specific subject. A student accidentally submitted Paper 1 into the Paper 2 submission area. I removed it from the wrong assignment and uploaded it to the...

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I created an assessment using the "new quiz" format.  Unfortunately, this format does not allow me to easily download a spreadsheet indicating statistics on each question in the assessment.  I can see each question and how students responded, but I d...

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Some of my students had no issues submitting files for an assignment, while others are unable to even view the submission options on the same assignment page. They've tried clearing cache, using different browsers, and refreshing the page. I also tri...

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I am using Canvas for my class, and my quiz is still on 'build' mode. I can't find how to fix this problem. Any ideas?

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I keep getting a notification that says launch error when I try to open Mobius from a Canvas assignment posting. How to fix? It says "We apologize for the inconvenience, but an error occurred while launching the tool. Please try launching the tool ag...

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Hi,I am an instructor and there are some files we need to submit on behalf of our students for their assignments. Wandering if there's an easier way to upload on their behalf other than going one by one to the student's name, act as student, look for...

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