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Hello,When we upload our csv file we get a message saying 'there are no scores changes detected' so nothing appears in the grade book.We've followed this thread ->https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/data-won-t-import-to-gradebook...

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I need to have students fill out an evaluation form for their group members; I REALLY don't want them to hand-write them, so I created a fillable form in Word using Developer. The problem is, I had to upload it as a file, but it needs to be an Assign...

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I have one student who can't enroll in my class. She clicks on the invite, keys in her email address, clicks "new user", types in her full name, and clicks the check box, but the "enroll in course button" isn't available. I have checked to make sure ...

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Hello! I have two questions about how my Canvas Inbox links to the external email listed in my Canvas Profile. In section 1.6 of the "Growing with Canvas" training, it says, regarding the Inbox: "Easy to use: Connected to your main email address; can...

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Is there a way to receive a notification when a student responds to faculty in the grade book space?  We are having to always check back into the grade book to see if a student as responded.    Thank you,  Lori 

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Apologies for not knowing where else to ask. Our institution is a bit late to the full understanding of how outcomes beyond the course level can help us make informed decisions. I'd like to start with how to replicate the Learning Mastery Grade book ...

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If you are administering an exam using exam software that restricts access to the internet on a student's computer (ex: ExamSoft), is there a way for students to get offline access to their Canvas site to access reading materials, etc.? I know there'...

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I have a few students who are getting an error that says "Problem with Registration" when they attempt to accept my invitation to my class. Their error also says the following: It looks like you may have already confirmed your registration. Try loggi...

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Can I make "Files" visible to students? Thanks.Li

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The new Module assignment interface is super slow.  It takes at least one minute to load to be able to change the assignment dates.  I have many students in the course and it will increase! This is so time consuming and I need a fix or the older inte...

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As a Nursing Instructor, how do I upload youtube videos to Canvas?

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We need a shortcut to open Canvas Equation Builder.  When building a lot of content, it takes 3 clicks and moving your hand away from the keyboard just to open the builder.   When the builder opens, the cursor is not automatically placed inside the w...

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Does Canvas always indicate if a student has made changes to an assignment, such as a discussion post, prior to the due date?

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I spent the morning creating a syllabus for a course. I walked away for an hour, came back and clicked "Update Syllabus," thinking it was the way to save what I'd written, but what I'd written disappeared. Is there any way to restore my syllabus info...

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I am not sure why these changes were made because it doubled my productivity when grading student work. Every time I assess for grading, I am not frustrated!  These are my complaints:  All replies at once can no longer can be viewed.  When I am looki...

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Can I create an etextbook in Canvas and use it for my course? If not, in what program can I create an etextbook that I can then import into Canvas? Ideally I want to create 1 etextbook that works across platforms e.g. kIndle, canvas and that can then...

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Please tell when and where on Canvas I can find the list of students signed up for my course (ST8330) for the Fall 2024 semester. Thank you. -   Dr. Michael Cohen, TLI Instructor for ST8330

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Hello,  I am an administrator and an instructor. I would like to know if a question created in an Item Bank in New Quizzes can be modified to a different type of question? For example, the question was created as an Essay type question, and I would l...

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Hello! I'm looking to conduct an interview as part of an assessment for my class. It'll be in the form of an assignment submission. Is there a tool that I can use on Canvas or external app that can conduct interviews where students can record their r...

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In previous terms, by disabling New Course and User Analytics in the Features Options of the settings automatically reverted back to the old analytics. However, the same process is not working for my Fall 2024 course. Disabling New Analytics removes ...

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I am an instructional designer providing support to faculty, and we are running into an issue with the "Assign to" feature in Assignments and Modules. When faculty assign an assignment to a specific section or group of students and then add this same...

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Hi, I've been teaching with Canvas for about 10 years and the recent changes to the interface are a huge downgrade in functionality. I don't like them, my students are complaining, formatting is routinely getting messed up, and my colleagues are also...

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Hi everyone, is there a way to bulk reorder module items? For context, I am trying to merge 5 modules into 1, is there a quick way to combine all the items from the modules? Thank you. 

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Hello, in Canvas' Assignments section, is there any way I can quickly sort the assignments in the numerical order? Thank you. 

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I am trying to align Improved Outcomes with questions in New Quizzes.  I am testing it on just two outcomes and 1 group to make sure I know how to do it before I start creating a bunch of outcomes and quizzes.  First I imported the two outcomes using...

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I'm testing out mastery paths just to see how they work. I can get it to work fine if I start on an assignment or a quiz, but every time I try to set it up where I add the conditionals onto a graded discussion as the start, I click save on the master...

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We have a "newbie" starting in September - what's the best way to onboard/ train them up in Canvas? I've seen the Commons Course ... just wondered if there's anything else that folks have seen/ used that's had impact?

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I need to share pages and assignments with fellow educators to discuss design, layout, etc. When I publish a course, because of the "Not available until" date, which is in September, nothing shows in assignments. Because of the "Not available until" ...

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I want to create a single About Your Instructor (for example) page in Canvas that I can have linked to in all my courses. This way I only update the page in one place and it is updated everywhere. What I am doing now is creating the page in one cours...

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Good Afternoon,I was hoping to have some assistance or advice regarding auto-responses in the Canvas Inbox. The setting is enabled. I have created an out-of-office time frame and message as well as turned it on. The characters of the email are less t...

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