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Hello! One of our teachers ran into an issue while entering grades in the Canvas gradebook where a dropdown menu appears with both titles and numbers and the the teacher is unable type in the grade that they want. It only allows them to select from t...

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Can I track or create a report that tracks outcome achievement for students across multiple canvas courses?

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Can you add observers to the messages sent through New Analytics? Our goal is to send messages to parents that show progress monitoring and allows the parents to email or message back the teacher. I don't see the add observer option when messaging in...

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Is it possible to use two rubrics to grade one assessment in Canvas? If so, how can I do this? The teacher has given the students two options for their report: they can submit either a video or a written report. If a student submits a video, the rubr...

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Hi. Let me explain this in steps and then ask my question.  1) We created a quiz in a master course two years ago. It used grouped questions.  2) We copied the master course to create a new master course this year. We opted for old quizzes to migrate...

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I deleted a few pages from Canvas. How do I undo the delete?

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I verified in the Course Notifications Settings section that I have it set as usual to receive emails indicating that my Announcement was posted, but I am not receiving email notifications this semester ? (all previous semesters I have received such ...

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Can we get a Speedgrader button immediately available when an instructor pulls up a Discussion?  It's not intuitive to click the mystery 3 dots at the top right and then scroll down.  I would guess instructors go into the discussion 90% of the time f...

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I have students submit PDF files for their work, some times the resolution is large and I can't zoom out enough to easily see the page. Can you please allow the canvas speed grader allow me to zoom out more to easily read documents with high resoluti...

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I am not able to add an external URL to my quiz using the feature in the middle of that page. Does anyone know how to access this because I am afraid if I just put it in as a link, then they exit canvas and the lockdown browser. 

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Hello The instructor requested students to submit pdf or .doc assignments. The assignments instruct students to follow APA formatting. They get scores deducted if they do not.The instructor sees some inconsistency in the APA format, with a fraction o...

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Hello,I'm setting up courses for online learning. We don't have set term dates so I'm not sure how to set course durations without putting in actual dates. Basically, we want students to only have access to the online course for 6 months from the dat...

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On my calendar it is populated with every assignment - I do not know why, nor do I know how to get rid of them except by deleting everything which I do not want to do because then I also delete the assignment, as per what I have already done!I made s...

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Last academic year (2023-2024), I used to be able to delay announcements and when these future dates arrived and the announcements were finally posted in canvas, then students will get an email notification on that day as well. This is no longer happ...

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Hi,We are just starting out with Canvas, transitioning from Blackboard over the next year. I have a series of Articulate Rise modules that I have uploaded to the Canvas files area. I have set them so that they are only accessible to students with the...

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Why this year my kids don't see their grades on Canvas? It tells me it has been disabled for them. How can I fix that? I have the grade button, but they don’t.  I have looked in settings and all over Canvas and I cannot find the option to able it aga...

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I was surprised when I went to link a question bank I'd created a few semesters back to a new quiz in a new course to find that the "pencil" icon that gives me access to editing the questions in the bank was absent and so the questions weren't editab...

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Hi, Community! Students receive an email notification when I publish a class announcement. OK so far. Here’s my question: if I *allow comments* in class announcements, are students also notified by email every time someone comments or replies to a co...

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I'm trying to determine if there is an easier way to do what I am doing. When I grade assignments in large lecture classes, I often want to get a jump on grading by banging out the ones submitted early. However, after you grade one student, you have ...

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Caveat: This might be a highly specialized thing that only I do and might not be entertained as a feature request; but I thought I would ask.User Role: InstructorI have the habit of sending weekly Announcements - usually timed to go out at 8:00 AM on...

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In my Kaltura video recordings, the camera screen (i.e., me) always defaults to being the primary screen.  How do I change the video settings so that the presentation screen (i.e., PowerPoint) is saved as the primary screen and my camera screen is th...

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I want all of my classes to be able to see the appointment group I created. I have added both classes to the appointment group, but only one is appearing in the Canvas Calendar. When I try to "edit" group details both classes are grayed out not allow...

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I'm using Classic Quizzes. Actually, two problems: (1) Canvas is not deleting selected questions from the Question Bank.  Instead, it greys out the question -- but, does not delete it from the bank. (2) Modifying and updating a question causes Canvas...

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On my Canvas home page, in the centre I have  a section called 'Module Learning Path'.  It is a set of blue buttons labelled week 1, week 2, week 3 etc.  I have worked out how to edit the titles of the buttons, but how do I link the buttons to the co...

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Student To Do List Error - Not showing all missing assignments   For some reason, I have a few students whos To Do list is not counting assignments correctly.     The students go to canvas - then to dashboard view.  They mostly use the "List View" in...

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Have checkpoints been enable in discussion settings? Can you choose two dates for discussion assignments. one for the original posting and one for the response?

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What does a u with a circle when it is in front of an announcement?  u with a circle

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When a french teacher with her canvas set to French tries to set dates for assignments in Canvas, dates are not saved. Switching to English solved the problem, but language teachers need to use the target language when using Canvas

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I would like to make an assignment with MATLAB Autograder such that it has a time limit start when the students open it. Is this possible with assignments or only quizzes? 

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Is there a way for students to see assignments in Canvas when they are locked?  I have locked assignments to prevent students from submitting before the week they are due, but students are now not able to see the assignment description in Cnavas unti...

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