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Long story short I got injured.  My grading period ended last Friday 4/4.  We had until 4/11 to enter grades. We are on spring break and I have 3 assignments and random missing work to enter scores.  How can I do this?  Grades are not finalized til T...

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I am wondering if anyone knows if Canvas has a time limit attached to their student user accounts, and if so, how long might they be. I want to know how long after I graduate my data would still be available if I wanted to access it still.

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Can you set access to an assignment or module to be based off the start of the course instead of specific due dates? So instead of a date-based due date, it would be a delta days-based due date with an assignment due 10 days from course start, etc. I...

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Editor - Similar to Word, is there a "format painter" tool in Canvas?

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Our students submit an assignment each week, receiving a grade each week; but all in the same category.  Currently, we use separate dropboxes/columns for each week, which becomes "messy" on the grade book. Is there a way to create a single assignment...

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I am trying to prompt the students to engage more with the content and be able to examine their own learning. One idea is to spread a series of tasks, activities, and ungraded assignments, and only after completing those does the student have access ...

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I am using New Analytics Online Attendance.  Our weeks run from Monday to Sunday.  The default in online attendance is Sunday to Monday  - the Sunday of the previous week the way we look at weeks.  Is there a way to change the default Sunday to Satur...

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As we near the end of the year our schedule gets super weird. I might see my 2nd period once in a week for 84 minutes, and see my 3rd period 3x/week for 84 minutes. I decided to take some inspiration from the "flipped classroom" and let each student ...

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linked google doc assignments have disappeared from pre-created modules. Starting with this week's module, doc's that I've linked before (and used before) have suddenly disappeared. BUT, it still shows that I've linked it, it just doesn't show to me ...

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If the instructors have four assignments leading to the final project, but have unpublished one of them, does canvas calculate the final project grade from the published assignments or does it factor in unpublished assignments (that obviously will no...

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When we have cross-listed courses, is it possible to have separate Discussions per section in a single graded Discussion assignment? I know you can control who is assigned, but if you need all sections assigned they can all view and participate in th...

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I absolutely love that we can cut and past images into submission comments now. The only problem that I have is that I want it to automatically maintain the original dimensions of the image instead of it make it smaller. Instead, I have to manually c...

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Hi Canvas Community,   Question. We have a teacher who has built a 100-line Python app in Streamlit and he would like to find a way to host it somewhere for his students to use, ideally via Canvas. Do you have any experience on this which you can sha...

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I have written several exams on my PC in Canvas via UBC's website. I recently attemped a trial quiz in preparaton for a final exam and the Canvas system was running brutally slow and jumpy. I was unsuccessful in determining why after several hours wo...

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I was previously able to indicate a negative score in the Rubric, but this function seems to have disappeared... is it possible to bring this back?I want to include/have included item(s) within the rubric to account for did/did not actions that will ...

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I need the join code to create an account for my student! Google says to scroll. to more options, but its not there! Help!

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Today I wanted to peek at something in my course access report as an instructor (through People).To my surprise, I found that at 12:11 a.m. yesterday, there was record of me accessing 120+ items in the class all at exactly the same time. There was no...

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Is it possible to create questionnaires by topic (subject) and, in the end, have both the students' results and the questionnaires organized according to the specific topics I defined? It would be like a group with a given name, and within that group...

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 I want to make attendance reports, but the platform asks me for the SIS number. How can I get that number or is there something I need to do (setting), or am I not doing it right

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Hi there, I use group events in the Canvas calendar but recently when I've tried to adjust the schedule by selecting "group details", they've been greyed out and I'm unable to adjust the times and dates. I can change the description, location, and op...

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Clicking on Learning Mastery Gradebook results in a spinning wheel that never loads.  I have input Learning Outcomes on all the assessments in Canvas Outcomes, but am not able to benefit from putting all this time in (days!) as this feature that is s...

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The screen capture record button in Speedgrader isn't visible on some of my devices, and I'm trying to find a list of software/hardware/OS requirements for this feature.  For background:I've moved to using screen capture (Studio Media) recordings in ...

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How can I release marking notes to all students for every essay type question in a Quiz. These marking notes are my model answers. I want students to mark their own work.

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I have a class that has multiple sections. Students are in small groups that disregard what section they’re actually registered for. It’s all one class. But When I go to take Attendance, I have to flip back-and-forth between the two sections to try t...

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Hello - like many I really hated the new discussion format rolled out in the fall of 2024 and it really set me back in my class discussions. Fortunately, it seems most of the problems have been fixed, but there is one I really miss. I would like to b...

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Hello, We do not have a scheduler option in our canvas calendar. I need to add this so my students can set up ZOOM appointments with me. As I searched Canvas, it said to ask Canvas administrator. I am one of them and do not know how to enable that fe...

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I'm creating a test module that includes an extra page of explanatory content after quizzes for students who get questions wrong on the quiz. My mastery paths are consistently not working.When I'm logged in as a test student (testing how it works whe...

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Our institution uses the & symbol to denote courses that fulfill specific general ed requirements. Ex. Math&107.  After the recent import update the instructors cannot search for their classes using the & symbol, it has no impact on the results. Exam...

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Have a question for those using the Canvas with Gemini LTI. Are you able to control which accounts have access to the LTI? As we are waiting for IT Approval, there was a question that arose in which some faculty would want this feature enabled in the...

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